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How to get a driving licence in Croatia

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Car licence, category B

Getting your licence in Croatia

Exams: traffic rules, first aid and driving3
Pass mark, traffic rules exam90%
Traffic rules exam fee€15.66
First aid exam fee€12.61
Driving exam fee€25.08
Driving in traffic30–45 min

The driving school books your exams and tells you the current fees.

Before you start driving

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Learner permitNo. You learn with a driving school instructor.
Medical checkYes. A medical certificate before you start.

Required lessons

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Driving school (compulsory)Traffic rules, first aid and driving lessons at an authorised driving school.

Good to know

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Minimum age18 for category B.
Licence validity10 years.
Exam languagesCroatian. Ask the driving school about other languages.
If you failRetake the theory exam 7 to 50 days later. Pass it within 5 attempts and 1 year of finishing the course, or repeat the training.
Automatic or manualPassing in an automatic limits your licence to automatic cars.
New driversDrivers under 24 with a Croatian licence must have zero alcohol. Their licence carries code 100, and 9 penalty points in 2 years cancel it (12 for other drivers).
Already have a licence from abroad?EU licences stay valid. Other licences can be used for 1 year from entering Croatia and exchanged without tests. See the Abroad tab.
Also worth knowing
  • Book early before summer, when driving schools are busiest.

Step by step

  1. Medical certificateBefore you enrol.
  2. Driving schoolTraffic rules and first aid lessons, then driving lessons.
  3. Traffic rules and first aid examsPass both before the driving exam.
  4. Driving examIn traffic, with an examiner.
  5. LicenceIssued by the police administration.

Tips From driving schools and examiners

  • You can make up to 20 different errors and still pass. But most errors may happen only twice, and some only once: repeating them fails you.
  • Anything that puts you, your passengers or others in danger fails you straight away and ends the test, even if the examiner didn't need to step in.
  • Before you start, the examiner asks whether you want to hear about errors as they happen or only at the end. Pick whatever keeps you calmer.
  • The drive should include roads outside town, and an expressway or motorway where possible. Practise on all of them.
  • In the traffic rules exam, a wrong answer on who has priority at a junction fails it, even if your score is high enough.

Based on: Narodne novine: Driving exam programme, NN 132/2017 (Croatian) ↗

Official links

Gov.hr: Driving licence, general information (Croatian) ↗Gov.hr: Exchanging a driving licence (Croatian) ↗Last checked 20 Oct 2026
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