Licence Plates: Beginner Clues

GeoGuessr blurs licence plate text, but the plate's colour, length, and side strips often remain visible. That makes plates one of the best "fast hints" on cars.

What to scan first

• Plate colour: white, yellow, green, black, blue, turquoise, or red.
• Length: long European plate, short plate, very wide front plate, or unusually small rear plate.
• Side strips: many European countries have a blue strip on the left; a few have two strips or unusual strip colours.
• Front versus rear: some countries change colour between front and back plates.

High-yield European patterns

• France: long white plates can show blue strips on both sides, but the right strip is often less visible.
• Italy: two blue strips plus a noticeably short front plate is a strong Italy clue.
• Albania: plates can show two blue strips or a red strip on the left; use language and landscape to separate from Italy.
• Netherlands: long yellow plates with a blue strip on the left. Taxis can have blue plates.
• UK: front plates are white, rear plates are yellow, and many plates lack the EU-style blue strip.
• Belgium: red plate text is visible even through blur.

Do not try to read the letters. Start with colour, length, and strip placement.