Car rental prices at Crete Chania Airport

Crete Chania Airport car hire costs around $40 a day for a Compact car, the Kia Stonic size, if you secure it about a month before October 2026. An Economy car like a Volkswagen Polo runs about $30 a day, while a Mini such as a Toyota Aygo is $26. Waiting until the final 2 weeks pushes that Compact car to $46 a day. Across the year, prices hit bottom in February 2027 at $23 a day for a Mini and climb highest in August 2027 at $271 for an executive model. Run the price checker to see what holds for your exact travel dates.

For Crete Chania Airport, hold off on booking early: across the year, booking late saves about 47%, dropping from $59 a day 9 months before your trip to $40 2 weeks before. A Compact car averages $42 a day about a month before travel, so waiting until the final weeks will not penalise you. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for on our sites, 48% of people book within 2 weeks of pickup, while only 2% book more than 6 months ahead.

Idea Mobility is the cheapest company at Crete Chania Airport for a Compact car, averaging $27 a day over the last 12 months. You give up card flexibility, as Idea Mobility requires a credit card for its $1,212 deposit, though its desk is at the airport. Europcar costs $42 a day from 588 prices, but does not yet have enough reviews for a score. Enterprise averages $63 a day from 578 prices and scores 89/100 from 132 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.

Enterprise is the best-reviewed company at Crete Chania Airport, scoring 89/100 from 132 reviews, with a desk wait averaging 21 minutes at pickup. Budget also scores 89/100 from 38 reviews with a 24-minute wait, costing $51 a day for a Compact car over the last 12 months from 655 prices. Enterprise is slightly dearer at $63 a day across 578 prices. By contrast, the cheapest suppliers Idea Mobility and Right Cars both cost $27 a day and score 79/100 and 77/100.

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 held on cards range from $270 with Europcar up to $1,731 with Selecta, and 6 of the 27 counters take a debit card. A further 2 counters take a debit card for some cars only, while 19 desks take credit cards only. Filter for a debit card before comparing prices rather than after, because desks accepting them are in the minority. Extras charged at the desk, such as child seats or additional drivers, appear 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.

Two main traps catch people out at Crete Chania Airport: deposits that demand a credit card, and long desk queues when multiple flights land together. While all 27 desks sit at the airport, 19 of them refuse debit cards for deposits entirely. Desk waits can also test your patience, with Grentals averaging 45 minutes and Yours Car Rental reaching 39 minutes. The queues move slowly, which serves as early preparation for navigating Cretan mountain switchbacks behind local farm trucks.

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 $40 a day at Crete Chania Airport for October 2026 and fits 5 people. It seats 5 but takes 3 bags, which suits winding Cretan roads where a larger vehicle becomes awkward to manoeuvre and park. A couple with lighter luggage can drop down to a Mini like a Toyota Aygo for $26 a day, while a group needing more boot space will pay $69 a day for an Intermediate car like a Nissan Qashqai. Automatics are 39% of cars offered and cost $15 more a day over manuals across the year, while electric and hybrid cars are only 2% combined, so do not rely on securing one late.