January
$65
February
$77
March
$84
April
$84
May
$88
June
$95
July
$106
August
$95
September
$90
October
$82
November
$79
December
$84
Currently, the cheapest month to rent a car in San Jose 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.
At $47/day, medium car is the cheapest car type available for hire in San Jose in the past week. Out of 24 car hire agencies operating in San Jose, there are, in total, 61 hire locations. View below for 7 offered car types:
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All Car Types | $63 - $132 |
To hire a small car in San Jose, the United States, you would pay an average price of $80/day. May is the cheapest month to hire a small car in San Jose, the United States (~$50/day), while the most expensive month to hire that same car type is April (~$146/day). In fact, May is about 38% cheaper than prices during the rest of the year to book a small car hire for San Jose. When comparing with other car types available for hire in San Jose, hiring a small car saves you 11% 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. Here are the best San Jose small car hire prices found by Cheapflights users in the past 7 days:
To hire a medium car in San Jose, the United States, you would pay an average price of $86/day. December is the cheapest month to hire a medium car in San Jose, the United States (~$69/day), while the most expensive month to hire that same car type is April (~$117/day). In fact, December is about 20% cheaper than prices during the rest of the year to book a medium car hire for San Jose. When comparing with other car types available for hire in San Jose, hiring a medium car saves you 4% 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. Here are the best San Jose medium car hire prices found by Cheapflights users in the past 7 days:
To hire a large car in San Jose, the United States, you would pay an average price of $109/day. July is the cheapest month to hire a large car in San Jose, the United States (~$73/day), while the most expensive month to hire that same car type is October (~$173/day). In fact, July is about 34% cheaper than prices during the rest of the year to book a large car hire for San Jose. When comparing with other car types available for hire in San Jose, hiring a large car is 20% more expensive. 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. Here are the best San Jose large car hire prices found by Cheapflights users in the past 7 days:
To hire a SUV in San Jose, the United States, you would pay an average price of $87/day. January is the cheapest month to hire a SUV in San Jose, the United States (~$63/day), while the most expensive month to hire that same car type is April (~$137/day). In fact, January is about 29% cheaper than prices during the rest of the year to book a SUV hire for San Jose. When comparing with other car types available for hire in San Jose, hiring a SUV saves you 2% 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. Here are the best San Jose SUV hire prices found by Cheapflights users in the past 7 days:
To hire a luxury car in San Jose, the United States, you would pay an average price of $60/day. June is the cheapest month to hire a luxury car in San Jose, the United States (~$51/day), while the most expensive month to hire that same car type is March (~$186/day). In fact, June is about 17% cheaper than prices during the rest of the year to book a luxury car hire for San Jose. When comparing with other car types available for hire in San Jose, hiring a luxury 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. Here are the best San Jose luxury car hire prices found by Cheapflights users in the past 7 days:
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According to our data, users have found the cheapest deals when booking a rental car in San Jose from the following companies over the past two weeks: Dollar ($50/day), Europcar ($54/day), and Budget ($61/day).
Taking our users’ ratings and reviews into consideration, National (10.0 rating), Alamo (8.4 rating) and Enterprise Rent-A-Car (8.4 rating) seem to be the best car hire companies in San Jose.
The average price of petrol in San Jose is $1.43/litre over the past month, costing you anywhere between $64 and $93 to fill up a car’s fuel tank.
Turo offers hire cars in San Jose for about $735 per week on average.
Booking in advance not only ensures a better chance of getting your vehicle of choice, it can save you up to 39% on your car hire. For a below average price in San Jose, Cheapflights recommends booking your car hire at least 7 days in advance.
Typically, how long you can hire a car for depends on the inventory of the supplier. For San Jose however, it is certainly possible to rent a car for an entire month.
$0 is, on average, how much a car hire costs for the weekend in San Jose. To save money, consider booking a Compact car hire, which is the cheapest car during the weekend. If you are looking for a car hire in January, we’ve seen prices on Cheapflights for as low as $0 per day.
The most popular car chosen by those travelling to San Jose is Compact (Nissan Leaf) based on our Cheapflights data.
Browse through car hire deals by fuel type in San Jose. There are currently 3 fuel types to choose from with Electric being the cheapest ($29+).