ICELAND: Most Expensive Car Rental Destinations In Europe

The capital city of Iceland is one of the most expensive car rental destinations in Europe this late summer. So concludes a new survey conducted by CheapCarRental.net. The survey specifically compared the car rental prices of 100 European destinations during the month of August 2015.

In Reykjavik, car renters will have to spend an average of Euro 70 per day for the cheapest available car. It has to be noted that for each destination the main airport was chosen at the as the Pick-Up and Drop-Off location. So for Iceland's capital, the Reykjavík-Keflavík International Airport was taken into consideration when determining the average cost.

Only two other European destinations are more expensive than Reykjavik according to the survey. They are Bergen, located on Norway’s southwestern coast, and the Azores, the autonomous island of Portugal. There, average car rental rates are running Euro 74 and Euro 75, respectively.

With Trondheim and Oslo snagging the survey’s fourth and fifth slots, a total of three Norwegian destinations made it into the Top 10. Three destinations in Greece did as well. Crete, Athens and Thessaloniki came in eighth, ninth and tenth, respectively.

The Azores, a Portuguese archipelago, has just earned the distinction of having Europe’s highest car rental rates. A new survey from CheapCarRental.net came to his determination after comparing car rental rates in more than 100 European destinations. The current month of August 2015 served as the basis of comparison.

The survey selected each destination’s main airport as the Pick-Up and Drop-Off location when determining its average price. The Azores’ Ponta Delgada airport takes the top spot with an average daily rate of Euro 74. This is the price renters can expect to spend for the cheapest available rental car during the month of August. Coming in second place on the survey is the Norwegian city of Bergen. Situated along Norway’s southwestern coast, its average cost per day is just one Euro less than the Azores at Euro 73. Rounding out the Top 3 is Iceland’s capital, Reykjavík, with an average daily price tag of Euro 70.

Portugal is costly overall for renting a car this late summer. An additional four destinations in the country made it into the survey’s Top 20 most expensive European destinations. In order of price, they are Porto, sixth on the survey at an average rental cost of 64 Euros per day; Faro with an average rate of Euro 50 daily; Lisbon just one Euro less at Euro 49 daily; and Madeira, Portugal's other autonomous island, with an average daily price tag of Euro 48.

The following table shows the 20 most expensive destinations in Europe in which to rent a car this late summer. The prices shown reflect the average daily rate for the cheapest available rental car in each destination during the period spanning August 1–31, 2015.

1. The Azores (Portugal) Euro 75
2. Bergen (Norway) Euro 74
3. Reykjavik (Iceland) Euro 70
4. Trondheim (Norway) Euro 69
5. Oslo (Norway) Euro 68
6. Porto (Portugal) Euro 64
7. Menorca (Spain) Euro 57
8. Crete (Greece) Euro 56
9. Athens (Greece) Euro 53
10. Thessaloniki (Greece) Euro 52
11. Corfu (Greece) Euro 52
12. Faro (Portugal) Euro 50
13. Lisbon (Portugal) Euro 49
14. Helsinki (Finland) Euro 49
15. Madeira (Portugal) Euro 48
16. Rhodes (Greece) Euro 47
17. Split (Croatia) Euro 44
18. Cagliari (Italy) Euro 43
19. Dubrovnik (Croatia) Euro 42
20. Vienna (Austria) Euro 42



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