What is the most popular car hire provider in France?

When hiring a car in France, the most popular provider of hire cars among Cheapflights users is Budget, and with prices around R1 152/day, it’s easy to understand why. The most popular car type from Budget is ECONOMY, which starts as low as R428/day.

What is the cheapest city to get a rental car in France?

At R906/day, it is 7% cheaper on average to rent a car in Nice than any other city in France. The cheapest price found in France was for R523/day in Nice.

What side of the road do you drive on in France?

Cars travel on the right side of the road in France.

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France car hires in 2025

Most popular company	Budget
Most common car type	Mini
Average price per day	R960
Cheapest price per day	R588

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France car hire prices in popular cities

Price	R906 - R1 109

Cheapest time to rent a car in France

January

R613

February

R739

March

R685

April

R938

May

R866

June

R938

July

R974

August

R938

September

R812

October

R848

November

R721

December

R920

Popular car types in France

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There are currently 8 956 hire locations operating in France spread across 79 car hire agencies. In the past week, the cheapest car type to hire in France is small car at R588 a day. Below are all the 5 car types available for hiring in the area, along with estimated starting prices:

Economy

R566+

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Compact

R604+

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Intermediate

R1 314+

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People carrier

R1 500+

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Mini

R743+

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Premium

R983+

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Passenger van

R1 474+

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Premium SUV

R1 400+

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Compare available car types for rental in France

	Small cars	R493 - R1 699
	All Car Types	R583 - R1 987

To hire a small car in France, you would pay an average price of R894/day. November is the cheapest month to hire a small car in France (~R493/day), while the most expensive month to rent that same car type is April (~R1 699/day). In fact, November is about 45% cheaper than prices during the rest of the year to book a small car hire for France. When comparing with other car types available for hire in France, renting a small car saves you 22% in costs. Please note that average prices are based on historical data and can vary depending on how early you book, availability for your travel dates, and vehicle popularity. Here are the best France small car hire prices found by Cheapflights users in the past 7 days:

To hire a medium car in France, you would pay an average price of R1 004/day. March is the cheapest month to hire a medium car in France (~R608/day), while the most expensive month to rent that same car type is July (~R1 869/day). In fact, March is about 40% cheaper than prices during the rest of the year to book a medium car hire for France. When comparing with other car types available for hire in France, renting a medium car saves you 13% in costs. Please note that average prices are based on historical data and can vary depending on how early you book, availability for your travel dates, and vehicle popularity. Here are the best France medium car hire prices found by Cheapflights users in the past 7 days:

To hire a large car in France, you would pay an average price of R1 360/day. October is the cheapest month to hire a large car in France (~R601/day), while the most expensive month to rent that same car type is June (~R2 396/day). In fact, October is about 56% cheaper than prices during the rest of the year to book a large car hire for France. When comparing with other car types available for hire in France, renting a large car is 17% more expensive. Please note that average prices are based on historical data and can vary depending on how early you book, availability for your travel dates, and vehicle popularity. Here are the best France large car hire prices found by Cheapflights users in the past 7 days:

To hire a SUV in France, you would pay an average price of R1 079/day. November is the cheapest month to hire a SUV in France (~R550/day), while the most expensive month to rent that same car type is July (~R2 009/day). In fact, November is about 50% cheaper than prices during the rest of the year to book a SUV hire for France. When comparing with other car types available for hire in France, renting a SUV saves you 6% in costs. Please note that average prices are based on historical data and can vary depending on how early you book, availability for your travel dates, and vehicle popularity. Here are the best France SUV hire prices found by Cheapflights users in the past 7 days:

To hire a van in France, you would pay an average price of R1 275/day. March is the cheapest month to hire a van in France (~R799/day), while the most expensive month to rent that same car type is July (~R2 653/day). In fact, March is about 38% cheaper than prices during the rest of the year to book a van hire for France. When comparing with other car types available for hire in France, renting a van is 11% more expensive. Please note that average prices are based on historical data and can vary depending on how early you book, availability for your travel dates, and vehicle popularity. Here are the best France van hire prices found by Cheapflights users in the past 7 days:

To hire a luxury car in France, you would pay an average price of R1 291/day. November is the cheapest month to hire a luxury car in France (~R1 132/day), while the most expensive month to rent that same car type is June (~R2 780/day). In fact, November is about 13% cheaper than prices during the rest of the year to book a luxury car hire for France. When comparing with other car types available for hire in France, renting a luxury car is 12% more expensive. Please note that average prices are based on historical data and can vary depending on how early you book, availability for your travel dates, and vehicle popularity.

Kia PicantoR588/day

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Citroen C3R618/day

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Hyundai i20R706/day

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Top rental agencies in France

Have a look at the top car hiring agencies available in France, including those that serve Paris, Nice and Toulouse. Make sure to read through user feedback, confirm pickup locations, and check the fine print before choosing.

Sixt

7,6

Good

285 reviews•216 locations

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10,0

Wonderful|Oct 2024

Overall very good

2,0

Poor|Aug 2023

Picked up a dirty car. Which, they’re now accusing me of damaging with a small, less than 3cm scratch, that I have proof of existing at the time of receipt. If you are to use Sixt, you have to know to look over the car with a fine tooth comb and you’re at risk for surprise charges while on a vacation. Terrible experience.

2,0

Poor|Jul 2023

I had a flat tyre, no spare, my wife and I were stranded, I called assistance several times before getting through to someone who spoke english, the car was towed away after we had a friend rescue us taking two hours of driving. I called to get a replacement car over two full days and a total of 26, yes twenty six phone calls, promises of a replacement car, promises of a taxi, hour and hours wasted and my holiday ruined. Eventually after waiting in the hot sun for an hour and a half and a further three phone calls a taxi arrived and drove me for one hour to the replacement car. I began this final journey at 2pm in the afternoon and didn’t arrive back at our accommodation until 7pm. The replacement car was smaller than the original so in effect a downgrade. This is by far the WORST service I have ever experience at any time in my life. Outsourcing your support, no spare tyre may be financially advantageous for you but for your customers thus is an absolute and unmitigated disaster, it is literally insane that I had to make so many phone calls, wast so much of my time when in 10 minutes I could have changed the tyre. The assistance service is a complete circus and places your customers a huge distress and inconvenience, its almost unbelievable how bad this experience was. I have run my own business for more than 20 years, I don’t know how your corporate team can make such poor decisions about service, it is a complete and unmitigated disaster.

2,0

Poor|Jul 2023

Appalling service and appalling company to deal with. I’ve rented cars from many different locations, and I’ve never ever dealt with such horrendous customer service. The original man serving me at pick up swindled me into a different car which was €300+ more expensive than the car I originally booked - deeming my original choice as “insufficient”. Upon driving on a highway in Paris (130km) the car came up with a warning about the tyres - when I stopped at the nearest service station to check the tyre pressure MULTIPLE tyres were close to flat.. Incredibly unsafe and should have been checked before letting someone take the car. The car itself wasn’t that tidy - with crumbs and dirt on the inside on collection. When trying to contact customer service via phone, I spent over 2 hours being hung up on and talking to multiple different people and receiving multiple different answers. The customer service team were trying to reach the rental location - during business hours for that specific branch - and were unable to contact them. So I’d continuously be hung up on instead of receiving any help whatsoever. The final man I spoke to told me there wasn’t anything he could do - and when I questioned him on whether that was appropriate customer service he retorted with “that’s not what I said” - yet he’d said it to me multiple times. When asking to speak to a manager or supervisor I was advised “that’s not going to happen”. I asked what time the supervisors would be in “I’m not telling you that because you aren’t able to speak to them anyway”. I then drove to the original location, just to be told that “yes of course I can return the car to a different location, it’s just €99..” which then became €140 because apparently it isn’t a set fee - “some days it may be €0, and some days it’s €180”… I’ve never ever ever had an experience of a rental company simply deciding on the day what they would charge for the different location drop off fee. All in all, the rental for 6 days ended up costing €800+ which is a far cry from the €349 (approx) I was quoted originally when booking… Absolutely shocking. The whole company are complete scammers and rip off artists who have no interest in providing any level of customer service.. they simply want to take your money and be done with it. I would never rent a car with these people again, and I will be letting everyone I know who is travelling abroad to avoid these people like the plague. Absolutely appalling service, I’ve already sent a formal complaint to their offices regarding everything because this is a disgusting way to treat paying clients.

10,0

Wonderful|Apr 2023

I liked everything but the deposit

8,0

Very Good|Apr 2023

All good, slight anxiety where to drop off as I was leaving very early before office opened, but I worked it out.

1 out of 95

Sixt Locations in France

Europcar

7,1

Good

220 reviews•563 locations

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2,0

Poor|Aug 2024

Refused rental because credit card was not allowed to use Finnair discount, clerk just told us “ I will cancel this reservation and if you want now the price is +300€… “ nothing else…

2,0

Poor|Aug 2023

Nothing, was not able to pick up the car, under the pretext that i need to present an international dtiving license, which was never the case in my previous renting from europcar and also ftom the other company i rented from this week instead of europcar .

4,0

Mediocre|Aug 2023

Extra unexpected charge of E30 as I showed up at 12:02 and did not know this was lunch time at 12:00 1h30m into highway driving, light for tire went up - found a shop, both tires in the back were underinflated - was very stressful 30 minutes before bringing the car back, car kept beeping, indicating an issue with front sensors Only one location to bring the car back which was not convenient No clear contact information in case of an issue

2,0

Poor|Aug 2023

I was unable to pick up car due to not having international drivers license STAMPED by the Embassy. I walked over to enterprise and rent it immediately

10,0

Wonderful|Jul 2023

There were extras for going to Monaco and Italy border and also extra for insurance, above the fees. Otherwise highly recommend, great service, high safety if you leave something in the car.

2,0

Poor|Jul 2023

Had to pay double what I was quoted as they said I had no insurance cover. Charged nearly double the price for tank of fuel I pre paid and was told was the same price as garages

1 out of 74

Europcar Locations in France

Enterprise Rent-A-Car

7,0

Good

126 reviews•196 locations

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10,0

Wonderful|Sept 2023

Happy

10,0

Wonderful|Apr 2023

Good service, no issues at all

2,0

Poor|Mar 2023

Alquilamos y pagamos un auto en Paris, cuando fuimos a buscar no lo tenían y simplemente se lavaron las manos, específicamente la empleada de nombre Polina Si no fuera por la protesta de un amigo que hablaba el idioma no nos iban a solucionar el problema. Tuvimos que ir a otra zona a retirar otro vehículo, que no fue el elegido. Luego para la entrega , que fue en otra ciudad, “se olvidaron” de avisar que habían cambiado de dirección ya que se mudaron a oficinas nuevas, lo cual nos hizo perder más de 40 min buscando él ligera de entrega, y perdimos nuestro tren. Jamas se hicieron responsables o compensaron sus fallas. Un desastre!!!

1 out of 42

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Locations in France

Avis

6,9

Okay

114 reviews•355 locations

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2,0

Poor|Oct 2023

this was the second time this summer I rented a car from AVIS. The first time they did not have the car I requested and had go to a different location in the town. the second time they brought a car out and again not the one I had requested, and the car was so filthy outside and when I opened the car door the inside has not been vacuumed and paper and plastic bottles were still in there. they the offered me another car that was again dirty on the outside. Not happy with Avis.

8,0

Very Good|Sept 2023

I did not realize when I rented the car that there were two parts of the airport… The Swiss and the French side. So first I went to the Swiss side and she said oh no, your car is at the French side. I went down there and he was very clear that I must not return the car according to the Maps that I had, but I was to use a Q code. It was the most aggravating, horrible, frustrating, and challenging return I have ever made in my whole life! I didn’t know how to get there. I tried several times, I went and scoped it out initially, and it was just absolutely awful. Trying to return the car. I have no idea why you have two separate rental areas in one airport.! Otherwise once I got there, it was quite easy and renting was just great.

2,0

Poor|Aug 2023

Extremely long wait time, unacceptable/dangerous vehicle.

8,0

Very Good|Aug 2023

GPS in the car was not reliable.

8,0

Very Good|Jul 2023

For the first time ever (re car hire) it was a quick, easy, Painless experience

6,0

Okay|Jul 2023

Two main things: 1. Even though the site clearly says that the pick up is on the French side, nowhere it explains the implications of it. 2. I was renting a car in Geneva - Switzerland- but the car did not have the authorization to drive in highways of the country where the city is. What makes it worse is the fact that when asked where to buy, no one said that it could be purchased at the airport. So I now have a risk of being fined because I had to drive in Switzerland to buy what is needed.

1 out of 38

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Hertz

6,8

Okay

278 reviews•478 locations

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10,0

Wonderful|Jul 2024

super

4,0

Mediocre|Sept 2023

No problem with Hertz, the issue is that Kayak did not state that the car was fully electric, which was very inconvenient for the kind of trip I intended to do. Little autonomy range so we lost precious time charging the car, specially because many charging places are for local cards/ members/subscription, etc, with no translation available. It was not so easy to find a straight forward charging spot, and it takes literally hours to charge. Definitively not for tourists.

2,0

Poor|Sept 2023

When i booked the car the age limit for the car was 25+ , when we arrived and we were extremely tired from the flight , they’ve said “sorry the age limit for this car is 28” , i showed them the reservation that says the age limit is 25+ , but they didn’t give us the car anyway, and then later they gave us another car that is good for my brother’s age (he is 27) , but the price was EXTREMELY HIGH , and we had no choice because everything is closed. Any ways this is my first and LAST time to book from this site and hertz company.

4,0

Mediocre|Sept 2023

Car did not match reservation - had to pay more for the car we received (hidden free). Upon return, had to pay additional hidden fees to have car cleared.. Expenses are one thing, but please have them expressed up front.

10,0

Wonderful|Sept 2023

n/a

10,0

Wonderful|Sept 2023

The staff were great for both pick up and drop off. It was the additional unexpected cost that we were not anticipating which brought the original cost from Kayak up significantly, we could have obtained a better quote from other sites.

1 out of 93

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Dollar

7,4

Good

36 reviews•152 locations

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10,0

Wonderful|Sept 2023

Very professional staff. Easy to obtain explanations. Right on target!

2,0

Poor|Sept 2023

Nothing...everything...rental was cancelled

10,0

Wonderful|Aug 2023

Very good!! The location was a bit confusing (please tell customers to meet at the Hertz location). The pick up and drop off were very easy!! Staff was very friendly and explained things well. We would definitely rent here again

4,0

Mediocre|Jun 2023

They only had one of our 2 rental cars available. They had to use the first car to drive to a remote location to pick up a dirty 2nd car, then wait for it to be cleaned. The check in was painfully slow 20++ minutes. Would pay more to rent closer to the cruise ships!

1 out of 12

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Thrifty

6,8

Okay

52 reviews•153 locations

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Thrifty Locations in France

keddy by Europcar

7,8

Good

7 reviews•738 locations

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keddy by Europcar Locations in France

Best car hire deals found in France

These are some of the most attractive deals we've found on car hires within the France region, including options close to Paris, Nice and Toulouse. Deals are constantly refreshed so come back soon for more car hire options.

Kia PicantoR588/day

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Citroen C3R618/day

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Hyundai i20R706/day

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Car hire FAQs

What is the most popular car hire provider in France?
When hiring a car in France, the most popular provider of hire cars among Cheapflights users is Budget, and with prices around R1 152/day, it’s easy to understand why. The most popular car type from Budget is ECONOMY, which starts as low as R428/day.
What is the cheapest city to get a rental car in France?
At R906/day, it is 7% cheaper on average to rent a car in Nice than any other city in France. The cheapest price found in France was for R523/day in Nice.
What side of the road do you drive on in France?
Cars travel on the right side of the road in France.