# Speed limits by country

A speed limit is the limit of speed allowed by law for road vehicles, usually the maximum speed allowed. Occasionally, there is a minimum speed limit. Advisory speed limits also exist, which are recommended but not mandatory speeds. Speed limits are commonly set by the legislative bodies of national or local governments.

## Overview

The following tables show various jurisdictions' default speed limits (where applicable) that apply to different types of vehicles travelling on three different types of road. Actual speed limits may range beyond these values. The enforcement tolerance is specified in km/h or percentage above the stated limit.
Germany is the only country where some motorways do not have a maximum speed limit. The 130 km/h is sign-posted as a general advisory speed limit for motorways in the entry of the country. Due to those Autobahns, Germany is considered a country without a general speed limit on its highways. The Isle of Man is the only jurisdiction without a general speed limit on rural two-lane roads.

### Definitions

Numerous countries have a different general speed limit for urban roads than on remaining roads. Such differences exist since the beginning of the 20th century, in countries such as United Kingdom and France. This concept is formally defined as road within built-up area in various regulations, including Vienna convention, even if UK has re-branded them as street lighted or restricted area. More informally they are known as urban road. In 2017, most of all IRTAD countries have a default speed limit in urban roads of 50 km/h, with various lower speeds, for instance, in the Netherlands, 70% of the urban roads are limited to 30 km/h.
Some countries, for instance the US, India or China, do not have a specific urban road maximum speed.
Different speed limits exist for heavy goods vehicles (HGV) but the limit for HGV is country dependent: while most Eurasian and American countries might use the Vienna convention's 3.5-tonne limit, other countries in North America, China, India, Australia or Ireland might use different weight limits.

## Countries

(Speed limits are indicated in kilometers per hour (km/h), except as noted.)
| Country | Within towns | Controlled-access highway/ motorway/freeway/expressway | Interurban roads outside built-up areas/regional highways | Automobiles & motorcycles | Lorries or automobiles with trailer | Enforcement tolerance |
| Albania | 40 | 110 | 80 | 80–90 | 60–70 | 10 km/h |
| Argentina | 40–60 | 100–130 | 80 | 80–110 | 80 | 10 km/h |
| Australia | 40–60 | 100-110 | 100-130 | 100–110 | 100 | 0 km/h |
| Austria | 50 | 130 | 100 | 100 | 70/80 | 3 km/h up to 100 km/h; 3% above |
| Azerbaijan | 40–60 | 110 | | 90 | | Up to 10 km/h |
| Bangladesh | 40 | 80 | 80 | 80 (Automobiles) 50 (Motorcycles) | 50 | 10 |
| Bahrain | 50 | 100–120 | 90 | 80 | 70 | 10 |
| Belarus | 60 | 120 ( 90) | 90 | 90 | 70 | N/A |
| Belgium | 20–50 | 90–120 | 90 70 (Flemish Region) | 70–90 | 70–90 | 6 km/h up to 100 km/h, 6% over |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 50 | 130 (motorways) 100 (expressways) | 80 | 80 | 80 | 10 km/h |
| Brazil | 40–70 | 80–120 | 80–100 | 80–110 | 80 (90 for buses) | 10 km/h up to 110 km/h, 10% over, rounded to nearest integer |
| Brunei | 50 | 100 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 10 km/h |
| Bulgaria | 50 | 140 ( 100) | 90 | 90 ( 80) | 80 | 10 km/h |
| Canada | 30-50 | 100–120 | 60–100 | | depends on province | Officially 0 (fines specified for 10 km/h over in Alberta), unofficially 20%–40% depending on officer |
| Chile | 30-50 | 120 (automobiles & motorcycle) 100 (interurban bus only) | 90 | 90 | 90 | 10 km/h |
| China | 30–60 | 100–120 | 80 | 60–80 | 80–100 | 10% of speed limit |
| — Hong Kong | 50 | 100–110 | 70 | 50–80 | 50–70 | 10 km/h |
| — Macau | 20–60 | 60–80 | N/A | 50–80 | N/A | 10 km/h |
| — Taiwan | 40–60 | 100–110 | 80–90 | 50–80 | 60–80 | 10 km/h |
| Costa Rica | 45 | 80–100 | 80 | 60 | 60 | 10 km/h |
| Croatia | 50 | 130 (motorways) 110 (expressways) | 80 | 90 | 80 | 10 km/h up to 100 km/h; 10% over |
| Cyprus | 30–50 | 100 | 100 | 80 | 80 | 10 km/h |
| Czech Republic | 50 | 130 (motorways) 110 (expressways) 80 (urban expressways & motorways) | 90 | 90 | 80 | 3 km/h up to 100 km/h; 3% over |
| Denmark | 50 | 130 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 10 km/h up to 100 km/h; 10% over (Only for lasers and cameras) |
| — Faroe Islands | 50 | | | 80 | | 10 km/h |
| — Greenland | 50 | | | 80 | | 10 km/h |
| Estonia | 50 | 110–120 | 90-100 | 90–120 | 90 | 10 km/h |
| Egypt | 60 | 100-120 | 90 | 90–120 (for automobiles) 90-100 (for motorcycles) | 60-70 (for trucks) 80-100 (for buses) | 20 km/h |
| Finland | 50 | 80–120 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 10 km/h |
| — Åland | 50 | | | 70–90 | | 10 km/h |
| France | 50 | 110 (100 in rain) (expressways) 130 (110 in rain) (motorways) | 80–90 | 80–90 | 60–90 | 5 km/h up to 100 km/h, 5% above 100 km/h for fixed cameras; doubled for mobile radars |
| Georgia | 60 (20 in residential areas) | 110 | 80 | 90 | 70 | 10 |
| Germany | 50 | None, recommended speed 130 km/h. | 80–100 | 100 | 60 (trucks) 80 | 3 km/h up to 100 km/h, 3% over; differs for different speeding control methods |
| Greece | 50 | 110 (expressways) 130 (motorways) | 80 | 90 | 70 | 10 |
| Hungary | 50 (in general) 30 (residential areas) 60–70 (main roads) | 110 (expressways) 130 (motorways) | 90 | 90–110 | 70 | 15 km/h up to (and including) 100 km/h; 20 km/h over |
| Iceland | 50 | 90 | 90 | 90 (paved roads) / 80 (gravel roads) | 80 | 10 |
| India | 50 | up to 120, often lower | 60 | 80 | 65 | 20 |
| Indonesia | 40-60 | 80-100 | 80 | 50-80 | 60–80 | 10% of speed limit within towns 20% of speed limit in toll roads. |
| Iran | 50 | 70–120 | 70–110 | 70–110 | 70–110 | 20 km/h |
| Ireland | 30–50 | 120 | 80 (default but up to 100 where stated) | 80 | Trucks 90 Trailers 80 | Not defined. |
| Israel | 50 | 100–120 | 90 | 80–90 | 80 | 20 km/h |
| Italy | 50 | 130 (110 in adverse weather) (motorways) 110 (expressways) | 90 | 90 | 70 | 5 km/h up to 100 km/h; 5% above 100 km/h |
| Japan | 30–60 | 80–120 (national expressways) 70–80 (single-lane expressways) | 60 | 30 (~50cc) 100-120 | 80 (trailers) 90 (trucks) | 14 km/h with very few expection |
| Jordan | 60 or less | 120 | 80 | 80-120 | 80-100 | 20 km/h |
| Kazakhstan | 60 | 140 | | 110 | | 20 km/h |
| South Korea | 30–60 | 80–120 | 80 | 80–90 | 40–60 | 15 km/h |
| Latvia | 50 | 90–120 | 80–90 | 80–90 | 80 | 10 km/h |
| Lebanon | 50 | 100 | | | | 20 km/h |
| Liechtenstein | 50 | N/A | N/A | 80 | 80 | 10 km/h |
| Lithuania | 50 | 110–130 | 90 | 70–90 | 70–90 | 10 km/h |
| Luxembourg | 50 | 130 (110 in rain) | 90 | 90 | 75 | 3 km/h below 100 km/h; 3% above 100 km/h |
| North Macedonia | 50 | 120 | | 80–100 | | 10 |
| Malaysia | 30–60 | 90-110 | 80–90 | 70–90 | 70–80 80–90 (in expressway) | 20 |
| Malta | 30–50 | | | 80 | 60 | 10 |
| Mexico | 20–50 | 100–110 | 80–95 | 70–90 | 80–95 | 20 |
| Moldova | 50 | No such highways | 90 (110 in certain areas only) | 90–110 | 70 | 20 |
| Morocco | 40-60 | 120 | 100 | 100 | 85-90 | 10% up to 70 km/h, 7 km/h |
| Netherlands | 50 (30 in residential areas, ca. 70% of urban streets (2008)) | 130 (motorways 19–6 h) 100 (motorways 6–19 h) 100 (expressways) | 80 | 80 | 80 | 3 km/h |
| New Zealand | 30–50 | 100–110 | 60–100 | 100 (30–90 when towing, depending on vehicle) | 90 (80 school buses) | 10 (school zones, 10) |
| Norway | 50 | 100–110 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 10 |
| Pakistan | 40 | 100–120 | 100 | 50–80 | 100 | 20 |
| Peru | 30–50 | 80–100 | 100 (90 buses) | 60–100 | 70–80 | 15 |
| Philippines | 20–60 | 100 | 40–80 | 40–80 | 30–50 | 20 |
| Poland | 50-60 | 100 (single-lane expressways) 120 (dual-lane expressways) 140 (motorways) | 90 | 90 (single-lane) 100 (dual-lane) | 70 / 80 | 10 |
| Portugal | 50 | 120 | 90 | 90–100 | 70–80 | 10 |
| Romania | 50 (in certain areas as low as 25) | 130 (motorways) 120 (expressways) 80 (expressways in mountainous areas) | 90 (100 on highways designated as European Roads) | 90–100 | 70–90 | 30 |
| Russia | 60 (20 in residential areas) | 110–130 | 90 | 90 | 70–90 | 20 |
| Saudi Arabia | | 120–140 | | | 80 (Trucks) 80-100 (Buses) | 4 - 10 km/h on highways |
| Serbia | 50 | 100 (expressways) 130 (motorways) | 80 | 80 | 80 | 0 km/h (No tolerance) |
| Singapore | 50 | 90 | 60 | 80–90 | 60 | 10-20 |
| Slovakia | 50 | 130 (100 in built-up areas) 100 (Single line expressways) | 90 | 90 | 90 | 10 |
| Slovenia | 50 | 130 | 80–100 | 90 | 80 | 10 |
| South Africa | 60 | 120 | 80–100 | 80–100 | 80–100 | 20 |
| Spain | 30–50 | 120 | 80–90 | 90 | 80 | 3–7 km/h up to 100 km/h; 3–7% over, depending on measurement technique |
| Sweden | 50 | 110–120 | 70–90 | 70–100 | 70–80 | 10 |
| Switzerland | 50, 30, 20 | 100 (expressways), 120 (motorways) | 80 | 80 | 80 | Only measurement tolerance: 3-14 km/h, depending on measurement method and speed limit |
| Thailand | 60–80 | 80–120 | 100 | 90 | 80 | 25 |
| Turkey | 50 | 110 (expressways)( 90 if L3) 120-130–140 (motorways) | 85 (expressways) 90 (motorways) | 90 ( 80 if L3) | 80 | 10% over the limit |
| Ukraine | 50 (20 in residential areas) | 110–130 | 90 | 90 | 70–90 | 20 |
| United Arab Emirates | 80 | 140–160 | 120–140 | 120 | 80 | |
| United Kingdom | 20 mph (32 km/h) some urban/residential areas and built up areas in Wales 30 mph (48 km/h) built up areas 40 mph on some roads in built up areas. | 70 mph (112 km/h) (for both motorways and dual-carriageways) | 60/70 mph (96/112 km/h) dependent on class (motorways) 50/60/70 mph (80/96/112 km/h), ditto (trunk dual-carriageways) | 60 mph (96 km/h) | 40/50/60 mph (64/80/96 km/h) dependent on class. | 10% + 2mph |
| Gibraltar | 30–50 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 35 for registered goods vehicles and buses | 10 |
| Isle of Man | 30 mph (48 km/h) | N/A | | No limit | N/A | 5 mph (8 km/h) |
| United States | 25–35 miles per hour (40–56 km/h) (Varies by State) | 55–85 miles per hour (89–137 km/h) | | 40–65 miles per hour (64–105 km/h) | Restrictions only in some states, typically 5–15 mph lower. | None formally, though jurisdiction-dependent |
| Venezuela | 40–60 kilometres per hour (25–37 mph) | 120 | 60–120 | 80 | 40–60 | 5 mph (8 km/h) |
| Vietnam | 50–60 | 120 ( 100) | 60–90 | 60–80 | 60–80 | 20 km/h |
| Zimbabwe | 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph) | 80–120 kilometres per hour (50–75 mph) | | 80–120 kilometres per hour (50–75 mph) | | 10 mph (16 km/h) |

## Footnotes

* 1 2 Default speed limits in Australia vary between states and territories. See Speed limits in Australia for more details.
* 1 2 No special limit applies for automobiles with trailers. A 100 km/h speed limit applies for heavy vehicles with a gross vehicle mass of 12 tonnes or more. A 100 km/h limit applies for buses with a gross vehicle mass of 5 tonnes or more. In some Australian states, Road Trains are limited to 90 km/h. In some cases, over steep descents or other potentially dangerous stretches of road, heavy vehicles may have other special speed limits as indicated by signage.
* ↑ 2 km/h for fixed speed cameras, 3 km/h for mobile speed cameras or police radars
* ↑ 80 for trucks. 100 for buses, 80 for buses with trailers*. 130 for cars, 80 for cars with trailers* (*unless trailer is equipped with a tempo 100 sign. In this case the limit is 100.).
* ↑ During winter motorways have a speed limit of 100 km/h or less. Also most roads with 100 km/h speed limit in summer have 80 km/h limit during winter.
* ↑ Speed limit is 60 km/h for trailers on 2-lane non-priority roads.
* ↑ Some sections are covered by speed limits, usually ranging from 80 to 130 km/h. It is usual for drivers involved in crashes who were exceeding the 'recommended' speed limit to be held to be at least partly at fault, regardless of the circumstances of the crash, and insurance companies have the right to withhold payment. Vehicles also must be able to go faster than 60 km/h.
* ↑ Additional trailer checkup (TÜV) and special speed plaque required on vehicle.
* ↑ Route 41 is controlled-access with middle barrier outside built-up area, but still 90 km/h
* ↑ The speed limit on Malaysian federal and state roads has been reduced to 80 km/h during festive seasons, starting from the 2006 Hari Raya Aidilfitri.
* ↑ 130 km/h is the default, but on substantial sections the limit is 120 km/h or 100 km/h in densely populated regions or natural areas or 80 km/h on major city ring roads. Nationally, a 100 km/h speed limit applies between 6:00 and 19:00 as of 1 March 2020.
* ↑ Cars or vans pulling a trailer with a total weight of less than 3.5 metric tons with the trailer weighing less than 750 kg are allowed to drive 90 km/h, except where a lower speed limit applies.
* ↑ Buses have a speed limit of 80 km/h but T100-buses that have no standing places and in which all seats are equipped with seat belts have a speed limit of 100 km/h, except where a lower speed limit applies.
* ↑ 100 km/h for vans, 90 km/h for vehicles with a trailer weighing 750 kg or less, 80 km/h for vehicles with a trailer weighing more than 750 kg.
* ↑ 140 kmph for higher standard, newer motorways: O-5, O-6, O-7, O-21 (Ankara-Niğde section only), O-33) 130 kmph for older motorways: O-3, O-4, O-21 (Niğde-Tarsus section only), O-31, O-32, O-52
* 1 2 3 Speed limits are posted in miles per hour.
* ↑ In general, non-urban, all-purpose dual carriageways are subject to the same 70 mph limit for light vehicles as motorways, but lower limits (50 and 60 mph) are in place for heavy trucks, buses/minibuses and towing vehicles. For instance, steeper or more winding alignments and less forgiving junctions than would be found on motorways necessitate lower limits for some stretches.
* 1 2 Generally in the UK, lorries over a laden weight of 7,500 kg (7.4 long tons) are speed-limited to 56 mph (90 km/h) even where they are legally permitted a higher speed. There are reduced limits for commercial vehicles and larger passenger vehicle. See Road speed limits in the United Kingdom
* ↑ The state of Hawaii posts a 55 mph (89 km/h) speed limit on many Interstate highways.
* ↑ One toll road near Austin, TX has a speed limit of 85 miles per hour. TxDOT Approves 85 MPH Limit for Stretch of Toll Road
* ↑ The lower speed limit in large inner-cities may be as low as 45 mph (72 km/h) for example on I-90/94 which goes through Chicago. In many urban areas, controlled-access highways typically take 5 – 15 mph off the speed limit. For example, in Cleveland and Cuyahoga county, the speed limit is 60 mph (97 km/h). Once out of the county, the speed limit returns to 65 mph (105 km/h).
* ↑ The exact limit is depended on road conditions therefore speed limits are set by transit authorities through signals. Ley de Transito Terrestre, 3 November 2007 Archived 1 January 2013 at archive.today.