Ryanair Cabin Bag Size 2026: Free Bag, Fees, Rules

The free small bag is 40 x 30 x 20 cm and must fit under the seat in front of you. Every fare includes it, Basic too. Ryanair moved to this size on September 4, 2025, when it resized the sizers at all 235 of its airports. It publishes no weight limit for this bag and doesn't say whether wheels or handles count.

Ryanair says its free bag is 33% bigger than the 40 x 30 x 15 cm EU standard.

A second, larger cabin bag can measure 55 x 40 x 20 cm and weigh 10 kg, and it rides in the overhead locker. You only get it with Priority & 2 Cabin Bags, which costs €/£12.49 to €/£36 when you add it at booking and €/£19.99 to €/£45.50 afterwards. Regular, Flexi Plus and Time Saver include it.

The 10 kg limit applies to the overhead cabin bag you buy with Priority. For the free 40 x 30 x 20 cm small bag, Ryanair states no weight at all, so size is what the sizer checks. A bag that fails the sizer at the gate is charged the check-in bag fee.

Only one bag, the 40 x 30 x 20 cm small bag, comes with Basic. Regular and Flexi Plus add Priority Boarding and the 10kg overhead bag. Plus swaps that for one 20kg check-in bag. Family Plus gives each group member a 10kg check-in bag and adds one shared 20kg family bag.

Time Saver adds reserved seating in rows 1 to 5 on top of Priority and 2 cabin bags.

A 20kg check-in bag costs €/£21.49 to €/£59.99 per flight if you add it when booking, and €/£39.99 to €/£75 if you add it later or at the airport. The 10kg check-in bag runs €/£10.49 to €/£44.99 at booking and €/£24 to €/£75 later. Prices move with route and date, so these are Ryanair's published ranges. You can buy up to three 20kg bags.

Ryanair sells a 23kg bag as well, limited to one per passenger, but its fee table shows no price for it.

Each 20kg check-in bag can measure up to 80 x 120 x 120 cm. Ryanair won't accept any single item over 32 kg or larger than those dimensions. No separate size is published for the 10kg check-in bag.

Excess weight costs €/£13 per kilo, charged at the airport, call centre or kiosk. That applies when a check-in bag is heavier than the allowance you paid for. Nothing over 32 kg is accepted, however much you pay.

At the boarding gate, an oversized cabin bag costs €/£46 to €/£75 under the 10kg line of Ryanair's fee table, and €/£70 to €/£75 under the 20kg line. In September 2025 Ryanair said passengers who break the size rules pay the check-in bag fee at the gate. Its sizers at all 235 airports were resized for the 40 x 30 x 20 cm bag.

Free checked bag waivers are not published. Ryanair's bag pages list no exemption for status, credit cards, military or residents. The free extras that do exist are for families: 2 items of baby equipment per child and a 5 kg baby bag (45 x 35 x 20 cm) for infants.

No pet fee, carrier size or hold option is published, because Ryanair's help centre covers only guide and assistance dogs. Those dogs fly free with their containers and food, up to 4 per flight. They aren't accepted on flights to or from Morocco or Israel. Emotional support and therapy dogs can't travel.

Sports equipment costs €/£40 per item at booking and €/£45 afterwards, with a 20 kg maximum per item. Extra baby or child equipment is €/£15 per item at booking and €/£20 later, per one-way flight. Each child already gets 2 baby equipment items free.