A2 upgrade from A1 costs 2026
Cost statistics for upgrading from A1 to A2: €778 cost benchmark and 11,041 analyzed driving schools.
Upgrade costs with prior A1 license
If you have held A1 for at least two years, you can upgrade to A2 – without special drives and without a theory exam. All you need is practice lessons (around 5 on average) and the practical exam. This makes the upgrade significantly cheaper than a full A2 course from scratch.
A A2 (from A1) license costs around €778 on average nationwide. A single practice lesson (45 min) runs about €76. These figures are based on approx. 11k driving schools across approx. 1.4k cities (updated August 25, 2026). Lesson prices range between €60 - €93. A typical cost breakdown includes base fee €190, lesson €76, theory exam €127, practical exam €200 – plus individual practice hours on top. Location makes a difference too: costs range from €702 in Berlin to €1,378 in Leipzig.
Check whether your school lists the upgrade as a dedicated package. If an offer does not clearly distinguish between a fresh A2 course and an upgrade, you may end up paying for services you don't need.
- Driving license cost
€778
Nationwide cost benchmark for A2 (from A1)
- Median lesson price
€76
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 A2 (from A1), 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 A2 (from A1) 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.
