Car Insurance Cost in Georgia: 2026 Rates


How Much Does Car Insurance Cost in Georgia For You?

The Georgia state average is $142 a month for full coverage. Your number depends on your age, your driving record, and your credit score. All rates below are full coverage averages for a clean record and fair to good credit, unless noted:

  • Teens (16–19): $684 a month ($8,210 a year). Adding a teen driver to a policy is the single largest rate event most families face.
  • Young adults (20–25): $285 a month ($3,416 a year). Rates drop steadily through the mid-20s but stay well above the adult average.
  • Adults (30–60): $161 a month ($1,933 a year). This is the baseline most drivers compare against.
  • Seniors (65+): $225 a month ($2,701 a year). Rates climb after 65 regardless of a clean record.
  • Speeding ticket: $196 a month ($2,350 a year) for an adult with fair to good credit. A single ticket adds 22% to the average.
  • At-fault accident: $234 a month ($2,803 a year). One accident adds 45% and stays on your record for three years.
  • DUI: $341 a month ($4,088 a year). A DUI more than doubles the average adult rate and limits which companies will quote you.
  • Bad credit (300–579): $253 a month ($3,036 a year) for an adult with a clean record. Credit adds 57% to the fair-to-good credit average.

Select your profile below to see the average cost for drivers like you in Georgia.

Data filtered by:
Adults (30-60)
Full Coverage w/ 100/300/100 Liability Limits
Clean record
Fair to good credit (580-739)
Safeway Insurance$138$1,662
Central Insurance$142$1,706
Progressive$146$1,754
Mercury Insurance$184$2,203
Allstate$185$2,219

Average Cost of Car Insurance in Georgia by Company

GEICO charges $103 a month for full coverage in Georgia. State Farm charges $207 for the same coverage on the same profile. Minimum coverage runs from $41 at Geico to $138 at Farmers.

Every company applies its own rating formula to Georgia drivers, and those formulas produce different rates for identical coverage. Getting quotes from multiple Georgia companies is the only way to find the best rate for your specific driver profile.

Geico
$41
$103
$492
$1,236
Auto-Owners
$44
$106
$528
$1,272
Progressive
$59
$124
$708
$1,488
Central Insurance
$60
$136
$720
$1,632
Mercury Insurance
$76
$145
$912
$1,740
Country Financial
$88
$134
$1,056
$1,608
Safeway Insurance
$97
$136
$1,164
$1,632
Allstate
$102
$166
$1,224
$1,992
State Farm
$112
$207
$1,344
$2,484
Donegal Insurance
$128
$185
$1,536
$2,220
Farmers
$138
$197
$1,656
$2,364

Car Insurance Cost by Age in Georgia

A 16-year-old in Georgia pays $811 a month for full coverage. A 60-year-old pays $138. Age produces a $673 monthly spread across a driver's lifetime, more than any other single factor on this page. Rates fall steadily from 16 to 60, then reverse. An 80-year-old pays $219 a month, more than a 40-year-old pays for the same coverage. Insurers price age because claim frequency follows the same curve.

Average Cost of Car Insurance in Georgia by Coverage Level

Full coverage averages $149 a month in Georgia. Minimum coverage averages $86. If your car is financed, your lender requires full coverage regardless of the cost difference. Most lenders define full coverage as 100/300/100 liability with comprehensive and collision, and a deductible of $1,000 or less, the coverage level that averages $149 a month in Georgia.

If you own your car outright, Georgia's minimum coverage of $86 covers the other driver's injuries and property damage. Georgia's minimum coverage does not pay for damage to your own vehicle. Your deductible determines where your full coverage rate lands: a $2,000 deductible averages $114 a month, a $250 deductible averages $141 a month.

State Minimum Liability Only
$86
$1,030
Min liability + comp/coll ($2,000 ded.)
$114
$1,372
Min liability + comp/coll ($1,000 ded.)
$97
$1,162
Min liability + comp/coll ($250 ded.)
$141
$1,698
50/100/50 + comp/coll ($500 ded.)
$147
$1,761
100/300/100 + comp/coll ($1,000 ded.)
$149
$1,788
300/500/300 + comp/coll ($1,500 ded.)
$172
$2,065
Min liability + comp/coll ($0 ded.)
$228
$2,738

Car Insurance Cost by City in Georgia

Atlanta drivers pay $187 a month for full coverage. Athens drivers pay $130. Augusta sits at the state average of $142. Atlanta's higher rates reflect the city's traffic density, accident frequency, and vehicle theft concentration. Across Georgia's seven largest cities, Atlanta's $187 monthly average and Athens's $130 monthly average represent a $57 monthly difference, $684 a year.

Atlanta$187$109
Savannah$162$95
Macon$159$92
Sandy Springs$158$92
Johns Creek$153$88
Roswell$151$87
Columbus$147$86
Augusta$142$83
Athens$130$74
Albany$122$70

Average Car Insurance Cost in Georgia by Driving Record

One at-fault accident pushes a Georgia driver's full coverage average from $149 to $213 a month. A DUI in Georgia costs $316 a month on average, but that figure reflects only companies that write DUI policies. Companies that specialize in high-risk drivers charge above $316. Companies that don't write DUI policies at all are excluded from the average entirely. A not-at-fault accident does not change a Georgia driver's rate.

Violations stay on a Georgia driver's record for three years from the incident date. Full coverage rates don't adjust automatically when a violation ages off. The rate the driver was quoted when the violation was active remains in place until the driver requests new quotes.  Drivers in this situation can find specialized coverage options through high-risk car insurance companies in Georgia, whose rates are outlined in the table below.

Clean
$149
$1,788
Not-at-fault accident
$149
$1,788
0%
Texting while driving
$179
$2,147
20%
Speeding 11–15 mph over
$180
$2,163
21%
At-fault accident
$213
$2,561
43%
DUI (BAC ≥ .08)
$316
$3,795
112%

Car Insurance Cost by Credit Score in Georigia

Full coverage in Georgia averages $120 a month with excellent credit and $295 with poor credit. Georgia insurance companies use credit scores to price policies because lower scores correlate with higher claims rates.

The difference between poor and good credit in Georgia is $146 per month on full coverage, a larger rate gap than between a clean record and an at-fault accident. At minimum coverage, a Georgia driver with poor credit averages $143 a month, $23 more than the $120 a month a Georgia driver with excellent credit pays for full coverage.

Excellent
$120
$1,440
$61
$732
Good
$149
$1,788
$86
$1,032
Fair
$179
$2,148
$89
$1,068
Below Fair
$220
$2,640
$109
$1,308
Poor
$295
$3,540
$143
$1,716

Improving your credit score is a long-term strategy that can lower your premiums. Lower-income drivers may find credit improvement valuable since it directly reduces one of their largest monthly expenses.

Car Insurance Cost by Vehicle in Georgia

A Tesla Model Y averages $311 a month for full coverage in Georgia. A Toyota RAV4 averages $184, and a Toyota RAV4 LE averages $222. The gap between a Tesla Model Y and a Toyota RAV4 sits entirely in comprehensive and collision, the coverage portion that pays for a driver's own vehicle repair or replacement.

Electric vehicles cost more to repair because battery systems, sensors, and proprietary components require specialized labor. At minimum coverage, a Tesla Model Y and a Toyota RAV4 both average between $112 and $122 a month in Georgia.

Vehicle choice only affects a Georgia driver's rate when the policy includes comprehensive and collision coverage. Before your next purchase, understanding how insurance costs by vehicle vary can help you budget more effectively for both the car payment and coverage.

$184
$2,208
$118
$1,412
$199
$2,392
$120
$1,445
Ford F-150 XL
$220
$2,638
$120
$1,439
$222
$2,660
$117
$1,399
Toyota RAV4 LE
$222
$2,664
$112
$1,346
$226
$2,711
$118
$1,412
$236
$2,828
$121
$1,452
$275
$3,295
$122
$1,467
$286
$3,429
$113
$1,354
$311
$3,732
$115
$1,376

Factors Affecting Car Insurance Costs in Georgia

Georgia car insurance rates vary by more than $670 a month, depending on a driver's age, company, credit score, driving record, coverage level, location, and vehicle. The factors that move a Georgia rate the most are the ones drivers control: the company they choose, the coverage they select, and the credit score they bring to the quote.

Cost of Car Insurance in Georgia: FAQ

Georgia car insurance costs vary more than most drivers expect. Your rate depends on your city, age, driving record and coverage level, and each factor can shift what you pay by hundreds of dollars a year.

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How We Determined Georgia Car Insurance Costs

We used this profile to determine auto insurance costs across all available ZIP codes and cities in Georgia:

  • 40 years old
  • Clean driving record
  • Good credit
  • 2012 Toyota Camry LE

Sections on cost by age and driving record use rates for those driver profiles, with all other factors held constant.

Minimum coverage is a state's minimum liability coverage. Full coverage is a policy with 100/300/100 liability limits and a $1,000 deductible for comprehensive and collision coverage.

About Mark Fitzpatrick


Mark Fitzpatrick, Licensed P&C Insurance Expert, MoneyGeek

Mark Fitzpatrick, a Licensed Property and Casualty (P&C) Insurance Producer in Connecticut, is MoneyGeek's resident insurance expert. He has spent nearly a decade analyzing the market, first at LendingTree and now at MoneyGeek, where he produces original research on hundreds of carriers and millions of rates across auto, home, renters, health and life insurance.

He covers economics and insurance at MoneyGeek, and his work has been featured in The Washington Post, The New York Times and NPR, among other outlets.

Like all MoneyGeek analysts, he draws on independent cost and consumer experience data. No insurance company partnership influences his recommendations.

Mark holds a B.A. from Boston College and an M.A. in Economics and International Relations from Johns Hopkins University. He started his career in financial risk management at State Street and is also a five-time “Jeopardy!” champion.