Car hire prices at Crete Chania Airport

A good price at Crete Chania Airport for October 2026 is around £30 a day for a Compact car like a Kia Stonic, booked about a month before your trip, with an Economy at £22 and a Mini at £19. An Intermediate, the Nissan Qashqai size, is about £51 a day. Leaving it to the last 2 weeks nudges the Compact to £34 a day. Across the year, prices swing steeply from £17 a day for a Mini in March 2027 to £201 for an executive car in August 2027. If your quote is higher, check our price checker for your exact dates.

At Crete Chania Airport, booking late saves about 47%: across the year a Compact averages £44 a day 9 months before your trip compared to £30 2 weeks before pickup. For October 2026, a Compact is £30 a day booked about a month ahead and £34 in the last 2 weeks, so holding off has not cost you. Booking patterns across the 395 airports we track show that 48% of bookings happen within 2 weeks of travel, and only 2% book over 6 months before their flight. If you have fixed dates in October 2026, you have not missed the lowest rates.

Idea Mobility is the cheapest company at Crete Chania Airport for a Compact, averaging £20 a day, but it accepts credit cards only and takes 31 minutes at the counter. Right Cars also averages £20 a day, while Enterprise costs £47 a day from 578 prices and scores 89/100 from 132 reviews. Idea Mobility scores 79/100 from 34 reviews and Right Cars scores 77/100 from 132 reviews. Across our sites, Budget is booked most often among global brands, accounting for 7% of rentals.

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.

Enterprise and Budget are the best-reviewed companies at Crete Chania Airport, both scoring 89/100 from 132 and 38 reviews, with counter waits of 21 and 24 minutes. For a Compact car over the last 12 months, Enterprise averages £47 a day and Budget £38 a day. Idea Mobility and Right Cars are cheaper at £20 a day, scoring 79/100 and 77/100. If speed matters alongside trust, Auto-Union scores 86/100 from 389 reviews with an 18-minute wait and averages £37 a day.

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

Europcar holds £200 on your card at Crete Chania Airport while Selecta holds £1,284, and 6 of the 27 counters accept a debit card. Another 2 counters accept debit cards for some cars only, while 19 require a credit card. Filter for a debit card on our price checker before you compare prices so you only see cars you can take away. Optional extras such as child seats or an additional driver are charged at the desk and listed under each car.

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

The main catches at Crete Chania Airport are credit-card rules, high deposits and long waits at the rental counters. While all 27 desks are located at the airport, 19 refuse debit cards entirely, and deposits reach up to £1,284 at Selecta. Counters can back up during arrival rushes, with Grentals averaging 45 minutes and Yours Car Rental averaging 39 minutes. If you arrive tired, waiting nearly three quarters of an hour to pick up keys will feel like an extra flight.

Only 65% of prices at Crete Chania Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

A Compact car like a Kia Stonic costs around £30 a day at Crete Chania Airport in October 2026 and fits small families with light luggage. It seats 5 but holds 3 bags, whereas a Mini like a Toyota Aygo drops to £19 a day but holds only 2 bags and 4 people. If you bring more luggage, an Intermediate like a Nissan Qashqai provides 4 bags of space for £51 a day, though a smaller car is easier to thread through tight town streets. Automatics are 39% of cars offered and cost £11 more a day than manuals, while electric and hybrid cars are just 2% of cars offered, so you cannot rely on securing one late.