HDB season parking is a fixed monthly fee that gives your vehicle a guaranteed spot in your designated HDB car park instead of paying by the hour. For a resident's first car it costs $80 a month at a surface or kerbside car park and $110 a month at a sheltered or multi-storey one. Motorcycles start at $15 a month. A second car in the same household, or a car parked where you do not live, pays more, sometimes a lot more. This guide gives you the exact 2026 rates, the rules that decide which tier you fall into, how to apply and renew without losing your lot to the priority queue, and the simple maths for whether season parking saves you money versus paying short-term.
Season parking is sold by the calendar month. You pay one flat charge and park as much as you like in your assigned car park, with no per-entry short-term fees. The two figures most residents care about are $80 a month for a surface or kerbside lot and $110 a month for a sheltered lot, which covers multi-storey, basement, semi-basement and landscape-deck car parks. That is the rate for the first car of an HDB resident, parked at the car park serving their flat.
Those are the resident, first-vehicle rates, called Tier 1. The charge climbs once you are a second car in the household, a tenant, or a non-resident parking where you do not live (Tier 2), and it varies by zone. A surface lot in a restricted or car-lite zone can run to $165 a month for a Tier 2 car, and a sheltered lot in the same zone to $190. The cheapest Tier 2 rate, on the rest of the island away from the city fringe, is $90 surface and $120 sheltered.
Motorcycles are far cheaper: $15 a month for a surface lot, $17 for a sheltered one. Bikes that need two lots pay $30 and $34 respectively. Commercial vehicles up to 1,800kg unladen pay $80 to $120 depending on tier and car park type; heavier ones pay $185.
The published HDB charge is the figure you are billed each month. Treat $80 and $110 as your planning numbers for a resident's first car, and check the live rate for your specific car park before you commit, because zone and lot type move the price.
| Vehicle / tier | Surface or kerbside | Sheltered / multi-storey |
|---|---|---|
| Car, Tier 1 (resident's first car) | $80 | $110 |
| Car, Tier 2, rest of island | $90 | $120 |
| Car, Tier 2, designated area | $150 | $170 |
| Car, Tier 2, restricted / car-lite zone | $165 | $190 |
| Special precinct (all tiers) | $95 to $105 | $95 to $105 |
| Motorcycle (single lot) | $15 | $17 |
| Motorcycle (two lots) | $30 | $34 |
The single biggest factor in your bill is not the car park type, it is your tier. Tier 1 is the subsidised resident rate. You qualify for it on the first vehicle registered to your household when you park at the car park that serves your own HDB flat. Everyone else pays Tier 2.
Tier 2 covers three common situations: a second or subsequent car in the same household, a tenant or sub-tenant of an HDB flat, and any non-resident parking at a car park where they do not live. If you live in Tampines but want season parking near your office in the CBD fringe, that is a Tier 2, restricted-zone rate, which is why it can be more than double the $80 you would pay at home.
The zone bands inside Tier 2 matter too. Restricted zone and car-lite precinct car parks carry the highest Tier 2 rates because HDB is managing demand in built-up areas. The rest of the island is the cheapest. Special precincts, a small set of car parks with their own charging structure, sit in the middle at a flat $95 to $105 regardless of tier.
Households with two cars often assume both park at home for $80 each. Only the first vehicle gets Tier 1. The second car at the same address is charged the Tier 2 rate for that zone, so a two-car family on the rest of the island pays $80 for the first car and $90 for the second at a surface lot, or $110 and $120 sheltered. If you live in a restricted zone, the second car jumps to $165 to $190 a month. Folding that into your personal budget before buying a second car saves an unpleasant surprise.
Motorcycle season parking is cheap, but riders have a better option than the standard $15-a-month ticket. The Concessionary Season Parking scheme (CSP) costs $20 a month and, on top of guaranteeing your home lot, lets you park free in unreserved lots at all HDB car parks and most URA car parks across the island, without paying short-term charges. The exception is red-marked motorcycle lots at other car parks.
If you already hold a standard motorcycle season parking, you upgrade to CSP for a top-up of $3 or $5 a month, depending on whether your home car park is surface or sheltered. New applicants can apply for CSP directly. URA has estimated a frequent rider could save as much as $492 a year by switching, because the $5 difference is dwarfed by the short-term parking you would otherwise pay around town.
For cars there is no equivalent island-wide pass. A car season parking ticket covers only the car park you bought it for, plus a short list of nearby car parks in the same cluster where HDB allows holders to park. Outside that, you pay short-term rates like anyone else.
Family Season Parking (FSP) lets a relative who lives in your flat park a car at your home car park at a discount. To qualify, HDB requires that you already hold a valid season parking at that car park, that the family member is your parent, child, sibling, grandparent or in-law, and that the relative is actually living in your HDB flat. See HDB's FSP eligibility page for the documents you need to prove the relationship and the living arrangement.
FSP is priced at half the normal season parking rate for the relevant car park group, so it lands well below what a non-resident would pay under Tier 2. The catch is timing: the FSP validity cannot run longer than your own season parking, so if yours expires in three months, the FSP can only be bought up to that date. Renew your own ticket first, then extend the FSP.
FSP suits the common Singapore setup where an ageing parent or a grown child shares the flat and keeps a car there. Because the relative must live with you, it does not cover a relative who merely visits. Run the numbers against the alternative: at half the normal rate, FSP almost always beats paying short-term every time that household car parks.
Lots are limited, so HDB runs a priority queue with staggered booking dates each month. The earlier your priority group, the better your chance of securing a popular car park before it sells out.
Before you apply, check whether your car park has free lots using HDB's online View Available Season Parking Lots service, which shows real-time availability by car park. If your preferred car park is full, you can join a waiting list or look at a nearby one in the same cluster.
You apply through the Apply for New Season Parking e-Service on the HDB website using Singpass, or through the Mobile@HDB app on iOS and Android. Pay by credit card (Visa or MasterCard) or by direct debit from a DBS, UOB, OCBC or Standard Chartered account. After applying, you can confirm validity and the car parks you are entitled to use by logging in to your My HDBPage with Singpass.
Season parking does not roll over on its own unless you set it to. Renewal opens about a month before your ticket expires, and there is no grace period after the expiry date. Once a ticket lapses you lose the right to park in season-holder lots, and if you keep parking you pay short-term charges that are not refundable, on top of the full month once you do renew. That is the real cost of forgetting, not a small fine.
The cleanest fix is auto-renewal. HDB runs two modes: GIRO, which pays a 2% rebate on every successful deduction, and a recurring credit card. Either way the charge is taken on the 18th of each month for the following month, so the lot is locked in before the new month starts. If you would rather renew by hand, you can do it through the e-Service, the Mobile@HDB app, AXS stations or PayNow, but you carry the risk of missing the date. For an in-demand car park, set up GIRO and forget about it.
When you renew you can buy anywhere from one to 12 months at a time, subject to lots being free. Buying a longer block does not change the monthly rate; it just saves you repeating the transaction and reduces the chance of a lapse.
Transfers come in two forms. A Permanent Transfer moves your season parking to a new vehicle or a new address, for example after you change cars or move flats. A Temporary Transfer covers a short stint of up to 31 days, handy when your car is in the workshop and you are driving a loaner. Both are done through the HDB e-Services. Moving up a car park group, say from a surface lot to a multi-storey one, needs a top-up to the higher rate; moving down to a cheaper group is free.
To stop a season parking, use the Termination of Season Parking e-Service or the app. Because it is sold for long-term use, you can only terminate after at least one full calendar month. HDB refunds the unexpired charges, counted from the day after you submit the termination, so request it the moment you no longer need the lot rather than waiting for month-end. Refunds come back by PayNow almost immediately or by interbank transfer within about two weeks. One catch: a pro-rated ticket covering the current month plus following months cannot be cut short partway, so plan the end date around that. Cancel before you sell or scrap a car so you are not paying for a lot you no longer use.
Outstanding HDB parking fines can hold up a season parking renewal, the same way unpaid LTA fines block road tax renewal. Clear any HDB or URA parking fines first. If you are on GIRO, also make sure the linked bank account has funds, because a failed deduction can mean a lapsed ticket and a lost lot.
Season parking is a fixed cost, so it pays off once your hourly parking would exceed the monthly fee. HDB short-term parking runs at $0.60 per half hour outside the Central Area and $1.20 per half hour inside it. Daytime parking from 7am to 10:30pm is capped at $12 a day in non-central car parks and $20 a day in central ones, with no cap overnight. Park your car at home each night and the half-hourly meter alone clears the $80 monthly fee inside the first week, so a resident's first car is almost always better on season parking.
The table below shows the break-even. It compares the $80 season fee against short-term charges at a non-central car park, using the $0.60 per half hour rate.
The maths gets closer for occasional drivers. If you only use the car a few evenings a week and pay short-term each time, tally a realistic month of hourly charges before committing. A second car that mostly sits idle, parked in a restricted zone at $165 to $190 a month, is an expensive lot to keep, and a real cost to weigh when deciding whether the household needs two cars at all.
Season parking is one of the smaller recurring costs of car ownership, well behind fuel, insurance, depreciation and the COE. For the full picture, see our guide to the factors that drive the cost of a car in Singapore, and remember that the bigger transport savings usually come from whether you need the car at all, not from shaving the parking line. If you are still deciding between owning and not, work the full monthly figure into your budget first.
For a non-resident weighing season parking near work against daily short-term parking or ERP-heavy commutes, the comparison is the Tier 2 monthly rate for that zone versus your real daily spend. If you drive in five days a week and park all day, a $165 to $190 season ticket can still undercut paying short-term, but only if you would otherwise park there daily anyway. Account for ERP charges separately, since season parking does nothing for those. The same break-even thinking applies to paid parking in town, where short-term rates are higher and a season ticket is rarely an option.
| How you use the car | Short-term cost per month | Cheaper option |
|---|---|---|
| Parked at home overnight only, ~8.5 hours a night | About $300 | Season parking |
| Daily errands, ~3 hours a day | About $108 | Season parking |
| Weekends only, ~6 hours a week | About $31 | Short-term |
| Rarely driven, ~2 hours a week | About $10 | Short-term |
A common misread is treating season parking like a flexible 30-day pass you can use anywhere. It is not. A car ticket is tied to one vehicle and one car park group for the period you bought, full stop. You cannot lend it to a guest's car, swap it onto a second household vehicle for a day, or use it at a car park outside your group.
What it does give you is some breathing room when your home car park is full. If every season lot is taken, you can park at another car park in the same HDB car park group without paying short-term, so check which car parks share your group before assuming you are stuck. That grouping is also why the View Available Season Parking Lots service is worth checking before you apply: a full first choice often has a neighbour in the same group with space.
Season parking covers the parking charge only. It does nothing for ERP tolls, and it is separate from road tax and insurance, which run on their own renewal cycles. If you mostly need a car for occasional trips rather than daily commuting, weigh the whole monthly figure against car sharing or ride-hailing before committing to a lot at all.
For a resident's first car it is $80 a month at a surface or kerbside car park and $110 at a sheltered or multi-storey one. A second car, a tenant's car, or a non-resident's car pays the higher Tier 2 rate, from $90 surface on the rest of the island up to $190 sheltered in a restricted zone. Motorcycles start at $15 a month.
Apply through the Apply for New Season Parking e-Service on the HDB website using Singpass, or through the Mobile@HDB app. Check availability first with HDB's View Available Season Parking Lots service. Pay by credit card or by direct debit from DBS, UOB, OCBC or Standard Chartered.
Only the first vehicle in a household gets the subsidised Tier 1 rate. Any subsequent car is charged the Tier 2 rate for that zone, which ranges from $90 surface on the rest of the island to $190 sheltered in a restricted or car-lite zone. The same logic applies to tenants and non-residents.
CSP costs $20 a month and lets a motorcyclist with a home season parking park free in unreserved lots at almost all HDB and URA car parks across the island, except red-marked motorcycle lots elsewhere. Existing season parking holders upgrade for a $3 or $5 top-up. URA estimates frequent riders can save up to $492 a year.
Yes, through Family Season Parking, but only if the relative lives in your flat. A parent, child, sibling, grandparent or in-law who resides with you can buy FSP at half the normal season parking rate to park at your home car park, provided you already hold a valid season parking there. The FSP cannot last longer than your own season parking, so renew yours first.
Renew automatically by GIRO (with a 2% rebate) or recurring credit card, or manually through the e-Service, Mobile@HDB app or AXS. To cancel, use the Termination of Season Parking e-Service. For a pro-rated ticket you can terminate from the last day of the pro-rated month and get the unused months refunded.
Log in to your My HDBPage with Singpass. It shows your season parking validity and the car parks you are entitled to use. You can also see transaction history and manage renewals or transfers from the same portal.
For a resident's first car parked at home overnight, almost always. HDB short-term parking is about $0.60 per half hour outside the Central Area, so regular use passes the $80 monthly fee quickly. For a rarely-used car, add up a realistic month of hourly charges before committing, especially a Tier 2 car at $165 to $190 a month.
There is no grace period. Once the ticket expires you lose the right to use season-holder lots, and any parking after that is charged at short-term rates that are not refunded, on top of the full month once you renew. Renewal opens about a month before expiry, so setting up GIRO auto-renewal, charged on the 18th for the following month, is the safest way to avoid losing a popular lot.
No. A car season parking is tied to one vehicle and one car park group for the period you bought, so you cannot lend it to a guest or move it onto a second car. If your home car park is full you can park at another car park in the same HDB car park group without short-term charges. To let a resident relative park at your car park, use Family Season Parking instead.
Season parking is sold by the calendar month, from the first to the last day of the month. You can buy or renew anywhere from one to 12 months at a time, subject to lots being free. Buying a longer block does not lower the monthly rate, but it saves repeating the transaction and reduces the risk of a lapse if your car park is in demand.
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