Which car hire company is considered to be the best in Mexico City?

Taking our users’ ratings and reviews into consideration, National (7.0 rating), Avis (6.3 rating) and Mas By Mex (6.0 rating) seem to be the best car hire companies in Mexico City.

How much does it cost to hire a car in Mexico City for a week from Europcar?

Hiring a car in Mexico City for a week can be a great option for travel. Europcar, the most popular car hire company for this area, offers hire cars for around ฿15,324/week on average.

How far in advance should I hire a car in Mexico City for the best price?

Booking early almost always ensures you have more options of car models to choose from, as well as prices reduced by up to 61% to make it a great deal in Mexico City. Try to book at least 7 days prior to when you need the car hire to close on a rate below the average.

Can I rent a car for a month in Mexico City?

Yes, renting a vehicle in Mexico City for a month is certainly possible.

What car do most people hire in Mexico City?

The most popular car chosen by those travelling to Mexico City is Economy (Chevrolet Spark) based on our Cheapflights data.

Cheap Car Rentals in Mexico City

Mexico City, Mexico City Federal District, Mexico

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 Mexico City?

January

฿659

February

฿624

March

฿797

April

฿1,040

May

฿520

June

฿555

July

฿902

August

฿624

September

฿381

October

฿624

November

฿520

December

฿1,422

Currently, the cheapest month to rent a car in Mexico City is September. The most expensive time to rent a car is December. 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 Mexico City

Top rental agencies in Mexico City

Book your reservation with one of the top rental car agencies located in Mexico City, including Thrifty, Alamo and National. Be sure to do your research on pricing, reviews, pickup locations, and other important criteria before choosing.

Thrifty

3.3

Poor

33 reviews•17 locations

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2.0

Poor|Oct 2022

Not ONLY did they not have the car I booked, but they also didn't have ANY cars at all. Ruined a full day of work meetings and caused me and my team a lot of stress. I will NOT be using Thrifty or Kayak again. Extremely annoyed and upset with the service - will be recommending against both Thrifty and Kayak in the future. Thanks for nothing. Adam adam.milito@hellokoru.com

2.0

Poor|Jan 2022

There was no car available for delivery.

2.0

Poor|Jun 2021

Noting at all

Be able to contact them and find the place.

4.0

Mediocre|Feb 2021

Car was clean and relatively new.

Car had no gas in it when picked up. (Red light on). One of the wheels didn’t have air pressure with pressure notification light on at pick up. No credit was given when car was returned with Kore than half tank more at return. Credit card info was stolen from the system by someone who was trying to charge the card for other purposes.

5.2

Fair|Mar 2020

Clean and new car

Quicker pick up and drop off Cheaper insurance options

5.2

Fair|Jan 2019

The car did sit all of the people that we had in our party, but, we were not informed that you cannot have anyone under the age of 12 sitting in the front middle seat.

When we arrived, they did not have our car available, even though we had a reservation. Our plane was delayed and their response was well you were not here at the time of the reservation. We had to wait an hour for a vehicle and nobody explained the huge price increase for insurance coverage until we were picking up the car.

1 out of 11

Thrifty Locations in Mexico City

90 Col, Bosques De La Lomas

+52 800 021 2277

Alvaro Obregon 23

180 0021 2277

Av Canal De Tezontle 1520

+52 800 021 2277

Av Capitan Carlos Leon

+52 800 021 2277

Av Patriotismo 32

+52 800 021 2277

Av. Ferrocarril Hidalgo

+52 800 021 2277

Av. Miguel Angel De Que

+52 800 021 2277

Ave, Vasco De Quir #3900

+52 800 021 2277

Ave. Paseo De La Reforma # 322

+52 555 207 1100

Blvd Avila Camacho #1834

+52 800 021 2277

Calz Acoxpa 438

+52 800 021 2277

Campos Eliseos 218

+52 555 786 8268

Ejercito Nacional 843b

+52 800 021 2277

Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena

+52 800 021 2277

Julio Verne #3

+52 800 021 2277

Leibnitz 100 Local 11

+52 800 021 2277

Paseo De La Refomra 243

+52 800 021 2277

Alamo

2.6

Poor

39 reviews•7 locations

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2.0

Poor|May 2022

Didn’t have the car I had booked

2.0

Poor|Nov 2022

They had no car...

2.0

Poor|Nov 2022

2 hours for geting the contract that they made us pay at the end for a ridiculous value, while it was the most expensive car i have rent in my life (much more expensive in Mexico that Europe which is curious), we felt they were not serious in their client relations when they asked 20 usd and took me an hour to give the car back, they were nice at the agency but their system is appoarently responsible there was no way for them to take into account that we rent the car for almost 1000usd for 6 days, and made us pay 2 hours more wherease we took the car at 12 on departure day instead of 10 am ( because of all the discussions about insurances, additional driver, checkin forms etc)

2.0

Poor|Oct 2022

Llegue una hor atarde y ya habian rentado mi auto a otra perso a

2.0

Poor|Mar 2022

I booked the car online and they didn’t have any cars available when I got there. They sent me to another place that charged me 3times the price. It’s all a hustle taking advantage of Americans.

2.0

Poor|Mar 2022

They didn’t have any cars available and didn’t honor my reservation

1 out of 13

National

7.0

Good

19 reviews•5 locations

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10.0

Wonderful|Aug 2019

Miguel and Diana were very friendly and hekofuy

Everything was super

4.0

Mediocre|Apr 2019

They charged me for a missing tool in the spare tire what of course wasn’t ever there. I checked damage to the car before renting not tools and etc. I just trusted the person who gave the car. The trunk was never opened

2.0

Poor|Nov 2017

Nothing..

The lady at the counter texting without telling me what's going on. After 15 mins waiting, confirmed to me that there were no cars available at their lot despite my reservation months in advance.

2.0

Poor|Nov 2017

Nothing

They overbooked themselves and canceled my reservation.

2.0

Poor|Jul 2017

I didn't like it

The representative that was at the car rental booth was on his phone the whole time since we arrived. After 10 mins on the phone with a sarcastic smile he just said, we are very sorry but, we ran out of cars" how do you run out of cars when you have booked one in advance. Horrible service, will never book through them again. After reading the reviews below, I would have never gone through this rental place. I totally agree with the previous reviews.

2.0

Poor|Jun 2017

Price was supposed to be great

Unfortunately, I didn't get National's great price because the child seats I reserved (and confirmed by phone twice in the week before the rental) were not available. The guy at the desk didn't much seem to care, either. So I was left to waste an hour hauling luggage up and down the row of counters trying to find another company with the child seats, which ended up being three times the price that National had promised.

1 out of 7

Avis

6.3

Okay

6 reviews•7 locations

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10.0

Wonderful|Nov 2022

We picked a location that was walking distance from where we stayed. We got an upgrade to a mid size SUV, which really helped since there were four of us traveling, and some of the roads in the countryside were not paved. Be prepared to wait to pick up your car.

8.0

Very Good|May 2022

Drop off location is inaccurate. Location is permanently closed.

2.0

Poor|Apr 2022

The car itself was fine. The local rental car counter service was terrible. They demanded physical passports , even though there is NOTHING in the terms and conditions that state this. They wouldn’t accept photos or allow us to change it. They were terrible to deal with.

2.4

Poor|Dec 2020

Pick - Up Staff was available.

1. Drop off Staff was fast but checked the car 3 times to try and find dents or scratches to charge extra for. 2. After driving 1.5 hrs out of the city, the Key FOB started to malfunction and was sporadic in sending the single to start the car or lock/unlock the doors. This was anxiety producing as we were traveling for several days outside of the city. 3. Tire pressure light was on constantly 4. Car felt cheap even though it was a full-size sedan. 5. Car lacked power to merge on/off highways well and could barely make it up steep hills.

4.0

Mediocre|Dec 2018

I strongly recommend against renting a car from this location. I recently rented from this location and couldn't regret it more. I'm an Avis Preferred member who frequently rents cars for both business and personal travel in the US and abroad. I've rented cars in Jordan, Turkey, South Africa, and Georgia among other countries (just to offer some perspective). I waited over an hour at this location to receive my rental, which caused me to have to cancel plans; and on my return it took another forty-five minutes, which caused my taxi fare to double in price while I waited. The act of picking up a rental should never cause a customer to have to cancel appointments. Unfortunately, this isn't the worst of it. Upon my return, the employees claimed damage to a tire -- a "bump in the rubber" to be precise. The tire was is perfect working condition; again, the tire was not flat. When inspecting the vehicle before taking possession, the employees did not mention a need to inspect the tires, even after I prompted confirmation that we had reviewed all the necessary components of the vehicle. To summarize, the employee with whom I inspected the vehicle told me we'd covered everything and it was not necessary to inspect the tires, but upon return they changed their story and claimed damage. I had fortunately purchased full insurance (which absurdly tripled the cost of the rental), so this claim is of minor detail to me at this point. But I write this review to caution others from renting here, as I suspect that the employees will invent damage in order to charge you additional fines. The entire exchange seemed very much a scam, so consider your rental carefully and if possible, go elsewhere for a car in Mexico City. A final note: Avis Customer Service, whom I called to speak with about this experience, had little to say and offered nothing in the way of remedying this experience of mine. When renting from a known company, one expects consistent experience regardless of city or country, otherwise, I'd just rent from a locally-owned company and pay less. In short, I'd recommend another rental company altogether.

7.6

Good|Sep 2016

Muy buen carro, confortable, perfectas condiciones,

Altísimo costo de arrendamiento, pocas opciones de vehículos en punto de entrega, servicio entrega no muy bueno

1 out of 2

MEXRENTACAR

4.7

Mediocre

1 review•5 locations

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Enterprise Rent-A-Car

4.5

Mediocre

5 reviews•5 locations

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4.0

Mediocre|Mar 2020

The woman who helped me was exceptional!

The system said $1.50 for the day, that was not true. The car was not full: within two blocks, the first line was down. There were no manual transmissions available...

2.0

Poor|Jan 2020

Car was not available. The reservation through Kayak was completely useless and jeopardized my entire trip. I will never use it again.

Yes, everything!

10.0

Wonderful|Oct 2019

Everyone was friendly, well mannered and very professional.

Everything was so nice, that I can not find one thing to suggest to do better.

10.0

Wonderful|Sep 2019

Great car, good value.

Insurance coverage could have been more clearly explained.

2.0

Poor|Nov 2018

I reserved the cars, and enterprise did not have the cars. They stated that the online services did not coincide with actual car availability, and didn't have any cars

1 out of 2

Budget

4.2

Mediocre

22 reviews•4 locations

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10.0

Wonderful|Apr 2022

Great customer service. Make sure you set the correc time for your pickup or you can loose it.

2.0

Poor|Dec 2019

They wanted me to pay a high deposit fee of more than $3000.00 dollars otherwise Ineeded to get different rental rate. They wasted my time and they only gave me a hard time!!!

4.0

Mediocre|Nov 2019

Office was clean and easy to get to.

The car I reserved was not there. I needed an automatic, any automatic. Kayak showed this location as having several automatic transmission cars, one that I reserved. But when I went to pick up the car, they were totally out. So I had to book from Hertz at the airport and we were put about 3 hours behind schedule due to commute, etc.

3.6

Poor|Nov 2019

Nothing.

Full disclosure of complete charges. TOO! Many hidden fees.

2.0

Poor|May 2019

NOTHING

THEY DID NOT RESPECT THE RATE ON THE RESERVATION AND WANTED TO CHARGE 66 DOLLARS P/D FOR A SIMILAR CAR A VW GOL. THEY SAID THE DIFERENCE IN RATE WAS BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAD THE CAR I RESERVED WHICH WAS UNTRUE AS A GOL IS A LOW SCALE CAR. I WAISTED 2 HOURS, AND $25 IN TAXIS TO GET TO BUDGET AND BACK

3.2

Poor|Jan 2019

- the car I had reserved was not available and the choice I was given was either a micro-sized car or an upsell - if the reserved car is not available it should be free. The vehicle given was old and rickety, having 70K on the clock. Crazy to be given that as an upsell. Also an unneccessary 'compulsory' that I have never had to pay before in Mexico insurance charge was added. I ended up paying just to get out but this was not good value for money

1 out of 8

Sixt

3.3

Poor

6 reviews•4 locations

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2.0

Poor|Nov 2021

No car was available for me to pick up. This makes Paid Reservation useless. Horrible service.

2.0

Poor|Nov 2021

We reserved our car with them 6 months before our trip, however when we arrived we were told that, despite us having a reservation, they didn’t have any cars left since it was a busy holiday weekend. I asked how that was possible and was told that since we didn’t prepay for the car, they were under no obligation to hold one for us and that this is a common practice in Mexico. Of course there was no communication about any of this when making the reservation or in the 6 months leading up to the trip. At that point we tried to ask the staff for help finding other options elsewhere since we were stuck. However they couldn’t have been less interested in helping us. We ended up having to take a taxi across town to an Enterprise and pay much more than we were planning to. Do not use Sixt ever again!

1.9

Poor|Oct 2021

The worst service I’ve ever gotten at any car rental place around the world. Almost comically bad. The car was sub par as well.

2.0

Poor|Mar 2021

Nothing. Sixt sent us a SMS to tell us that the car would be ready at pick up time and asked to call them. I called and told me that the car was not available due to maintenance issue. First they blamed the broker Expedia and then they aknowledged the mistake was on their side. They did not even try to find a replacement car or solution.

Everything

2.0

Poor|Nov 2018

Upon arrival at the Mexico City airport Sixt rental company, I was told that there were no cars available. I explained to the representative that I had a reservation and she apologized stating that all cars had been checked out. Due to this error, I had to take. 2.5 hour bus ride to my destination followed by the same bus ride the next morning. I was extremely disappointed and inconvenienced. I will never use this company aagin.

6.8

Okay|Nov 2016

Pick up was typical. The vehicle was brand new and perfect for what we needed. The staff was very good.

There is a hidden refundable deposit fee of $1700 US dollars they charge at the rental office that was nowhere mentioned on the website.The Mexico city airport which is huge, is extremely difficult to navigate. No clear signage so it was impossible to relocate the drop off point. I was afraid I was going to miss my flight so I just left the vehicle curbside at the terminal, found the terminal rental office handed them the key and told them to deal with it.

1 out of 2

Car Hire FAQs

What are petrol prices like in Mexico City

The average price of petrol in Mexico City is ฿46.49/litre over the past month, costing you anywhere between ฿2,092 and ฿3,022 to fill up a car’s fuel tank.