Class A driving license costs 2026
Cost statistics for class A: €1,969 cost benchmark, €74 median lesson price and 11,041 analyzed driving schools.
What direct entry to the open class costs
Class A is the unrestricted motorcycle license – it lets you ride any bike regardless of power. Direct entry is possible from age 24 (or 20 with two years of A2). Full training requires 12 special drives (5 rural, 4 motorway, 3 night) and an average of 15 practice lessons. Those taking the step-by-step path A1 → A2 → A save significantly at each upgrade, since no special drives or theory exam are needed.
A A (motorcycle) license costs around €1,969 on average nationwide. A single practice lesson (45 min) runs about €74. These figures are based on approx. 11k driving schools across approx. 1.4k cities (updated August 25, 2026). Lesson prices range between €56 - €90. A typical cost breakdown includes base fee €399, lesson €74, special drive €80, theory exam €60, practical exam €200 – plus individual practice hours on top. Location makes a difference too: costs range from €2,127 in Berlin to €3,568 in München.
The cheapest route to the open class is the progressive license: each upgrade after two years of ownership costs only practice lessons and the practical exam. Direct entrants at 24 pay more but skip the wait. Motorway, night and rural special drives on a motorcycle are particularly expensive.
- Driving license cost
€1,969
Nationwide cost benchmark for A (motorcycle)
- Median lesson price
€74
Price per 45-minute practice lesson
- Data basis
approx. 11k schools / approx. 1.4k cities
Analyzed driving schools and cities
- Data updated
Time of the latest statistics calculation
Methodology and data source
The statistics are based on the drive bee database with approx. 11k driving schools in approx. 1.4k cities. Visible and approved driving schools with structured price and location data for the selected class are included.
For A (motorcycle), median values are used so individual outliers have less impact on the core finding. The cost benchmark combines the typical price components: base fee, practice lessons, mandatory special drives and exam fees.
The visible update date shows when the statistics were last calculated from the available price and location data: August 25, 2026.
Definitions
- Median lesson price
- The middle price for a 45-minute practice lesson: 50 percent of recorded prices are below it and 50 percent are above it.
- Driving license cost
- The cost benchmark for A (motorcycle) combines the most important price components of training and uses median prices from the recorded driving-school data.
- Data basis
- The rounded number of driving schools (approx. 11k) and cities (approx. 1.4k) currently included in the statistics.
