Parking at Santa Monica starts free, with lots from $14/day. Compare 6 nearby lots and garages by price, walking distance and how full each one is right now, plus metered street parking. Lot locations, rates and hours are real and geocoded. Tap a pin for driving directions.
6 lots · 2,832 spaces. Scrub the time slider for the crowd estimate.
On-street parking
1,200 metered spaces · $2.50/hr · Meters along Ocean Ave & Main St (pay by app). Pay by plate or ParkMobile.
Local moves
Street parking: $2.50/hr (Meters along Ocean Ave & Main St (pay by app)).
Lots nearest the sand fill first — the ones a block or two back usually have room.
Check each lot's hours below: some are open 24 hours, others close at night.
Arrive before 10 AM or after 4 PM for the easiest parking hunt.
Parking at Santa Monica starts free, with lots from $14/day. The cheapest paid lot is Beach Lot 1 North at $14/day.
Yes. Santa Monica has free parking at Parking Structure 7. Free spaces are limited and fill first, so arrive early or have a paid backup in mind.
Santa Monica has 6 lots within walking distance; the largest is Parking Structure 7 (900 spaces). The lots nearest the sand fill first, so the ones a block or two back usually have room. Use the live map above to compare walking distance and how full each lot is right now.
On warm, sunny weekend days the closest Santa Monica lots fill by mid-morning. Arrive before 10 AM or after 4 PM for the easiest parking, and scrub the time slider on the map above for the crowd estimate hour by hour.
Yes. At least one Santa Monica lot or the metered street parking takes mobile payment (such as ParkMobile), so you can pay by phone instead of feeding a meter. Check the signs at your lot for the app name and zone number.
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Lot locations, counts, rates and hours are real, geocoded from each address. No live space-count feed is published, so availability is estimated from typical beach crowds and today’s weather. Your location is used only in your browser to sort by distance.
Main parking at Santa Monica: Santa Monica Pier Deck ($16/day) and Beach Lot 9 North ($15/day), plus street parking at $2.50/hr. Check today’s water, surf and UV on the conditions page.