Parking in Dubai 2024 Timings, Zones, Map & Fees

When you park a car in a designated parking space in Dubai, you have to pay the fee. There are many parking zones available in Dubai, each zone charges a different amount of parking fee. So, it is important to know different parking zones and their parking fee for one hour, two hours, three hours, four hours and twenty four hours.

Dubai Parking Zones Map

The Dubai Parking Zones Map given above shows all parking zones available in Dubai. In addition, you can see the parking timings for each zone and parking fee information for 1/2 to 24 hours. You can save the parking zones map to use it later.

Zone-Wise Dubai Parking Fees and Timings

The minimum parking fee in Dubai is AED 2 for 1/2 hour and the maximum parking fee is AED 20 for 24 hours. Moreover, the parking fees are different for different parking zones in Dubai. Here I provide zone-wise Dubai parking fees as under.

Parking Zone A

The Zone A covers all roadside parking spaces in commercial areas of Dubai.

Zone A Parking Timings:

• Regular Timing: 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM without Interval (Monday to Saturday)
• Ramadan Timing: 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM|8:00 PM to 12:00 AM

Zone A Parking Fee:

Parking Zone B

The Zone B covers some parking lots in commercial zones of Dubai. The areas in Zone B are less busier than Zone A and the parking fee is also cheaper.

Zone B Parking Timings:

• Regular Timing: 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM without Interval (Monday to Saturday)
• Ramadan Timing: 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM|8:00 PM to 12:00 AM

Zone B Parking Fee:

Parking Zone C

All roadside parking spaces in residential areas of Dubai are covered by Parking Zone C. Kindly note that the Zone C parking charges are cheaper than Zone A and Zone B.

Zone C Parking Timings:

• Regular Timing: 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM without Interval (Monday to Saturday)
• Ramadan Timing: 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM|8:00 PM to 12:00 AM

Zone C Parking Fee:

Parking Zone D

Parking Zone D includes parking lots in residential areas of Dubai. The popular areas like Al Qusais and Al Nahda are under Zone D. I am glad to share that the Zone D parking charges are cheaper than Zone A, B and C.

Zone D Parking Timings:

• Regular Timing: 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM without Interval (Monday to Saturday)
• Ramadan Timing: 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM|8:00 PM to 12:00 AM

Zone D Parking Fee:

Parking Zone E

The parking spaces in special areas of Dubai are under Zone E. It includes free underground parking and paid on-ground public parking in Deira Fish Market (also known as Waterfront Market).

Zone E Parking Timings:

• Regular Timing: 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM without Interval (Monday to Saturday)
• Ramadan Timing: 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM|8:00 PM to 12:00 AM

Zone E Parking Fee:

Parking Zone F

The Zone F covers all parking lots in Tecom areas of Dubai. The most famous places like Dubai Internet City, Dubai Media City and The Knowledge Village Hotel are located in Tecom and covered in Zone F. It offers cheap parking fee equally as Zone C.

Zone F Parking Timings:

• Regular Timing: 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM without Interval (Monday to Saturday)
• Ramadan Timing: 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Zone F Parking Fee:

Parking Zone G

The Zone G covers all paid parking spaces in Downtown Dubai including Marasi Bay, Health Care City Area, Burj Khalifa and some others.

Zone G Parking Timings:

• Regular Timing: 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM without Interval (Monday to Saturday)
• Ramadan Timing: 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Zone G Parking Fee:

Parking Zone H

All parking lots in Dubai Silicon Oasis are covered by Zone H. The parking fee is Zone H is higher than Zone C, D and F.

Zone H Parking Timings:

• Regular Timing: 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM without Interval (Monday to Saturday)
• Ramadan Timing: 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM|8:00 PM to 12:00 AM

Zone H Parking Fee:

Parking Zone I

The Zone I offers parking spaces for commercial use in industrial areas of Dubai. It provides cheaper parking fee than all other parking zones except Zone D.

Zone I Parking Timings:

• Regular Timing: 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM without Interval (Monday to Saturday)
• Ramadan Timing: 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM|8:00 PM to 12:00 AM

Zone I Parking Fee:

Seasonal Parking Cards

The RTA Dubai provides seasonal parking cards for people who need to park vehicles on a regular basis. The parking cards come with minimum 3 months and maximum 1 year validity.

When you park your car, put the parking card on its dashboard to make it visible for parking inspector/officer. You do not need to buy a parking ticket or pay for parking when you have a seasonal parking card. The parking cards are valid in entire Dubai City.

Here I provide the list of Seasonal Parking Cards in Dubai with type of permit and validity information.

Parking Reservation Charges

The parking reservation service in Dubai is available for banks, contracting companies, medical/healthcare providers, hotels, buildings and mosques. In order to apply to reserve a parking in Dubai, you can apply online at RTA Dubai website @www.rta.ae. The parking reservation charges are as under.

How to Pay for Parking in Dubai

In order to pay for parking your car in Dubai, you should have enough knowledge about the payment methods. Because most payment methods for parking in Dubai are based on internet and smart phones.

According to my driving experience in Dubai, there are 11 different ways for paying the parking fee. Most payment methods are online and suitable for all smart phone users. Here I provide the list of 11 methods to pay for parking in Dubai as under.

1. Parking Meters
2. Nol Cards
3. RTA Dubai App
4. Dubai Drive App
5. DubaiNow App
6. mParking (SMS)
7. WhatsApp
8. Bank Cards with RFID
9. NFC on Smart Phones
10. Apple Pay
11. Samsung Pay

In order to know how to pay for parking in Dubai online and other methods, you should read this post till end. I am going to explain each method in brief to help you pay the parking fee easily.

1. Use Parking Meters [Pay with Coins]:

RTA Dubai has installed parking meters at most parking spaces. These meters accept parking fees by coins only and generate parking tickets. You can use parking meters to pay for parking in Dubai but you must have currency coins to buy your parking ticket.

2. Pay with Nol Cards

The Nol Cards are useful for paying for parking and all public transport modes in Dubai. You can buy a Nol Card from any bus station or metro station in Dubai. You can also recharge the Nol Card to keep using it for parking fee payment.

There are kiosk machines at parking lots, you can insert your Nol Card to pay for parking through the kiosk machine.

3. RTA Dubai App

The RTA Dubai App provides drivers & car owner services and public transport services. The RTA Dubai App is available for Android, iPhone, iPad and Huawei mobile devices.

You can use RTA Dubai App to find your nearby parking zones, check parking availability and pay for parking your car anytime.

4. Dubai Drive App

Dubai Drive App is an all-in-one mobile app for vehicle registration, parking and Salik (toll fee) related services. You can use this app for searching parking zones and paying the parking fee by credit cards.

5. DubaiNow App

DubaiNow is a mobile app with 130+ government and private services. It is available to download and use for free for everyone living in Dubai. The DubaiNow App allows you to pay for parking in anywhere in Dubai City.

6. mParking (Pay by SMS)

The RTA Dubai provides mParking Service to allow easy parking fee payment for all. The SMS Parking Service is available for Du and Etisalat SIM Users. In order to pay for parking in Dubai by SMS, you have to send an SMS in its prescribed format as follows.

• For Registered Users:

<Plate No.><space><Zone No.><space><Duration>
Send the SMS to 7275

• For Non-Registered Users:

<Nickname><space><Zone No.><space><Duration>
Send the SMS to 7275

When you send an SMS to 7275, the parking fee and SMS charges will be deducted from your mobile credit balance. The SMS Charges are 30 fils per SMS.

If you pay for parking by SMS, you will receive a reminder message from 7275 just 10 minutes before your parking duration ends. You can reply with Y to extend your parking duration.

If you do not want to extend your parking, remove your car from the parking space in 10 minutes.

7. Pay via WhatsApp

The RTA Dubai has developed Mahboub Chatbot to provide some common services and query solutions. The Mahboub Chatbot is also available on WhatsApp and you can connect with it to pay for parking in Dubai via WhatsApp on your mobile phone.

1. Add +971 58 800 9090 as Mahboub Chatbot to contacts on your mobile.
2. Open WhatsApp app and select contacts.
3. Find and tap on Mahboub Chatbot.
4. Type a message in the prescribed format as vehicle’s plate number and code<space>area code<space>duration in hour.
5. Send the message to proceed.
6. Soon you will receive your parking ticket on WhatsApp and the parking fee will be deducted from your mParking Account i.e. mobile credit balance.
7. Mahboub Chatbot will remind you 15 minutes before the parking duration ends.
8. You can reply Y to extend parking duration or vacant the parking space anytime before the duration ends.

8. Bank Cards with RFID

In present time, Many banks provide RFID enabled credit cards and debit cards. If you have an RFID enabled credit card then you can pay for parking with help of an RFID reader machine at the parking space.

9. Use NFC on Smart Phones

The NFC Readers are available at most parking lots in Dubai. If your smart phone has NFC feature, you can use NFC to pay for parking at anytime, anywhere.

10. Use Apple Pay

iPhone users can use Apple Pay to pay the parking fee at all parking spaces in Dubai.

11. Use Samsung Pay

Samsung Pay is an inbuilt payment app available on all Samsung devices. You can use it for all types of payments including the payment of parking fee in Dubai.

In this way, you can pay for parking with 11 different payment methods. The SMS Parking Service takes extra cost of 30 fils per SMS, all other methods do not have any extra cost. The online payment methods and smart apps make payment of parking fees super easy for everyone.

Wrapping Up

There are many parking spaces available in Dubai. You should check the parking timings and pay for parking your car by one of the 11 methods that I have shared above.

Paying the parking fee is very easy and convenient. You can choose to pay for parking in Dubai online, by coins, by SMS, RFID/NFC or Nol Card or any other way you like.

In case you have any query, you can ask me in the comment box. For more information about parking facilities in Dubai, kindly refer the questions and answers given below.

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