Car hire prices at Nantes Airport

For November 2026 at Nantes Airport, an Intermediate car such as a Nissan Qashqai averages £42 a day when you book around a month before your trip. An Economy car such as an Opel Corsa averages £32 a day, while a Compact car such as a Peugeot 308 averages £37. In the last 2 weeks before pickup, the Intermediate car averages £41 a day, £1 less a day. Use the price checker to compare your quote with prices for your exact dates.

For November 2026 at Nantes Airport, an Intermediate car is cheapest around 2 weeks before your trip at £41 a day on average, while that lead time averages £48 across the year. For November 2026, the Intermediate car averages £42 a day around a month before pickup, so waiting saves £1 a day. Across the year, booking an Intermediate car around 9 months before your trip averages £55 a day, £7 more a day than in the last 2 weeks, so you have not missed the cheaper prices. Across bookings through our sites at the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 65% of people booked within a month of pickup, so booking close to departure is common.

Rentscape is the cheapest company at Nantes Airport for an Intermediate car over the last 12 months, averaging £45 a day, but you need room on your card for a £2,135 deposit. Rentscape accepts debit cards and has an airport desk, but scores 78/100 from 258 reviews. For an Intermediate car over the same 12 months, Alamo averages £51 a day from 1,751 prices, £6 more a day, and scores 84/100 from 79 reviews. Choose Alamo if you prefer that review score and its smaller £256 deposit, but you will need a credit card.

The cheapest company can cost you a longer queue or a bigger deposit, so check the review score and desk wait beside each car in the results before you book.

Choose Europcar for the highest review score at Nantes Airport: 88/100 from 118 reviews in the last 5 months, with an average desk wait of 24 minutes. Europcar is not the cheapest: for an Intermediate car over the last 12 months, Europcar averages £58 a day against Rentscape at £45, so Europcar costs £13 more a day. Rentscape scores 78/100 from 258 reviews, giving you a lower-priced alternative if you accept the lower score. Enterprise and Flizzr do not yet have enough reviews for a score, so do not treat them as rated alternatives.

Review scores are CarTrawler customers' own, from the last five months; the score and the desk wait sit beside each car in the results.

At Nantes Airport, deposits range from £256 with Alamo to £2,135 with Rentscape, and 6 of the 11 companies accept a debit card, so check both before choosing your car. If you need to use a debit card, filter for it before comparing prices; the deposit and card rule are shown beside each car. Extras charged at the desk are listed under each car with their price.

If you bring your own child seat, check your airline's rules first: most carry one free, some charge.

At Nantes Airport, check your card and available balance before booking, because 5 of the 11 companies require a credit card and Rentscape holds a £2,135 deposit. If you only have a debit card, exclude Alamo, Enterprise, National, Flizzr and Europcar before comparing prices. Debit-card acceptance does not mean a small hold: Rentscape accepts one but requires room for that £2,135 deposit. Allow for collection time before arranging your first appointment: Flizzr's desk wait averages 29 minutes, compared with 17 minutes at Enterprise.

Only 85% of prices at Nantes Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

For up to 5 people with cases, pick an Intermediate at Nantes Airport, the Nissan Qashqai or Volkswagen Passat size at about £42 a day in November 2026. It seats 5 but takes 4 bags, so a full car means soft bags on laps. A couple can save a little with a Mini, a Renault Twingo, at £29 a day, though it takes 2 bags. A Fullsize, the DS 7 Crossback size, takes 5 bags and is £54 a day. 64% of hire cars at Nantes Airport are automatic, at £56 a day against £51 for a manual, so tick automatic when you search rather than assuming. Electric cars are 10% of what is offered and hybrids 2%, so there is usually one free at short notice.