Car Hire in Heraklion

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Heraklion, Crete
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Cheapest Car Hire Rates

Heraklion Airport
Mini
Fiat 500 or comparable
Fiat 500
  • 4
  • 1
  • 3
  • A/C
  • Man.
Surprice
£ 1.98 / per day
Heraklion Airport
Economy
Fiat Panda or comparable
Fiat Panda
  • 5
  • 2
  • 4
  • A/C
  • Man.
Carwiz
£ 3.42 / per day
Heraklion Airport
Compact
Peugeot 308 or comparable
Peugeot 308
  • 5
  • 2
  • 4
  • A/C
  • Man.
Centauro
£ 3.80 / per day
Heraklion Airport
Economy Elite
Opel Corsa or comparable
Opel Corsa
  • 4
  • 2
  • 4
  • A/C
  • Man.
ABBYCAR
£ 5.34 / per day

Most Popular Car Hire Deals

Heraklion Airport
Intermediate
Fiat Tipo Sedan or comparable
Fiat Tipo Sedan
  • 5
  • 2
  • 5
  • A/C
  • Man.
ACARENT
£ 7.95 / per day
Heraklion Airport
Mini Elite
Fiat Panda or comparable
Fiat Panda
  • 4
  • 1
  • 4
  • A/C
  • Man.
Dirent a car Greece
£ 8.55 / per day
Heraklion Airport
Compact Elite
Toyota Auris or comparable
Toyota Auris
  • 5
  • 2
  • 5
  • A/C
  • Man.
Royal Rentals
£ 9.32 / per day
Heraklion Airport
Standard Crossover
Skoda Kamiq or comparable
Skoda Kamiq
  • 5
  • 3
  • 5
  • A/C
  • Man.
WheeGo
£ 14.13 / per day
These prices are approximate and depend on the dates of the booking, hire length and type of car. This information was last updated at 02:56 on 2024-04-16.

Travel Information

Languages
Greek, English, French, German
Currency
EUR
Drive on
Right-hand side
Dialing code
+30
Average car hire price
£ 7 per day
Average car hire length
8 days
Speed limit within city centre
50 km/h or 31 mph
Speed limit out of city centre
90 km/h or 56 mph
Acceptable limit of BAC
0.05%
Score
9.0 / 10

One-way Car Hire in Heraklion

The most popular one-way car hire options for pick up in Heraklion and drop off in another city include:

  • From Heraklion to Chania - 351 offers from £ 11.92 per day
  • From Heraklion to Rethymno - 18 offers from £ 11.00 per day

Map of Car Hire Destinations

In which month is car hire in Heraklion the most affordable?

According to our data, prices for hiring a car in Heraklion fluctuate depending on the time of year. This graph displays the average hire prices in each month in order to help you find the best bargain.
Average price for hiring a car per day in Heraklion
£ 7.32
January
£ 7.24
February
£ 9.09
March
£ 11.67
April
£ 15.24
May
£ 23.22
June
£ 36.19
July
£ 39.30
August
£ 25.56
September
£ 13.06
October
£ 7.38
November
£ 7.47
December
The best month to hire a car in Heraklion is February (when the average price is £ 7.24 per day). This is 57% less than the yearly average and 82% less than hiring in August (when the average price is £ 39.30).

This information can help you determine the low season. But note that these prices are only averages. The cost of your hire is determined by the type of car you select, the length of time you hire it for and how much in advance you book. Simply type in your dates in the form at the top of the page in order to find out the exact prices.

What is the usual period for which people keep their hire cars, on average, in Heraklion?

How long travelers keep their rental cars for varies from month to month: in July, the average renter keeps their car for 9 days, and in February, they keep their car for 5 days.
Average number of hire days in Heraklion
7
January
5
February
8
March
8
April
8
May
8
June
9
July
8
August
8
September
8
October
7
November
7
December

What is the most favoured month for hiring a car in Heraklion?

Given the number of searches made by our customers, the most popular month for car hire in Heraklion is July, and the least popular is January.
Popularity of Car Hire in Heraklion by Monthly Searches
10%
January
10%
February
20%
March
58%
April
114%
May
185%
June
252%
July
226%
August
187%
September
111%
October
17%
November
13%
December

Car Hire Information

Car hire locations 6
Airport locations 1
Popular suppliers Alma Car Hire, Royal Rentals, Surprice, RightCars, Autocandia
Popular car categories Small cars, Medium cars, SUVs, Large cars
Lowest price £ 2 per day
Cheapest supplier Surprice

Most Popular Car Hire Models

Hire Agency Model Doors Luggage Type
Sterling Rentals Suzuki Celerio 5 1 Small cars
Surprice Fiat 500 3 1 Small cars
Royal Rentals Volkswagen Polo 5 2 Medium cars
Royal Rentals Suzuki Alto 4 1 Small cars
Alma Car Hire Toyota Aygo 5 1 Small cars
Alma Car Hire Nissan Micra 5 1 Small cars
Yours Car Rental Kia Picanto 5 1 Small cars
Centauro Fiat 500 3 1 Small cars
Autocandia Peugeot 208 5 2 Small cars
Alma Car Hire Skoda Fabia 5 2 Medium cars

Our Customers' Reviews

Because we want to make sure each review listed here is left by a real customer, we don’t have an option to post a review here. Instead, we ask each and every customer to leave a review after they return their rental car. This way, you know that all reviews are authentic, verified, and trustworthy.

United Kingdom
Fiat Panda
5 November 2023
Relaxing in the good weather and site seeing. Very clean see for water sport and competitive prices
United Kingdom
Skoda Fabia
30 October 2023
Driving to our favourite place
United Kingdom
Kia Stonic
26 October 2023
Staying at St. Nicholas Bay, visiting Toplou monastery.
United Kingdom
Toyota Yaris
18 October 2023
Great trips to chania.Mattela and Elounda.
United Kingdom
Fiat Panda
16 October 2023
Visiting beaches
United Kingdom
Peugeot 308
16 October 2023
We have been to Crete many times before, it’s beautiful all over.
United Kingdom
Nissan Micra
12 October 2023
Drove to our favourite resort in South East Crete, and around that area. Main roads are easy to drive on.
United Kingdom
Hyundai i20
16 September 2023
The places we were able to visit in the car were great, we traveled all over
United Kingdom
Toyota Yaris
12 September 2023
Nice island
United Kingdom
Seat Ibiza
11 September 2023
We did absolutely everything you could wish to do on a holiday in Crete. The car was comfortable and very economical. The gears 1, reverse and 3 seemed a little tricky but otherwise a very good experience..
Switzerland
Ford Fiesta
10 September 2023
We travelled all around Crete and had many good experiences. We prefer quiet, unorganised beaches and were able to find places we liked a lot. I have always been very impressed by the friendliness of Greeks and Cretans.
United Kingdom
Toyota Aygo
24 August 2023
Elounda was fantastic. So relaxed.
United Kingdom
Nissan Micra
24 August 2023
We drove to a number of excellent beaches throughout our trip to Crete, including Bali, Preveli and Elofinisi Beaches,
United Kingdom
Peugeot 308
14 August 2023
We just drove to Plaka and between Elounda and Plaka. No adventures this year.
Serbia
Volkswagen Up
31 July 2023
the nature is beautiful, the food is magnificent, the people are wonderful!
United Kingdom
Peugeot 301
11 July 2023
Fab villa, needed a car!
United Kingdom
Citro?n C1
18 October 2022
We covered lots of miles, The car was reliable and ideal for the roads we travelled. We visited many places with it and thought that it was much better than going on coach excursions.
United Kingdom
Peugeot 108
4 October 2022
Take care on the roads and make sure you have plenty of fuel as the roads are very hilly in Crete, especially if you have a small car like we did.
United Kingdom
Fiat Tipo STW
22 August 2022
We stayed at Orelia Villas just outside Kalamaki on the south coast for the second time. Wonderful setting. Beautiful accommodation. Unfortunately high winds spoiled things a little during the first week. But still had a great holiday
United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
6 July 2022
We spent 13 days traveling around the island. three days based in Rethimno (Atlantis Beach hotel & Spa), five days Near Zaros, (Eleonas Country Village) in the mountains and the final five days in Agios Nikolaos (Minos Palace hotel & suites). All the hotels exceeded expectation and we managed to see a fair bit of the island from the locations we chose. First time in Crete and we were very impressed.
United Kingdom
Hyundai i10
6 October 2021
Traveled to Crete, stayed in south-east of island near Ierapetra. Great for a quiet break away from the crowds but within 10 min drive of a local town with places to eat/things to see and 45 mins of Agios Nikolaos which was lovely.
United Kingdom
Nissan Micra
3 October 2021
We visited South East Crete. A great area with a lot of spectacular views and quieter roads. An automatic car is easier to drive if you’re not used to left-hand drive.
United Kingdom
Peugeot 108
6 September 2021
Loved Crete its people, its sense of history and its traditions, including gastronomic. Particularly recommend the wild eastern shorelines-but you have to like driving hairpin bends.
United Kingdom
Hyundai i10
30 July 2021
We visited Lasithi Plateau , Sisi, Heraklion, lerapetra
France
Fiat 500
28 August 2020
If you land in Heraklion, there is little choice but to hire a car in Heraklion, so the question is irrelevant.

Car Hire Statistics

Highest rated company
Gomega Car Rentals
9.7 / 10
)
Lowest rated company
Goldcar
5.2 / 10
)
Total number of reviews
261
Total rental companies
48
Average daily price
£ 6.81
Lowest daily price
£ 1.98
Total cars available
1630

Top 48 Suppliers in Heraklion in 2024

Gomega Car Rentals
Gomega Car Rentals
Exceptional 9.7 / 20 reviews
1 location
£ 9 - £ 39
drive365
drive365
Exceptional 9.2 / 52 reviews
1 location
£ 4 - £ 18
EasyAuto
EasyAuto
Very good 8.9 / 577 reviews
4 locations
£ 15 - £ 71
CarQ
CarQ
Very good 8.9 / 131 review
1 location
£ 5 - £ 13
Sterling Rentals
Sterling Rentals
Very good 8.8 / 84 reviews
1 location
£ 10 - £ 64
Hertz
Hertz
Very good 8.8 / 11 reviews
3 locations
£ 22 - £ 164
Autocandia
Autocandia
Very good 8.7 / 696 reviews
3 locations
£ 6 - £ 88
OTOQ
OTOQ
Very good 8.7 / 180 reviews
1 location
£ 9 - £ 27
Thrifty
Thrifty
Very good 8.7 / 35 reviews
3 locations
£ 19 - £ 57
Centauro
Centauro
Very good 8.6 / 271 review
1 location
£ 2 - £ 26
Budget
Budget
Very good 8.6 / 13 reviews
2 locations
£ 16 - £ 99
SIXT
SIXT
Very good 8.5 / 51 review
2 locations
£ 11 - £ 60
Yours Car Rental
Yours Car Rental
Very good 8.4 / 86 reviews
1 location
£ 6 - £ 71
GreenMotion
GreenMotion
Very good 8.3 / 301 review
3 locations
£ 8 - £ 156
WheeGo
WheeGo
Very good 8.3 / 37 reviews
1 location
£ 4 - £ 51
Carwiz
Carwiz
Very good 8.2 / 442 reviews
3 locations
£ 3 - £ 41
Alamo
Alamo
Very good 8.2 / 90 reviews
1 location
£ 11 - £ 71
Cargini
Cargini
Very good 8.2 / 60 reviews
2 locations
£ 4 - £ 31
Avance
Avance
Very good 8 / 44 reviews
1 location
£ 9 - £ 90
Europcar
Europcar
Very good 8 / 41 review
1 location
£ 9 - £ 20
SKG Rent A Car
SKG Rent A Car
Very good 8 / 38 reviews
1 location
£ 7 - £ 103
Surprice
Surprice
Good 7.9 / 647 reviews
2 locations
£ 2 - £ 32
Royal Rentals
Royal Rentals
Good 7.9 / 629 reviews
4 locations
£ 7 - £ 322
ACARENT
ACARENT
Good 7.9 / 105 reviews
1 location
£ 5 - £ 25
EXER
EXER
Good 7.8 / 108 reviews
1 location
£ 22 - £ 138
Enterprise
Enterprise
Good 7.8 / 24 reviews
2 locations
£ 11 - £ 369
Alma Car Hire
Alma Car Hire
Good 7.7 / 1 010 reviews
3 locations
£ 7 - £ 64
King's Car Rental
King's Car Rental
Good 7.7 / 98 reviews
1 location
£ 5 - £ 10
Avis
Avis
Good 7.7 / 4 reviews
2 locations
£ 18 - £ 113
National
National
Good 7.7
1 location
£ 14 - £ 94
Selecta rent a car
Selecta rent a car
Good 7.7
1 location
£ 4 - £ 52
Autounion
Autounion
Good 7.6 / 23 reviews
1 location
£ 15 - £ 85
Idea Mobility
Idea Mobility
Good 7.6 / 2 reviews
1 location
£ 5 - £ 6
Street Rent A Car
Street Rent A Car
Good 7.6
1 location
£ 9 - £ 19
Optimo Rent
Optimo Rent
Good 7.5 / 9 reviews
3 locations
£ 17 - £ 77
Dirent a car Greece
Dirent a car Greece
Good 7.4 / 317 reviews
1 location
£ 8 - £ 56
MONZA Rent a Car
MONZA Rent a Car
Good 7.4 / 69 reviews
2 locations
£ 8 - £ 155
Firefly
Firefly
Good 7.4 / 5 reviews
1 location
Finalrentals
Finalrentals
Good 7.4
1 location
£ 18 - £ 100
Economy rent a car
Economy rent a car
Good 7.3
1 location
£ 54 - £ 76
Zezgo
Zezgo
Good 7.2 / 8 reviews
1 location
£ 7 - £ 16
DRIVE S.A.
DRIVE S.A.
Good 7.1 / 5 reviews
1 location
£ 7 - £ 35
ABBYCAR
ABBYCAR
Good 7 / 422 reviews
2 locations
£ 5 - £ 31
RightCars
RightCars
Satisfactory 6.7 / 372 reviews
1 location
£ 8 - £ 561
Ok Mobility
Ok Mobility
Satisfactory 6.2 / 248 reviews
1 location
£ 6 - £ 62
AddCar
AddCar
Satisfactory 6.2 / 86 reviews
1 location
£ 6 - £ 90
Keddy
Keddy
Poor 5.7 / 15 reviews
1 location
£ 11 - £ 23
Goldcar
Goldcar
Poor 5.2 / 50 reviews
1 location
£ 8 - £ 17
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