Car hire prices at Crete Chania Airport

For November 2026 at Crete Chania Airport, use £24 a day as your benchmark for a Compact, such as a Kia Stonic, booked around a month before your trip. At that lead time, an Economy car such as a Volkswagen Polo averages £18 a day, while an Intermediate car such as a Nissan Qashqai averages £37. In the last 2 weeks before pickup, the Compact car average drops to £18 a day, £6 less a day. Use the price checker to compare your quote for your exact dates.

For November 2026 at CHQ, compare again in the last 2 weeks before your trip: a Compact car averages £18 a day then, against £24 around a month before. If you have not booked yet, prices across the year offer reassurance: a Compact car averages £44 a day around 9 months before your trip, against £31 around 2 weeks before. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 65% of our customers booked within a month of pickup, so booking close to your trip is common rather than unusual.

Idea Mobility and Right Cars tie as the cheapest companies at Crete Chania Airport for a Compact car, averaging £20 a day over the last 12 months, but both require a credit card. Both have desks at the airport, so choosing either does not mean accepting an off-airport shuttle. Idea Mobility does not yet have enough reviews for a score; Right Cars scores 64/100 from 144 reviews over the last 5 months. If you need a debit-card option, compare Budget: its Compact cars average £38 a day over the last 12 months from 651 prices, £18 more a day, and Budget scores 92/100 from 38 recent reviews.

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 Enterprise for the strongest review score at Crete Chania Airport: it scores 94/100 from 123 reviews over the last 5 months, with an average pickup wait of 14 minutes. Enterprise is not the cheapest: its Compact cars average £46 a day over the last 12 months from 552 prices. Over the same period, Idea Mobility and Right Cars tie at £20 a day for a Compact car, £26 less a day than Enterprise. Right Cars scores 64/100 from 144 recent reviews, while Idea Mobility does not yet have enough reviews for a score, so compare those review records before choosing on price alone.

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 Crete Chania Airport, deposits range from £200 with Europcar to £1,281 with Wheego, and only 6 of the 28 counters take a debit card, so check your card before choosing. Another 2 counters, Hertz and Avis, accept debit cards for some cars only; 20 require a credit card. Filter for debit-card acceptance before comparing prices, then check the deposit and card rule beside your chosen car. Extras charged at the desk, such as child seats or an additional driver, are listed under each car with their prices.

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

At Crete Chania Airport, check the pickup wait and card rule before booking: Centauro averages 67 minutes at pickup, and 20 of the 28 counters require a credit card. Allow time for collection before planning your onward drive; Selecta also averages 45 minutes at pickup. If you only have a debit card, filter for acceptance first rather than arriving with a booking you cannot secure. Check your available card balance against the deposit too: Wheego typically holds £1,281, compared with £248 at Enterprise.

Only 64% of prices at Crete Chania Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

For 4 people at CHQ, choose a Compact such as a Kia Stonic at £24 a day in November 2026, booked around a month before: it seats 5 but takes 3 bags, so pack accordingly. For a couple, a Mini such as a Toyota Aygo averages £16 a day for November 2026 when booked around a month before and seats 4 but takes only 2 bags, so choose it only if your luggage fits. If you need more luggage space, an Intermediate such as a Nissan Qashqai averages £37 a day for November 2026 when booked around a month before and seats 5 but takes 4 bags, so check the bag count before increasing the car size. Automatic cars are 39% of cars offered, so filter for one if you need it; for Compact cars across all batches, automatics average £46 a day from 14,273 prices, £11 more a day than manuals at £35 from 27,157 prices. Electric cars and hybrids each account for 1% of cars offered, so filter for your preferred type before comparing prices rather than treating either as a default choice.