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Driving in Slovakia

The licence plates you will see on the road in Slovakia, how to read them, and what a car from abroad needs.

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Speed limits

Default limits for cars, unless signs say otherwise, as on the signs at border crossings.

In towns
50 km/h
Outside towns
90 km/h
Motorways
130 km/h

Before you drive

Vignette and tolls
Motorways need a vignette for vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes. Since 2016 it is electronic only, registered to the plate number; the official shop is eznamka.sk. Since August 2024 motorway sections that bypass or run through large cities, such as the D4 around Bratislava, are toll-free.

Rules and prices change. Check the official site before you travel.

SK

Country code

Cars registered here show the country code SK. Plates carry it on the blue EU band, which counts as the country sign: no separate oval sticker is needed in the European Economic Area, and the plate is also valid in other countries of the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic. A car from abroad shows its own country code at the rear in the same way.

Reading the plates

Plates carry a regional code. A list of the codes for this country is not on the site yet.

These codes are from the previous system (1997–2022). Plates issued today carry no regional code, but older cars still have these. Area codes on the map

Plates you will see

  • AB 123CD

    Standard · Since 2023

Special plates

Older plates still on the road

  • BA 123AB

    Standard · 1997–2022

Plate formats and history of Slovakia

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