Malaga’s Low Emission Zone (ZBE) has so far proved to be a great source of funds for the municipality. In the first two months of implementation (December 2025 and January 2026), the Local Police issued 11,712 fines to vehicles without the required environmental sticker.
At present, ZBE fines only concern drivers who come to Malaga city but reside elsewhere, as local residents can come and go as they wish. So the cars which are fined, are not registered in Malaga and do not display the appropriate sticker.
The plan is to further restrict the number of non-local vehicles accessing the centre. By 30 November this year, cars from outside Malaga with a B sticker (low-emission internal combustion vehicles, registered from January 2001 for petrol or January 2006 for diesel) will no longer be allowed to enter the city centre zone.
And remember the church and Cervantes car park are both within the zone’s outer area.
Read the details on Sur here. Find the zone map and more details here.