Parking in Tbilisi 2026: Prices, How to Pay and Fines

How parking in Tbilisi works

The system looks more complicated than it is. Here's how it works.

Free streets. No "P" sign with a plate — don't pay. That's most of the city outside the centre: Isani, Chughureti, Nadzaladevi, the residential districts.

Non-zone municipal parking. A standard "P" sign with road markings, but no zone code. Here a pass tied to your licence plate applies: 4 GEL for a week, 25 for six months, 50 for a year. Buy one and you can park in any such space across the city.

Hourly zone parking. This is the centre. A rectangular plate with the code of the lot — a zone letter and three or four digits, such as A050 or A722 — is added to the "P" sign. By regulation, the markings on zone spaces are red. You pay by the hour, afresh every time.

The rule for working out where you are is simple: look at the post. If there's a plate with a letter-and-number code, it's zone parking, so look for the app or a terminal. If there's only a "P" sign with markings, you need a pass. If there's nothing at all, park for free — but check there's no "no parking" sign nearby.

A separate category is the paid underground and surface car parks of shopping centres and private car parks. They aren't part of the municipal system and have their own rates.

An important detail almost everyone gets wrong: the 50 GEL annual pass doesn't exempt you from hourly payment in a zone. The reverse does work — if you've bought a zone pass, you don't need to pay separately for non-zone spaces.

How much it costs: 2026 rates

Rates were checked in August 2026 against Tbilisi Sakrebulo Resolution No. 33-99 and the annexes published on parking.tbilisi.gov.ge.

Electric cars with a power output above 4 kW park free, as do vehicles displaying a disability badge in designated spaces and category A taxis in taxi bays.

An honest word on charging hours: there's no single "free at night and at weekends" rule in the regulation. The city hall may announce free periods, but we couldn't find a public document setting them out, and in the official list the zone lots have no time-limit plates. The practical conclusion: assume the zone is paid round the clock unless the plate under the sign says otherwise. Read the plate.

How to pay

The Tbilisi Parking app — the main method

The city hall's official app, published by the Municipal Services Development Agency (MSDA). Locals use it, and it's the only method that covers everything at once: zone sessions, passes and fines.

Where to download. Google Play and the App Store, under the name "Parking Tbilisi". There's also a full web version, tp.ge — sessions sync both ways, so a parking session started in the app can be ended in a browser and vice versa. It isn't a fallback but an equal alternative.

Language. Georgian and English. There is no Russian interface.

Registration. According to the city hall's official instructions, only four fields are needed: username, mobile number, password and its repeat. An SMS with a code follows, and once confirmed a profile of the form TP-123456789 is created. A Georgian personal number (ID) isn't required — passport details aren't requested at all in the basic scenario. You add a vehicle separately, with a single field: the licence plate. You can add several vehicles in advance.

A caveat: some users report that in 2026 the app asks for citizenship and a document on one of the screens and rejects a foreign passport. The city hall's instructions contain no such step. If you get stuck on that field, don't fight the app — go to a terminal.

Card. You don't pay for a session directly but by topping up your balance: enter an amount, the app redirects you to the bank's page, and you enter the 16 digits of your card, its expiry date and the CVC. The instructions set no restriction on the card's country of issue, and according to most reviews international Visa and Mastercard cards work. But that can't be guaranteed: some Georgian government payment pages have been temperamental with foreign cards in 2026. Test a top-up with a small amount before your car is standing in a zone.

How to pay for zone parking. The zone code is written on the plate under the "P" sign next to where you've parked. In the app, choose your vehicle, choose zone A, B or C, enter the lot number and press "next" — it shows the cost, then "start parking". You then choose from three options: only the free 15 minutes, 15 minutes plus paid time, or paid time straight away.

Notifications arrive reliably: when a session starts, a couple of minutes before the free 15 minutes end, every 30 minutes during the session, when it ends and when the balance drops below 30 tetri.

A trap worth knowing about: if your phone loses its internet connection while a session is running, money keeps being deducted until the parking is ended. You can end it from any device via tp.ge.

Plan B, if the app won't install or your card doesn't go through: a terminal on the street. It needs no SMS verification and no Georgian ID, and accepts cash.

SMS

There's an SMS service in the system, but it's a channel for notifications about your session, not a way to pay. Don't expect to start parking by sending a message from a foreign number — under the regulation, payment is tied to the balance and the terminals.

Terminals and online: bogpay, tbcpay, pay.ge

Under the rules, a dedicated payment device should stand about 50 metres from a zone space. In practice these are ordinary self-service street terminals, which also stand by metro stations, banks and shops. You choose the parking section, enter the licence plate in Latin letters and pay in cash or by card. A foreign plate is entered the same way as a Georgian one.

The online payment sites bogpay.ge, tbcpay.ge and pay.ge cover passes, top-ups of the zone balance and fines. According to 2026 reviews, bogpay.ge is the most consistent at accepting foreign cards.

A bank branch

It works, but slowly. It only makes sense if you're buying an annual pass and want a paper receipt.

Comparison of methods for a foreign visitor:

Foreign plates: to pay or not to pay

The myth that "cars with foreign plates don't get fined" has been circulating on forums since 2017. It's wrong.

The regulation explicitly lists that when paying for parking, the vehicle's registration number is entered — a state plate, an internal transit number, a transit plate or a "TEST" plate. Foreign plates aren't excluded from that list, and the obligation to pay lies with the driver or owner, with no reservations about the country of registration. Put simply: the system is designed from the outset to work with any plate.

An offence is recorded against the plate. Since May 2026, the report is drawn up electronically — nothing is left under the windscreen wiper any more. The debt accumulates against the plate, a penalty of double the fine is added, and 30 days after the penalty is charged, enforcement measures kick in. It can surface on your next entry, when registering a vehicle or when selling it.

You can check a debt by plate in the fines tab of the Tbilisi Parking app, and also through bogpay.ge, tbcpay.ge and pay.ge — everywhere the search is by vehicle plate, and no registration is needed.

For general rules on checking road debts, see traffic rules and fines in Georgia.

A rented car: who pays the fine

A car on Georgian plates is registered to the rental company, so the report goes to it. The contract then takes over: virtually all rental contracts in Georgia contain a clause under which the renter reimburses fines for the rental period, and the company deducts the amount from your deposit or linked card — sometimes weeks after the trip, once the fine reaches it.

What to do so you don't pay blind:

• Pay for parking yourself. A plate that isn't yours can be registered in the app without restriction — there's a single field, and the system doesn't ask who owns the car. Add the rental car's plate to your account.
• The day before you return the car, check the plate at bogpay.ge or in the app's fines tab. If there's a fine, pay it yourself and keep the receipt — that's cheaper than the rental company's service fee on top of the fine.
• Ask at pick-up whether a municipal pass is included in the rental. Some companies include one, in which case you don't have to pay for non-zone spaces. It still doesn't extend to zone spaces.
• Record in the handover form that there were no unpaid fines when you returned the car.

Fines and towing

The current amounts are set by the Sakrebulo resolution of 18 May 2026:

• breaking "no stopping" or "no parking" signs, and other rules on stopping and parking in Tbilisi, including parking without paying — 50 GEL;
• stopping or parking on a pavement or pedestrian crossing — 100 GEL;
• driving, stopping or parking in a BUS LANE in the direction of travel — 100 GEL, 150 for a repeat within a year; in the opposite direction — 200 GEL, 300 for a repeat;
• stopping by a fire hydrant — 200 GEL.

There's no discount for early payment. There's the opposite: if you don't pay within the voluntary payment period under the Administrative Offences Code, a penalty of double the fine is added. A further 30 days on, enforcement kicks in.

To check and pay a fine: the fines tab in the Tbilisi Parking app, bogpay.ge, tbcpay.ge, pay.ge or a street terminal. A report can be appealed to the body that issued it and then in court; the appeal must be filed within the time limits set by the Administrative Offences Code.

Towing. A car on a pavement is towed whether or not there's a warning sign. The cost is fixed:

So a car towed in the morning and reclaimed the same day costs 170 GEL on top of the fine — about €55.

What to bring: ID (passport), the vehicle registration document or a power of attorney or other document confirming your right to use the car, and the receipt for the transport and storage charges. They won't release the car without payment.

Where to go: under the rules, the operator must keep several impound lots, at least one open around the clock, seven days a week. The specific address depends on where your car was taken — find out from the parking hotline or in the app. As of August 2026, the city hall doesn't publish a list of impound lot addresses openly.

Where you can actually park in the centre

Old Town and Meidan. There are zone spaces on Kote Abkhazi, Abano and Ioseb Grishashvili streets, but only a few dozen, and they're full in the daytime. To be honest, driving in here is a bad idea. Leave your car at the edge of the zone and walk, or come by taxi — in the Old Town it's easier to leave the car and take a Bolt.

The underground car park at Orbeliani Square. Official lot A050, 156 spaces plus 6 for people with disabilities, zone A rate of 1 GEL an hour. The entrance is from Khazina Street. It's the most reliable option within walking distance of Meidan and Rustaveli. The lighting is poor, but there's more often a space than on the street.

The underground car park under Rike. About 350 spaces, open around the clock; it isn't part of the municipal system, so it has its own rate — roughly 2 GEL for the first hour and 1 for each after, and they often ask for cash. It's next to the cable car and the Bridge of Peace.

Sololaki. There's practically no street parking: narrow streets, and residents with a privilege covering 100 metres around their home. Zone lots begin closer to Atoneli and Tabukashvili streets. If you're choosing accommodation in Sololaki and coming by car, ask about parking before you book — otherwise you'll be leaving the car a 15-minute walk away.

Rustaveli and around. Zone spaces on Atoneli, Mtkvari, Sulkhanishvili, Vekua, Tabukashvili and Baratashvili streets — on Baratashvili there are five locations with 65 spaces. They fill up quickly.

Marjanishvili. This part of Chughureti doesn't appear in the official list of zone spaces. That means parking here is non-zone — the 50 GEL annual pass is enough, and you don't need to pay by the hour. For long stays in the centre it's the cheapest option: leave the car near Marjanishvili and take the metro two stops.

Vera and Vake. Zone A covers Chavchavadze, Abashidze, Paliashvili, Barnovi, Kekelidze, Mtskheta and neighbouring streets. There are plenty of spaces, but demand is high too: on weekday afternoons, allow about ten minutes of circling.

What's changing in 2026

The main change of the year is the Sakrebulo resolution of 18 May 2026, which came into force the next day. It brought parking fines into a single document and clarified two practical points: the report is now electronic, with nothing left under the wiper, and a car on a pavement or crossing is towed whether or not there's a warning sign. A separate fine of 200 GEL is set for stopping by a fire hydrant, with a precise radius of 3.5 metres for the sign.

The zone parking reform is officially described as phased, and the city hall has repeatedly promised to extend it to new streets. There are no reports of specific new areas for 2025–2026 in open sources; the current list is 2,620 spaces, all in zone A. If you spot a new zone code on a post where there wasn't one before, let us know and we'll update.

In short

1. An hour of zone parking is 1 GEL; an annual pass for non-zone spaces is 50 GEL.

1. The 50 GEL pass does not cover zone spaces. A zone pass covers everything.

1. The first 15 minutes are free, up to four times a day at different lots.

1. Look for the zone code on the rectangular plate under the "P" sign. No code means you need a pass. No sign means it's free.

1. Foreign plates pay on the same terms as everyone else. The debt accumulates against the plate.

1. The Tbilisi Parking app and the tp.ge web version: register with a phone number, no Georgian ID needed. If it doesn't work, use a street terminal with cash.

1. The fine is 50 GEL; the penalty is double the fine. There's no discount for early payment.

1. Towing a car costs 150 GEL plus 20 GEL per day of storage.

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