Electric Bikes in Paris: Hourly, Daily and Monthly Prices
E-bike rental in Paris starts from €10 a day on the public bike-share pass and from €13 a day with a rental shop, while a full day pass with a helmet and lock costs around €45. Below: how hourly, daily, weekly and monthly rates compare, which type of bike suits which trip, what the rental conditions ask for and where the bikes are handed out.
Hours, days, weeks, months: four units, four totals
Electric bikes in the city are sold in four units — the hour, the day, the week and the month — and the cheapest-looking figure is rarely the cheapest trip. The unit decides what you pay far more than the bike does, so it is worth converting every offer into the same unit before you compare anything.
Hourly packages: €10 an hour, with no discount for staying longer
Short rentals come in packages rather than single hours. A two-hour rental costs €20 and a four-hour rental costs €40, which works out at €10 an hour in both cases. There is no reward for the longer package: four hours cost exactly twice as much as two. That makes hourly rental a good fit for one clear plan — a loop along the Seine, a ride to a single museum and back — and a poor fit for a day that might stretch. Once a plan goes past four hours, the hourly logic stops making sense, because a full day costs only slightly more.
Day pass or 24 hours: the €15 difference is the night
A day pass costs €45 and a 24-hour rental costs €60. The gap of €15 is what you pay to keep the bike overnight instead of returning it before the shop closes. A day pass is €5 more than the four-hour package, so anyone planning more than four hours in the saddle should go straight to the day price. The 24-hour option makes sense when the bike will be used the next morning — an early start towards the edge of the city, for example — or when returning it the same evening would cut the day short.
Week and month: what one day costs on a longer rental
Longer rentals change the arithmetic sharply. A weekly rental at €210 comes to €30 a day, which is €105 less than seven separate day passes and half the cost of seven 24-hour rentals. A monthly rental at €500 comes to about €16.70 a day across 30 days — and it costs less than two and a half weekly rentals. In my experience, visitors staying five days or more and riding most of them should price the week before anything else, and people living in the city for a season should start from the month. The table in the next section shows all six market figures side by side.
What the market charges, unit by unit
The prices below are the market rates for electric bikes in the city at the time of writing, grouped by unit. They are starting points without dates, so an actual booking can come out higher, especially in summer.
| What you get | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Public bike-share pass for electric bikes | 24 hours | €10 |
| E-bike on a 2- or 4-hour package | Hour | €10 |
| From a city e-bike to an electric cargo bike | Day | €13–77 |
| Day pass or full 24 hours | Day | €45–60 |
| E-bike, weekly rental | Week | €210 |
| E-bike, monthly pass | Month | €500 |
Reading the table
Electric bike rental in Paris has an unusually wide spread for a single type of vehicle: the lowest daily figure is €10 and the highest is €77. Two different things sit behind that range. At the bottom is the public bike-share, a self-service network where the pass gives access to bikes at street stations rather than one bike reserved for you. Higher up are rental shops and smaller providers, where you take one specific bike for the whole period, usually with accessories. The two are not interchangeable, and section four explains when each one wins.
Where most daily prices sit
Among shop and private rentals, the daily rate runs from €13 to €77, with a typical figure around €40. A plain city e-bike sits at the lower end; an electric cargo bike sits at the top. The €45 day pass with a helmet and lock included falls just above that typical level, which is a fair price for a well-equipped bike handed over in person. A quote far below €40 for a full day is worth a second look: ask what is included, how charged the battery is at pick-up and when the bike must come back.
How this section of Rent-Trip works
This Rent-Trip page does not list individual bikes with their own cards yet. It gathers the market prices for the city in one table so that you can judge any offer you receive. The figures are in euros, the local currency, so no conversion is involved. Use them as a yardstick: if a quote for the same unit and the same type of bike lands well above the range, ask what extra it includes; if it lands well below, ask what it leaves out.
City, cargo or mountain: which bike fits the trip
The electric bikes offered in the city fall into three types, and the type moves the daily price more than anything else. Four models illustrate the range well.
| Model | Type | Day rate |
|---|---|---|
| Gitane E-City | City e-bike | €35 |
| Nakamura 710 E Summit | Electric mountain bike | €40 |
| O2feel iVog 5 | City e-bike | €63 |
| Tern Quick Haul P9 | Electric cargo bike | €77 |
City e-bikes: the default for sightseeing
A city e-bike is what most visitors need: an upright riding position, usually a rack or basket, and pedal assistance that takes the effort out of hills and headwinds. The Gitane E-City at €35 a day and the O2feel iVog 5 at €63 a day are both city bikes, yet one costs 1.8 times the other. The gap most likely reflects equipment and comfort rather than what the bike can do on a flat boulevard. For a day of museums, cafés and riverside paths, the cheaper city bike does the job; the dearer one is worth it if you want a more comfortable ride over several days.
Electric cargo bikes: for children and luggage
The Tern Quick Haul P9 is the most expensive model here at €77 a day — 2.2 times the Gitane. A cargo bike carries a child seat, shopping or a bag that would not fit on a standard rack, and the motor makes the extra weight manageable. It is the obvious choice for families who want to cross the city with a small child, and for residents who use a bike instead of a car for errands. It is also longer and heavier than a city bike, so parking it in a courtyard or a narrow street takes more planning.
Electric mountain bikes: for trips beyond the centre
The Nakamura 710 E Summit, an electric mountain bike, costs €40 a day — less than the dearer city bike. Wider tyres and suspension pay off on forest tracks and gravel paths outside the centre, such as a day trip towards Versailles or the woods at the city's edge. On cobbled streets it is comfortable but heavier than it needs to be. Choose it if your route leaves the asphalt; otherwise a city e-bike is lighter and easier to lock. For a mixed day — a park in the morning, the centre in the afternoon — the city bike is usually the safer compromise.
The public bike-share pass against a rented bike
The public bike-share is the cheapest way to ride an electric bike in the city, and for some trips it is the right answer. For others it costs more than it seems, because of how the pass is built.
What the €10 pass buys
The 24-hour pass for electric bikes costs €10, double the €5 pass for classic bikes. It gives access to a very large network: around 20,000 bikes and about 1,500 stations across 68 municipalities, of which 993 stations are inside the city itself. You pick up a bike at one station and leave it at another, so there is nothing to bring back to a shop at closing time. For point-to-point trips — hotel to museum, museum to dinner — that flexibility is hard to beat.
The first-hour rule decides the real cost
The catch is that the pass covers only the first 60 minutes of each ride. A day built from short hops, each under an hour, stays at €10. A long ride without docking — a slow loop with stops for photos, or a trip out of the centre — runs past the hour and adds charges on top of the pass. There is a second constraint: you cannot keep the bike while you visit a museum or have lunch unless you dock it, and a free electric bike may not be waiting at the station when you come out. In practice, the pass suits people who want to move between places, not people who want a bike for the day.
When a rented e-bike is the better deal
A rented bike is yours for the whole period. You can lock it outside a café, carry on after an hour without watching the clock, and choose its type — a cargo bike for a child or a mountain bike for gravel. Shop rentals also tend to include a helmet and lock, so there is less to sort out before you set off. The trade-off is the price: a €45 day pass is 4.5 times the €10 bike-share pass. If your day is a chain of short trips, take the bike-share; if it is one long ride with stops, a rented e-bike usually gives the better day for the money.
Age, deposit, helmet and lock
Renting an electric bike in the city is simpler than renting a scooter or a car, but the conditions are not empty. They cover age, a deposit and what comes with the bike.
Age: 14 and over, with an adult under 18
Rental conditions set the minimum age at 14. Riders under 18 need adult supervision, which in practice means riding with a parent or another responsible adult rather than alone. Families with younger children should look at a cargo bike with a child seat instead of a separate bike for the child. If a group includes teenagers, mention their ages when you ask for a quote so that the right frame sizes are ready.
Deposit: an identity document and a card
The deposit is taken against an identity document and a payment card. Bring the card in the name of the person renting, and expect the deposit to be held until the bike comes back in the same condition. It is a guarantee, not a charge, but it ties up part of the card limit for the length of the rental — worth knowing on a weekly or monthly hire.
What comes with the bike
A helmet, a lock, a bike bag and an illustrated map are included in the rental at no extra cost. That matters when comparing prices: a cheaper offer without a lock or helmet can end up costing more once you add them. Check the lock in particular. An electric bike is a target for theft, and a solid lock is part of using it safely in a large city. Ask whether a charger comes with longer rentals too, so the battery can be topped up overnight.
Do you need a licence?
The rental conditions in the city ask for age and a deposit; a driving licence does not appear among them. This concerns ordinary pedal-assist bikes, where the motor helps only while you pedal. Faster electric two-wheelers that move without pedalling belong to the scooter category and come with their own rules — those are covered on the scooter pages of this section.
Pick-up points, opening hours and the season
Where and when you collect the bike affects the day as much as the price does, especially for shop rentals with fixed opening hours.
Where the bikes are handed out
Rental shops for electric bikes operate in central districts, including the 15th arrondissement near the Eiffel Tower and the Marais on the Right Bank. Bike-share stations are everywhere in between: 993 of them inside the city, so there is almost always one within a short walk. A shop pick-up close to your hotel saves the first part of the day; a shop on the far side of the river can cost an hour before you even start riding.
Opening hours change with the season
Shop hours follow the seasons. A typical schedule runs from 9:00 to 20:00 between 1 April and 31 October and from 9:00 to 17:00 in winter. That three-hour difference matters for a day pass: in summer a bike collected at 9:00 can be ridden for eleven hours, in winter for eight. If you plan an evening ride in the colder months, the 24-hour option is the only way to keep the bike after 17:00.
Returning on time
A day pass ends when the shop closes, not 24 hours after pick-up. Plan the last leg of the ride so that you reach the shop with time to spare, since a puncture or a wrong turn near closing time can turn a relaxed ride into a rush. If the plan is to ride into the evening or set off early the next day, book 24 hours from the start rather than asking to extend later; the price difference is known in advance and the bike is held for you.
Key points before you book
Six figures and checks to keep in mind
- Hourly: €10 an hour on a two- or four-hour package; beyond four hours, a €45 day pass costs only €5 more.
- Daily: shop and private rentals run from €13 to €77 a day, with a typical figure around €40.
- Weekly and monthly: €210 a week is €30 a day; €500 a month is about €16.70 a day.
- Bike-share: the €10 electric pass covers the first 60 minutes of each ride — ideal for short hops, not for one long ride.
- Type: a city e-bike from €35, an electric mountain bike from €40, an electric cargo bike at €77.
- Conditions: age 14 and over, under 18 with an adult; deposit against an ID and a card; helmet and lock included.
The simplest way to rent an e-bike in Paris without overpaying is to decide the shape of the day first. Short hops between sights point to the bike-share pass. One long ride with stops points to a day pass, and several days of riding point to the weekly rate. Then pick the type — city, cargo or mountain — and compare offers on the same unit, with the same accessories and the same return time. A quote that does not say what is included and when the bike is due back is not yet a price you can compare.