Car rental
Car hire in cities across Germany
Drive times to nearby cities, the road rules that change at a border, and where to compare prices, city by city, from public data.
80 cities in Germany have a car rental page: drive times to nearby cities, the road rules that change at a border, and where to compare prices. Largest first.
| City | Region | Population | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin | State of Berlin | 3,426,354 | BER (19 km) |
| Hamburg | Hamburg | 1,973,896 | HAM (9 km) |
| Munich | Bavaria | 1,505,005 | MUC (29 km) |
| Köln | North Rhine-Westphalia | 1,024,621 | CGN (15 km) |
| Frankfurt am Main | Hesse | 650,000 | FRA (13 km) |
| Düsseldorf | North Rhine-Westphalia | 618,685 | DUS (7 km) |
| Stuttgart | Baden-Wurttemberg | 612,663 | STR (11 km) |
| Essen | North Rhine-Westphalia | 593,085 | DUS (25 km) |
| Dortmund | North Rhine-Westphalia | 588,462 | DTM (10 km) |
| Dresden | Saxony | 564,904 | DRS (9 km) |
| Bremen | Bremen | 546,501 | BRE (3 km) |
| Nuremberg | Bavaria | 515,543 | NUE (5 km) |
| Hannover | Lower Saxony | 515,140 | HAJ (11 km) |
| Leipzig | Saxony | 504,971 | LEJ (13 km) |
| Duisburg | North Rhine-Westphalia | 504,358 | DUS (16 km) |
| Bochum | North Rhine-Westphalia | 385,729 | DTM (28 km) |
| Wuppertal | North Rhine-Westphalia | 360,797 | DUS (27 km) |
| Bielefeld | North Rhine-Westphalia | 331,906 | PAD (47 km) |
| Bonn | North Rhine-Westphalia | 330,579 | CGN (15 km) |
| Münster | North Rhine-Westphalia | 308,258 | FMO (20 km) |
| Mannheim | Baden-Wurttemberg | 307,960 | FRA (60 km) |
| Augsburg | Bavaria | 301,105 | FMM (65 km) |
| Wiesbaden | Hesse | 288,850 | FRA (23 km) |
| Karlsruhe | Baden-Wurttemberg | 283,799 | FKB (35 km) |
| Gelsenkirchen | North Rhine-Westphalia | 270,028 | DUS (33 km) |
| Aachen | North Rhine-Westphalia | 265,208 | MST (27 km) |
| Mönchengladbach | North Rhine-Westphalia | 261,742 | DUS (25 km) |
| Kiel | Schleswig-Holstein | 252,668 | HAM (77 km) |
| Chemnitz | Saxony | 247,220 | DRS (67 km) |
| Braunschweig | Lower Saxony | 244,715 | HAJ (61 km) |
| Magdeburg | Saxony-Anhalt | 244,329 | LEJ (89 km) |
| Krefeld | North Rhine-Westphalia | 237,984 | DUS (16 km) |
| Halle (Saale) | Saxony-Anhalt | 237,865 | LEJ (19 km) |
| Freiburg | Baden-Wurttemberg | 237,460 | BSL (50 km) |
| Mainz | Rheinland-Pfalz | 222,889 | FRA (21 km) |
| Oberhausen | North Rhine-Westphalia | 219,176 | DUS (22 km) |
| Erfurt | Thuringia | 218,793 | ERF (5 km) |
| Lübeck | Schleswig-Holstein | 212,207 | HAM (53 km) |
| Hagen | North Rhine-Westphalia | 198,972 | DTM (20 km) |
| Rostock | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 198,293 | RLG (21 km) |
| Kassel | Hesse | 197,230 | KSF (14 km) |
| Potsdam | Brandenburg | 184,754 | BER (30 km) |
| Saarbrücken | Saarland | 182,971 | LUX (72 km) |
| Hamm | North Rhine-Westphalia | 178,967 | DTM (23 km) |
| Mülheim | North Rhine-Westphalia | 173,050 | DUS (18 km) |
| Herne | North Rhine-Westphalia | 172,108 | DTM (27 km) |
| Darmstadt | Hesse | 167,029 | FRA (18 km) |
| Osnabrück | Lower Saxony | 166,462 | FMO (29 km) |
| Solingen | North Rhine-Westphalia | 164,359 | DUS (26 km) |
| Ludwigshafen am Rhein | Rheinland-Pfalz | 163,196 | FRA (61 km) |
| Leverkusen | North Rhine-Westphalia | 162,738 | CGN (21 km) |
| Oldenburg | Lower Saxony | 159,218 | BRE (40 km) |
| Neuss | North Rhine-Westphalia | 152,457 | DUS (12 km) |
| Regensburg | Bavaria | 151,389 | MUC (77 km) |
| Heidelberg | Baden-Wurttemberg | 143,345 | FRA (69 km) |
| Paderborn | North Rhine-Westphalia | 142,161 | PAD (15 km) |
| Würzburg | Bavaria | 133,731 | NUE (88 km) |
| Fürth | Bavaria | 132,036 | NUE (7 km) |
| Wolfsburg | Lower Saxony | 123,064 | HAJ (74 km) |
| Recklinghausen | North Rhine-Westphalia | 122,438 | DTM (31 km) |
| Göttingen | Lower Saxony | 122,149 | KSF (40 km) |
| Heilbronn | Baden-Wurttemberg | 120,733 | STR (50 km) |
| Ingolstadt | Bavaria | 120,658 | MUC (53 km) |
| Ulm | Baden-Wurttemberg | 120,451 | FMM (49 km) |
| Bottrop | North Rhine-Westphalia | 119,909 | DUS (28 km) |
| Pforzheim | Baden-Wurttemberg | 119,313 | STR (44 km) |
| Offenbach | Hesse | 119,192 | FRA (17 km) |
| Bremerhaven | Bremen | 118,610 | BRE (58 km) |
| Remscheid | North Rhine-Westphalia | 117,118 | DUS (32 km) |
| Reutlingen | Baden-Wurttemberg | 112,627 | STR (22 km) |
| Koblenz | Rheinland-Pfalz | 107,319 | HHN (51 km) |
| Siegen | North Rhine-Westphalia | 107,242 | CGN (62 km) |
| Bergisch Gladbach | North Rhine-Westphalia | 106,184 | CGN (13 km) |
| Salzgitter | Lower Saxony | 104,970 | HAJ (60 km) |
| Jena | Thuringia | 104,712 | ERF (44 km) |
| Gera | Thuringia | 104,659 | LEJ (61 km) |
| Moers | North Rhine-Westphalia | 103,487 | DUS (20 km) |
| Hildesheim | Lower Saxony | 103,052 | HAJ (39 km) |
| Erlangen | Bavaria | 102,675 | NUE (11 km) |
| Trier | Rheinland-Pfalz | 100,129 | LUX (34 km) |
Common questions
Which cities in Germany have a car rental page?
Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Köln, Frankfurt am Main, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Essen, Dortmund, Dresden and 70 more.
What currency is used in Germany?
The Euro (EUR).
Where these facts come from
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
- Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
- OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
- Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines
Data compiled 13 September 2026. Hotel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.