Auckland City · 2026 Mid-Autumn Festival (10d)

Late September brings mild spring days to Auckland City. Temperatures climb into the high teens and the harbour starts to sparkle again. This stretch catches the Mid-Autumn Festival, when lunar celebrations pull in visitors for night markets and lantern displays. Most travellers pick up Auckland City car rentals and head south toward the Coromandel or west to the Waitakere coast.

Ezi is the only option here with nine vehicles available and four already booked out. Prices bunch up at the bottom, with the cheapest Compact SUV and Intermediate both at $450. Most travellers will land in that $450 to $520 range, where you get hybrid efficiency without paying the SUV premium that pushes past $690.

Five of the nine cars are hybrids, which fits Auckland's motorway and city driving mix. Spring can still bring sudden showers, so all-wheel drive on the $520 Toyota RAV4 is worth considering if you are heading toward West Coast beaches. Seven 5-seaters are available, so couples or small families have decent options, though luggage space gets tight fast in the smaller Intermediates.