Which car hire company is considered to be the best in Dublin, Ireland?

Taking our users’ ratings and reviews into consideration, Enterprise Rent-A-Car (9.1 rating), Alamo (8.6 rating) and keddy by Europcar (8.6 rating) seem to be the best car hire companies in Dublin, Ireland.

How much does it cost to hire a car in Dublin, Ireland for a week from Europcar?

Europcar is one of the top picks in Dublin, Ireland. They can have you in a hire car for about ฿13,411 per week on average.

How far in advance should I hire a car in Dublin, Ireland for the best price?

Our data suggests that booking early can save you up to 46% on a hire car in Dublin, Ireland. Take advantage of below-average prices by booking at least 7 days prior to your desired date.

Can I rent a car for a month in Dublin, Ireland?

Yes, renting a vehicle in Dublin, Ireland for a month is certainly possible.

What car do most people hire in Dublin, Ireland?

The majority of Cheapflights travellers prefer to hire a Economy (Ford Fiesta) in Dublin, Ireland, making it the most popular option.

Cheap Car Rentals in Dublin, Ireland

Dublin, Ireland

7 Jun — 14 Jun

Same drop-off

Wed 7/6

Noon

Wed 14/6

Noon

What is the cheapest time to rent a car in Dublin, Ireland?

January

฿936

February

฿867

March

฿1,318

April

฿1,734

May

฿2,220

June

฿3,018

July

฿3,400

August

฿3,157

September

฿2,289

October

฿1,526

November

฿1,110

December

฿1,734

Currently, the cheapest month to rent a car in Dublin, Ireland is February. 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 Dublin, Ireland

	Small cars	฿923 - ฿5,550
	All Car Types	฿923 - ฿7,544

To hire a Small car in Dublin, Ireland, you would pay an average price of ฿2,338/day. January is the cheapest month to hire a Small car in Dublin, Ireland (~฿923/day), while the most expensive month to hire that same car type is May (~฿5,550/day). In fact, January is about 61% cheaper than prices during the rest of the year to book a Small hire for Dublin. When comparing with other car types available for hire in Dublin, hiring a Small car saves you 23% 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 Dublin, Ireland

Rent a vehicle with one of these top rental car agencies serving Dublin, Ireland, such as Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Europcar and Sixt. Be sure to do your research on pricing, reviews, pickup locations, and other important criteria before choosing.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car

9.1

Wonderful

30 reviews•6 locations

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Recent reviews

10.0

Wonderful|Mar 2023

Heads up on European insurance

6.0

Okay|May 2023

Car was not ready for rental, it had failing battery on the key fob, tire kept losing air throughout the trip and the GPS was inaccurate one out of four times.

10.0

Wonderful|Apr 2023

Friendly service

10.0

Wonderful|Feb 2023

Great services d full explanation upon pickup of all the Ireland tolls etc. very informative

10.0

Wonderful|Jan 2023

Trying to find out where to return a car in Dublin Airport is a nightmare - car hire in Ireland is excessively expensive

10.0

Wonderful|Sep 2022

Everything worked great. The car was a good size and realtively new. The people involved were all very nice.

1 out of 10

Europcar

8.1

Very Good

39 reviews•7 locations

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10.0

Wonderful|Feb 2023

I had a great experience at Europcar Dublin. They served me very quickly, all of them were knowledgeable, friendly and willing to help me with any request and query that I had. The car was clean and we'll maintained. Really happy with the rent.

10.0

Wonderful|Nov 2022

Make sure the spare tyre is in the vehicle. All else was good. Staff were exceptionally helpful.

10.0

Wonderful|Nov 2022

Helpful personnel and great car!

6.0

Okay|Dec 2019

I was charged 1,000 extra for scratches I had not caused.

9.2

Wonderful|Sep 2019

Friendly staff.

They tried to blame me for damage that was on the car when I picked it up. Good thing I always take pictures!

7.6

Good|Jul 2019

We were able to pick car off at location in Dublin and return it to the Dublin airport.

When we booked car we were quoted $132 for the week. When we picked the car up we were told we had to take $500 in insurance. They told us you could deny it, but if you did they would place a hold on credit card for total cost of car

1 out of 13

Sixt

6.8

Okay

69 reviews•4 locations

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10.0

Wonderful|Apr 2023

Customer service was great. Nice car

10.0

Wonderful|Apr 2023

Changed to automatic upon arrival. Paid reasonable amount more and given a car upgrade.

8.0

Very Good|Apr 2023

The car had a main issue: A noise coming from the transmission cogs or similar, quite audible in highways. Something broken there or about to break... Other than that it was a bit worn but generally OK. Did its job.

8.0

Very Good|Apr 2023

We had to pay all tolls even though we were told we wouldn't have to. No opportunity to talk about that with staff. That was frustrating. The navigation screen froze a lot, we had to turn the car off and on a couple times to get it to work again.

2.0

Poor|Mar 2023

I paid for VW t_Cross, and the SIXT agency had a lower standard car with nonsense insurance. So, WE DID NOT TAKE THE CAR AND WALKED AWAY! It is all documented.

2.0

Poor|Mar 2023

I canceled this car per the terms and received no response. I was instructed to call Sixth where only a voicemail instructed me to cancel via email which no one responded to. The auto reply instructed me to click a link to cancel. After entering my details, I was messaged that the action (canceling) was ‘not allowed’. The cancellation request was a day prior to the rental.

1 out of 23

Hertz

6.5

Okay

30 reviews•5 locations

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4.0

Mediocre|Apr 2023

The hidden fees were a little surprising. Thought I booked a car for the price on Kayak, turns out I’d end up paying almost 3x that much when I went to pick it up

4.0

Mediocre|Apr 2023

Car was good but insurance was outrageous. 30 for car and 48 for insurance! Then they billed my CC in $ instead of euro without asking so I lost another 3% to their bank. SUCKS

4.0

Mediocre|Apr 2023

Insurance is outrageous. $30 per day for the car and $50 for insurance.

10.0

Wonderful|Mar 2023

Customer service was excellent. Pick-up and Drop-off was very easy. Car was clean and good condition. I went to a wrong terminal without reading the instructions. Read instructions carefully and just be mindful which terminal the car is located and go to the right terminal. Then all will be well. Very easy. West wishes

10.0

Wonderful|May 2023

Picked car up in downtown Dublin. Nice clean comfortable to drive vehicle. Quick pickup and drop off. Full insurance coverage for 2 weeks seemed expensive, so shop around. No issues with rental at all and good service.

4.0

Mediocre|Jan 2023

Carta di credito bloccata nei giorni successivi perché la caparra è stata addebitata invece di fare la pre autorizzazione come fanno tutte le altre compagnie. Pessimo

1 out of 10

Budget

6.4

Okay

56 reviews•3 locations

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2.0

Poor|Mar 2023

Car collection not in the airport - long wait to get to a knackered car that’s was not to reserved specification

2.0

Poor|Mar 2023

I booked on your site for a 77 year old man and when we arrived, they refused to rent us a car. Luckily I myself had my driving license even though I didn't want to drive in Ireland. they also insisted we had to take their insurance as we couldn't opt out even though we were insured through our visa card.... Amazingly inefficient service on your part and not much better at Budget!

8.0

Very Good|Jan 2023

Very easy to collection and drop off. Would have liked to be able to drop off at the airport rather than use the shuttle as we had two small children with us.

6.0

Okay|Nov 2022

Staff was really professional and friendly. I did pay 120 EUR for 2 days rental, basic insurance only and had to leave 2000 EUR deposit for Skoda Fabia that was so basic, it did not have Bluetooth to play music. Comparing that to rentals I had in other countries or even in Ireland few years back price is extremely high.

2.0

Poor|Oct 2022

Hello. I'm Gabriel and I'm 21. I booked and reserved a car in Dublin Airport for 7:00 pm 15/10/2022 VolksWagen Polo , I went to the front desk and they didn't let me drive the car for my years of age. In the Kayak it didn't show the age policy and restrictions. I paid additionally the Axa additional driving insurance for €9.99 I'll send u the screenshot for the proof that I didn't know about anything and I would like to get a refund from the car and the insurance if it's possible. My driver's Name is Gabriel Cruz. Let me know as soon as possible

8.0

Very Good|Jun 2022

I was charged €24.73 after I dropped off the car, no idea why as I had paid all the tolls for highways used. Can you please enquire.

1 out of 19

Avis

6.2

Okay

51 reviews•4 locations

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4.0

Mediocre|Apr 2023

Was vey disappointed in this entire experience really. Extremely confusing checkin and cad pickup process, car ended up costing about $500 more than originally expected, and they didn’t have the car we booked months in advance. If I would’ve listened to other reviews, I would’ve just paid more upfront (ended up paying it anyway), and went with My Irish Cousin for rental.

2.0

Poor|Mar 2023

Despite having insurance they were charging a €5000 euro hold on my credit card

10.0

Wonderful|May 2023

Great car (Nissan Micra), clean, great gas mileage. Desk clerks at Avis very efficient.

2.0

Poor|May 2023

We reserved a 9 passenger van went to pick it up was told don’t have them so people in our party had to rent another vehicle

8.0

Very Good|May 2023

No one at drop off spot Had to go upstairs to rental counter

2.0

Poor|Apr 2023

Avis cancelled our car without proposing a different one. We had to scramble to find what we wanted and had to pay a little more but we found a car with Sixt. I would go with them again instead of Avis.

1 out of 17

Easirent

5.2

Fair

48 reviews•2 locations

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2.0

Poor|May 2023

Too few staff, for one. Only 4 cars on the lot for 6 customers. Waited 90 minutes to check in only to find it would be another 3 hours to wait for a car.

6.0

Okay|Aug 2022

Insurance is a bit of a rip off and they don’t recognise our travel insurance covers their car. Car was given to us with a low pressure in a tyre, no water in the window washers and a drivers door handle loose.

4.0

Mediocre|Oct 2022

Pick up from the airport took ages and getting a vehicle once we got to the depot also took a long time. We booked a small car and I got a 7 seat van which was fine for me but had one mirror held on with tape.

6.0

Okay|Oct 2022

I know car rental companies make most of their profit from selling insurance but easirent’s insurance more than doubled the cost of the rental. Seemed excessive. Also the pick up was slow. Other than that the car and staff were fine.

4.0

Mediocre|Oct 2022

The car quality isn’t great and the pick up location isn’t at the airport. Luckily another car company told me I needed to call them to pick us up from the airport to shuttle us to their location, otherwise we would have been screwed. Can’t really complain though considering their prices are so much lower for an automatic van than any other company.

6.0

Okay|Sep 2022

Before booking you need to make it clear to people, that they can avoid a large excess by paying for insurance and you need to do this in advance. You also need to confirm that your office is not on site and give instructions in advance on how people get to your office. You need to resolve your phone connections because sometimes the number that you are expected to call does not work.

1 out of 16

keddy by Europcar

8.6

Very Good

1 review•9 locations

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keddy by Europcar Locations in Dublin

1 Mark Street Off Pearse Street

+353 1648 5900

26 Lombard Street East

+353 1670 7890

5 Merrion Street Lower

+353 1 812 2800

Eastlands Business Park, Block B

No phone number provided

Serpentine Avenue Ballsbridge

+353 1 812 2800

Spencer Dock, Park Lane, Off North Quay

+353 1812 2880

Swords Road, Harris Park Turnapin Little

+353 1 812 2834

Terminals 1 And 2, Dublin Airport

+353 1812 2800

Unit E, Eastlands Business Park

+353 1812 2820

Car Hire FAQs

What are petrol prices like in Dublin, Ireland

The average price of petrol in Dublin, Ireland is ฿59.68/litre over the past month, costing you anywhere between ฿2,685 and ฿3,879 to fill up a car’s fuel tank.