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How much a driving licence costs
The medical check-up, the course, the exams and issuing the document. All fees in one place, as of October 2026.
Step by step
- Medical check-up: at most PLN 200. Photo: a few dozen złoty. PKK profile: PLN 0.
- Category B course: usually about PLN 3,200–4,500 in smaller and medium-sized towns, about PLN 4,000–5,600 in the largest cities. Extra driving hour: about PLN 150 on average.
- Theory test: about PLN 55–59. Practical test: about PLN 222–239. The fees are set by the voivodeship assembly and rise with inflation every year.
- Issuing the licence: PLN 100, usually paid after passing the exam.
- In total usually about PLN 3,800–6,200, plus any retakes and extra lessons.
Check the current exam fees on your WORD's website and the course price at the school.
Worth knowing
Every retake is the full fee. Also when you don't show up and didn't cancel 2 working days ahead.
Source: Act on Vehicle Drivers (Ustawa o kierujących pojazdami), art. 56a–56b; Regulation on examining (Dz.U. 2023 item 2659), § 11
The PLN 0.50 surcharge on the licence was abolished in July 2023, though many websites still quote PLN 100.50.
Source: Regulation on the driving licence fee (Dz.U. 2025 item 953); Act of 26.05.2023 (Dz.U. 2023 item 1123)
Example: in Łódź voivodeship, from 17.09.2026 theory costs PLN 58 and practice PLN 235.
Source: Act on Vehicle Drivers, art. 56a–56b; resolutions of the 16 voivodeship assemblies, as of 4.10.2026
Course prices are a review of schools' price lists, not official prices. Every exam passed first time is a saving.
Source: rankomat.pl (21.08.2026); Interia (23.08.2026); Zdavo's summary
Content checked on 5/10/2026. Rules and fees change — find what is current at the office, the WORD or on gov.pl.