Cheap Car Hire in Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

10 Feb — 17 Feb

Same drop-off

Fri 10/2

Noon

Fri 17/2

Noon

Driver's age:

26-65Other

Barcelona Car Rentals in 2023

Most popular company	DOLLAR
Price of petrol per litre	฿58.74
Average price per day	฿79
Cheapest price per day	฿78

What is the cheapest time to rent a car in Barcelona?

January

฿557

February

฿787

March

฿787

April

฿1,607

May

฿1,378

June

฿1,673

July

฿2,001

August

฿1,443

September

฿951

October

฿951

November

฿557

December

฿1,017

Currently, the cheapest month to rent a car in Barcelona is January. The most expensive time to rent a car is July. The cheapest prices for each month are shown above, but prices will vary based on availability, how far out you book your rental car, and of course, car type.

Compare available car types for rental in Barcelona

	Small cars	฿701 - ฿2,165
	All Car Types	฿701 - ฿4,195

To hire a Small car in Barcelona, Spain, you would pay an average price of ฿1,254/day. December is the cheapest month to hire a Small car in Barcelona, Spain (~฿701/day), while the most expensive month to hire that same car type is February (~฿2,165/day). In fact, December is about 45% cheaper than prices during the rest of the year to book a Small hire for Barcelona. When comparing with other car types available for hire in Barcelona, hiring a Small car saves you 48% 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.

To hire a SUV car in Barcelona, Spain, you would pay an average price of ฿1,635/day. October is the cheapest month to hire a SUV car in Barcelona, Spain (~฿484/day), while the most expensive month to hire that same car type is June (~฿7,631/day). In fact, October is about 71% cheaper than prices during the rest of the year to book a SUV hire for Barcelona. When comparing with other car types available for hire in Barcelona, hiring a SUV car saves you 32% 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.

Top rental agencies in Barcelona

All major car rental suppliers in Barcelona

Hertz

6.0

Okay

41 reviews•6 locations

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8.0

Very Good|Oct 2022

Nice, clean comfortable car. For some reason the pick up office in terminal 2 was closed for ten minutes as we arrived, but eventually the person working there arrived and we got our car.

4.0

Mediocre|Oct 2022

Everything was great with the rental until we dropped the car off in Madrid after 10 days and discovered we didn't have a spare tire for the whole trip. We were lucky that we never needed the spare. Not great attention to detail by Hertz in Barcelona. Lesson learned I will always check the spare tire from now on.

2.0

Poor|Sep 2022

Wrong bill calculation! Charge 2 times more eventually

2.0

Poor|Sep 2022

I wanted to extend my rental but online it said I had to phone the office and i phoned the office more than 6 times, selected ‘english’ and ‘current rental’ than waited about 10 rings before the computer disconnected me again and again and again so had to book a different car through a different agency for a week.

2.0

Poor|Sep 2022

I got the gas tank full with the care was told to return it filled, we did that and we were still charged over €90 for not filling the gas tank. I have both the receipt and video evidence of the tank being full, yet Hertz has not refunded the charge… still waiting (be very careful with them).

8.0

Very Good|Aug 2022

Not related to the El Prat location, but I could not add my Hertz frequent traveller information without the reservation showing me accepting CDW, etc., so after a wasted hour on the phone I left it off, which meant the car was not ready to drive away as part of Hertz’s Gold program. Having rented from Hertz at this location multiple times I either get the hard sell on insurance, bigger car, etc. or what appears to be frustrated agents when they realize they cannot up-sell me. This time, however, at least they gave me a nice (brand new) car that was not the smallest possible for its category. I also had a scratch on the bumper on return and they handled it very efficiently and in a friendly manner, just matter of fact noting it, not giving me a hard time. By the time I had boarded the plane I had the receipt, including a very reasonable small fee for the scratch, sitting in my inbox.

1 out of 14

Centauro

3 locations

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Sixt

7.5

Good

13 reviews•8 locations

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10.0

Wonderful|Nov 2022

Agent was excellent!

2.0

Poor|Oct 2022

I was contacted after returning the car that there was a dent in the car. In fact there was a scratch at it was noted on the record upon pickup. Only after producing a full video of the car with existing damage was the charged apparently dropped but without any courtesy email or apology.

10.0

Wonderful|Dec 2021

Mike era lo mas!

1.9

Poor|Aug 2021

Scam car company. Told them to cancel my reservation and refund and they refused.

7.9

Good|Jul 2021

Drop off instructions would have been nice to have- we spent extra 20 minutes tracking down a Sixt representative when dropping off the car just to find we we already good to go.

10.0

Wonderful|Dec 2019

Staff took time to explain electric car. Easy drop off.

1 out of 5

Dollar

7.2

Good

23 reviews•6 locations

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6.4

Okay|Sep 2019

pick up ok, drop off ok

Spent two days trying to process a simple reservation extension and change of drop off location. Got shuffled from US Headquarters to Spanish reservation desk to local offices. Many calls, many attempts, and they could not figure it out. Promised to call back, nothing. At the end we did not manage.

4.0

Mediocre|Sep 2019

Counter attention very bad

5.6

Fair|Sep 2018

Once inside everything went well

Whoever put up the sign for return should be given a reality check. there was a sign but it was on a one way street and was facing the wrong direction. It could only been seen by driving by the entrance and then looking backwards to see it, not something that many people would do. We drove around the block (not easy to do) three times and until my wife got out and circled the block did she see the sign and direct me in. Place the sign so that you can see it while driving by.

10.0

Wonderful|Apr 2018

fast and comprehensive procedures

the car was so-so

4.0

Mediocre|Oct 2017

The car was actually ok.

I had to wait more than 60 min- to get the car and consequently missed my golf appointment. They did not tell me where to drop the car off. I went to the office but they directed me to the garage where i picked ud the car. They could have told that in advance. Then i HATE, HATE, HATE renting cars online and purchasing some assurance at the same time, but then at the counter I am being told that I have zero insurance and do I want to take that risk? I could potentially go banckrupt if anything happens with the car. Do you know how the locals drive.?? That is the biggest problem when one company is responsible for the sale and another for delivering the car. It is not servie it is pestering the customer. Stop doing it. Try to be rental companies and not insurance companies and change the f.... busines model. It is sick. !!!

5.2

Fair|Jul 2017

They should warn you that you should carry and international license for Spain

1 out of 8

Enterprise

7.2

Good

8 reviews•5 locations

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2.0

Poor|Nov 2022

A reservation means nothing to Enterprise. After booking a rental car reservation, making weekend travel plans, and paying for a taxi to/from the rental facility, the service desk says it has no cars and cannot honor my reservation. It ruined my plans to explore outside of Barcelona and cost me money just to show up to the service desk to have them say "sorry no cars, goodbye". What could be better? 1) Don't show inventory if you don't have it (several car options were available) 2) Text/email your reservations if there is a failure like this so customers have the heads up and don't make unnecessary plans and expenses just to show up to be disappointed at the service desk. 3) Offer some sort of reimbursement when money/effort are expended and the company fails with their end of the deal. What did I like? Nothing with this reservation

2.0

Poor|Oct 2022

I got there and they told me they didn't have a car for me. They told me they may have one 12 h later or may not at all

10.0

Wonderful|Aug 2022

el trato super amable y atento de todo el equipo de atencion al cliente

10.0

Wonderful|Jun 2022

Car was really good, service was excellent. The cat did smell a bit inside though.

2.0

Poor|May 2022

Pick up and drop off was a really bad

10.0

Wonderful|Oct 2021

This was simply the best car rental experience we’ve ever had! The staff at this location (Carrer Badajoz in Barcelona) were incredibly helpful. We arrived late and the office was supposed to be closed for “siesta”. But they were there and gave us our car anyway! They were cheerful and efficient - something car rental personnel usually are not - especially in Spain where they are usually rigid and inefficient. We rented a car from Avis in Plaza Catayluna a few weeks ago - it was three times as much and a nightmare. We will be renting from this Enterprise location from now on!

1 out of 3

Budget

7.1

Good

9 reviews•4 locations

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2.0

Poor|Sep 2022

It took an hour for the van to be ready, at 11 PM

10.0

Wonderful|Aug 2022

I would’ve liked a little bit more flexibility on the pick up time (plus or minus an hour from target time)

2.0

Poor|Aug 2022

They close the location for 3 hours between 1pm-4pm and don’t notify you in regards to this nonsense. I canceled and booked at Sixt instead.

2.0

Poor|Jul 2022

Could not find the location to rent car. Could not call. No signs. No help. Do not rent from this location

10.0

Wonderful|Jul 2022

Everything great - car was a little underpowered for our trip but fine for city

8.0

Very Good|Jul 2022

Entrance to parking garage to drop off needs more visible signage. It was hard to find in the darkness.

1 out of 3

Avis

6.9

Okay

17 reviews•4 locations

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2.0

Poor|Jul 2022

More agents. 2.5 hour wait. Canceled

10.0

Wonderful|Nov 2019

yes

all was good

10.0

Wonderful|Oct 2019

Great experience renting Avis through Kayak. Cheaper than direct, as was the insurance they suggested. Pick up/drop off at Barcelona airport was far less stressful than I imagined.

10.0

Wonderful|Sep 2019

Very easy drop-off.

No problems at all.

4.8

Mediocre|Sep 2019

Pickup customer service was deplorable. 2 hours with 4 people in front of us with a reservation.

7.2

Good|Aug 2019

We had to wait in line for 1.5 hours to get our car. Totally unacceptable and an amazingly inefficient system. The staff spent more time trying to upsell people on insurance, better cars etc instead of managing the crowd.

1 out of 6

Thrifty

6.0

Okay

6 reviews•6 locations

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2.0

Poor|Apr 2021

Awful experience

2.4

Poor|Dec 2019

Reserved a mercedes class a and got a misearable opel. Dont understand why. 15 min of argue didnt help. Talking to a brick wall is better. Bas treatment at dropp off point. They tried to claim that an old little scratch was caused by me.

You promised a car in the contract and you didnt provide it. Very disappointing expirience

4.0

Mediocre|May 2019

The car was nice and clean.

The employee in Hertz, Sants was very rude. Unable to explain properly the conditions. She explained the coverage for the car I reserved but then she told me I am having another car, because they don't have the one I booked, so the coverage was triple price, etc.It took one hour to give me the keys.

6.0

Okay|Dec 2018

Service

Car quality average.

9.6

Wonderful|Jun 2018

Friendly, fast service

I was given the car with only half a tank and the person that took care of us told us he would note that it only had half a tank so that we wouldn't have to be return it like that. He said he would take down those notes however we were still charged for refueling and for the gas.

9.6

Wonderful|Jan 2018

All good

nothing

1 out of 2

Car Rental FAQs

What is the cheapest hire car found in Barcelona?

In the past two weeks, Cheapflights users have found many deals under ฿2,580/day when booking a car hire in Barcelona. The absolute best deal a user found was for ฿2,544/day from Dollar, booked on Aug. 14.

Which car rental company is considered to be the best in Barcelona?

Taking our users’ ratings and reviews into consideration, Centauro (10.0 rating), Alamo (10.0 rating) and Record Go (9.0 rating) seem to be the best car hire companies in Barcelona.

What are gas prices like in Barcelona?

The average price of petrol in Barcelona is ฿58.74/litre over the past month, costing you anywhere between ฿2,643 and ฿3,817 to fill up a car’s fuel tank.

How much does it cost to hire a car in Barcelona for a week from Dollar?

Dollar is a popular option for travellers looking for car hire in Barcelona. You can expect the average cost of car hire to be about ฿18,059 per week.

Can I rent a car for a month in Barcelona?

Typically how long you can rent a car for depends on the inventory of the supplier. For Barcelona however, it is certainly possible to rent a car for an entire month.

How much does it cost to rent a car in Barcelona for a month?

Our recent data shows that Dollar can potentially be 2% below the average car hire price in Barcelona. Check prices and availability for Dollar and save on this extended car hire. The cost of hiring a vehicle in Barcelona is on average ฿77,396 a month or ฿2,580 a day. Search on Cheapflights for the most updated pricing and availability for your Barcelona car hire.