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At-a-Glance:
- We’re updating street parking rates on Monday, August 4 as part of our regular seasonal adjustments.
- More than two-thirds of parking rates will stay the same.
- At the remaining times and locations, rates are changing by $0.50 per hour.
- Overall, rates are staying the same or decreasing at nearly 80% of all times and locations.
- Click here to view the new parking rates below. The new rates are also posted on our paid parking rates web page.
- We use the latest parking data to adjust parking rates, with a focus on providing enough open spots near businesses and other destinations.
- Rates generally increase where and when it is hard to find an open parking space and decrease where parking spots are easier to find.
- These rates will be in effect from August 4 until the next rate change in fall 2025.
On Monday, August 4, new street parking rates took effect in Seattle. We set parking rates by comparing recent data from each paid parking area in the city with our performance metric targets for parking occupancy.
For each block, we aim to have approximately 1 to 2 parking spaces available at any given time. This helps people find a spot when they need one to visit local businesses and other destinations throughout the city. These seasonal adjustments align with the Seattle Municipal Code guidelines that have informed our rate adjustments since 2011.
Parking rates in Seattle typically change three times a year, in the spring, summer, and fall. The new rates in Seattle will be in effect from August 4 until our next rate change this fall. One exception is the Ballard Locks area, where rates are adjusted twice per year, in May and October.
New parking rates as of August 4, 2025 (hourly rates)
| Area | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
| 12th Avenue | $1.00 | $4.00 | $6.50 |
| 15th Avenue E | $2.50 | $4.50 | $4.50 |
| Ballard – Core | $1.00 | $6.00 | $6.00 |
| Ballard – Edge | $1.00 | $3.00 | $3.50 |
| Belltown – North | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 |
| Belltown – South | $1.00 | $3.00 | $1.00 |
| Capitol Hill – North | $1.00 | $4.50 | $4.00 |
| Capitol Hill – South | $1.00 | $3.50 | $4.50 |
| Cherry Hill | $2.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 |
| Chinatown-International District | $1.00 | $5.00 | $5.50 |
| Columbia City | $1.00 | $6.50 | $6.00 |
| Commercial Core – Financial | $1.50 | $1.00 | $1.00 |
| Commercial Core – Retail | $2.50 | $5.00 | $2.00 |
| Commercial Core – Waterfront | $1.00 | $7.00 | $5.50 |
| Denny Triangle – North | $2.50 | $7.00 | $2.50 |
| Denny Triangle – South | $1.00 | $5.50 | $5.50 |
| First Hill | $1.50 | $6.00 | $5.50 |
| Fremont | $1.00 | $6.00 | $6.50 |
| Green Lake | $1.00 | $4.50 | $4.00 |
| Pike-Pine | $1.00 | $4.50 | $7.50 |
| Pioneer Square – Core | $1.00 | $5.50 | Free |
| Pioneer Square – Edge | $1.00 | $1.50 | Free |
| Roosevelt | $1.00 | $1.50 | $1.00 |
| South Lake Union – North | $1.00 | $1.00 | Free |
| South Lake Union – South | $1.00 | $4.50 | Free |
| University District – Core | $1.00 | $5.50 | $3.00 |
| University District – Edge | $1.00 | $1.00 | Free |
| Uptown | $1.00 | $2.50 | $1.50 |
| Uptown Triangle | $1.00 | $1.00 | Free |
| Westlake Ave N – North | $1.00 | $2.00 | Free |
| Westlake Ave N – South | $1.00 | $1.00 | Free |
Key:
- Black: Rate remains unchanged
- Blue: Rate decreasing by $0.50 per hour
- Orange: Rate increasing by $0.50 per hour
Attention employers – help your team ride transit to work!
Are you a business owner located in a paid parking area? Our partners at King County Metro and Commute Seattle have programs to help your business support employee transportation options like buses, light rail, streetcar, water taxi, vanpool, and more.
ORCA Business Programs allow an employer to help staff get to work with public transit passes and first-time employer customers are eligible for King County Metro’s ORCA Business Incentive.
The ORCA Business Incentive can pay a portion of your program’s cost in the first year, leading to even larger savings while giving your employees fully paid transit passes that they can use 24/7.
Our paid parking rates web page was updated today, August 4. You can visit the page for more information about rates in all our paid neighborhoods. All street parking rates are also shown on this interactive map on our website. Thanks for your interest.