Cheapest Car Rental in Europe: 34 Cities Ranked (June 2026)
The cheapest rental cars in Europe go for under €2/day. Porto hit €1.37/day in the table below. Athens – €3.48/day. Even Rome was under €7/day.
These are real listings I pulled manually from DiscoverCars on 27th May 2026. The listed price assumes you decline all extras at the counter – if you walk in unprepared, expect €20–€30/day in upsells.
In Sicily I paid €3.12/day for a February rental (€21.84/week, see receipts in my post). Off-season gets you the best prices. The same car in June costs €20/day.
Cheapest Car Rental by City – Europe (June 2026)
All rates verified manually on May 27, 2026.
Methodology:
- Each destination searched on DiscoverCars with the same parameters: June 8–15, 2026, pickup/dropoff at 11:00, driver age 30–65, residence: EU.
- Daily rate calculated from a weekly rental.
- Suppliers rated below 8.0 excluded.
The cheapest car at checkout goes in the table. Prices change – use the links to check current rates.
| City | €/day |
|---|---|
| Porto, Portugal | €1.37 |
| Lisbon, Portugal | €2.07 |
| Faro, Portugal | €3.03 |
| Bucharest, Romania | €3.28 |
| Gran Canaria, Spain | €3.47 |
| Athens, Greece | €3.48 |
| Tenerife South, Spain | €3.80 |
| Malaga, Spain | €4.12 |
| Luqa, Malta | €5.95 |
| Milan Malpensa, Italy | €6.35 |
| Split, Croatia | €6.36 |
| Alicante, Spain | €6.50 |
| Rome, Italy | €6.83 |
| Heraklion, Greece | €7.06 |
| Barcelona, Spain | €7.72 |
| Thessaloniki, Greece | €7.94 |
| Rhodes, Greece | €8.29 |
| Larnaca, Cyprus | €8.30 |
| Prague, Czechia | €8.66 |
| London Gatwick, UK | €11.04 |
| Bergamo, Italy | €11.23 |
| Krakow, Poland | €11.73 |
| Mallorca, Spain | €12.02 |
| Madeira, Portugal | €12.07 |
| Dublin, Ireland | €12.08 |
| Budapest, Hungary | €12.49 |
| Santorini, Greece | €13.32 |
| Madrid, Spain | €14.01 |
| Paris Orly, France | €15.10 |
| Warsaw, Poland | €19.94 |
| Catania, Italy | €20.30 |
| Palermo, Italy | €22.22 |
| Frankfurt, Germany | €31.59 |
| Keflavik, Iceland | €39.22 |
Portugal, Spain, and Greece top the table because their rental fleets are massive and competition is brutal – too many cars sitting around, so prices drop. Northern and Western Europe is expensive for the opposite reasons.
How to Actually Get These Prices
- Book through an aggregator like DiscoverCars. Booking directly through a rental company’s website costs 2x–4x more.
- Buy independent excess insurance before you travel – from €50/year. Decline everything at the counter.
- Use the provider rating filter. Stick to 8.0+ to avoid suppliers who invent reasons to charge you more.
- Age under 25 means a surcharge on top of these rates – sometimes higher than the base price itself.
- Book 1–2 weeks before your trip. Months in advance is rarely cheaper.
- Make sure your credit card has enough headroom – the deposit hold is usually €500–€2,000 and freezes that portion of your limit until release.
- Whatever you book, check the fine print on your voucher. Card requirements and grace periods are buried there.
Sicily at €3.12/day is real. So is €30/day if you say yes to everything at the counter. Full strategy: How to Rent a Car in Europe for €3/Day.