Scooter rental in Madrid

Scooter rental in Madrid starts from €20 a day for a 125 cc automatic, and the middle of 42 day-priced models sits at €30. Below: how a day rate compares with paying by the minute, what each engine class costs, which licence covers which scooter and how to read two quotes for the same model side by side.

Day, week or minute: how scooters are priced in the city

Scooters in the Spanish capital are offered in four working modes — self-ride by the day, by the week or month, and minute-priced sharing — and the unit you pick changes the total more than the model does.

The day rate is the base unit

Every one of the 42 scooter models brought together in the Rent-Trip section on this page carries a starting price per day. That is the honest way to compare them: one rider, one scooter, 24 hours, no meter running. A day rate of €20 covers a Honda PCX 125, a Yamaha NMAX 125 or a Kymco Agility 125; the same €20 also covers two of the 50 cc mopeds and three of the electric models. Above that, the figure grows with engine size, brand and the number of wheels, up to €100 for the Yamaha TMAX 560. When you rent a scooter in Madrid for a full day of sightseeing — from the Royal Palace to the Retiro, then out to the stadium in the evening — the day rate is almost always the number to look at first, because it lets you park, walk, return and ride again without the cost moving.

Minute sharing against a full day

The city also has minute-priced electric scooters that you unlock in the street and leave inside the service zone. Their rates run from €0.26 to €0.48 a minute, with €0.33 a typical figure, and the top rate buys a faster mode that reaches 100 km/h. The arithmetic is simple and worth doing before you choose. At €0.26 a minute, one hour of riding costs €15.60; at €0.33 it costs €19.80; at €0.48 it costs €28.80. Put the other way, a €20 day rate equals about 77 minutes of riding at the lowest minute price and about 61 minutes at the typical one. If your plan is one or two short hops — a hotel to a restaurant and back — the minute model wins. If you expect more than an hour in the saddle over the day, a day rental of a 125 cc scooter already costs less, and it waits for you wherever you park it rather than being taken by the next user.

A week is seven day rates until someone says otherwise

Weekly and monthly rentals exist in the market, but the starting prices gathered here are all per day. Seven days on a €20 scooter make €140, on a €30 one €210 and on a €40 maxi-scooter €280. Treat those totals as the ceiling of a weekly quote rather than its floor: when you ask for a week, ask directly whether the rate is lower than seven separate days. If the answer is no, you lose nothing by booking day by day and keeping the freedom to switch models halfway through.

Day rates from €20 to €100

Across the 42 models the day rate starts between €20 and €100; the median is €30 and the average is €32.64, which shows how few scooters sit at the expensive end.

Where the €20 floor sits

Ten models start at exactly €20 a day, and 26 of the 42 start at €30 or less. The €20 group is not one class: it mixes 125 cc commuters (Honda PCX, Yamaha NMAX, Kymco Agility, Peugeot Django, Piaggio Liberty), 50 cc mopeds (Peugeot Tweet 50, Yamaha Jog 50) and three electric models (Segway eMoped B110S, Super Soco CUmini and CUx). For a first-time rider that is good news — the cheapest tier contains the easiest scooters to handle — but it also means the price alone tells you nothing about the engine. Check the class before the figure.

What a Vespa adds to the bill

Four Vespa 125 models are on offer: the LX, Primavera and S each from €30 a day, the GTS from €35. Against a €20 Honda PCX or Yamaha NMAX with the same engine size, that is €10 to €15 more per day, or €70 to €105 more across a week. You pay for the steel body and the look in the photos, not for extra speed: on paper they sit in the same 125 cc class. If the scooter is mainly a way to get around, the Japanese and Taiwanese commuters do the same job for less; if riding a Vespa through Malasaña is part of the trip, the premium is the price of that experience, and at €10 a day it is a modest one.

The four scooters above €40

Only four models start above €40 a day: the Piaggio Beverly 300 at €45, the Honda X-ADV 750 ABS at €50, the Yamaha Tricity 300 at €65 and the Yamaha TMAX 560 at €100. Between them they cover the three directions the top of the market takes — a large-wheel Italian touring scooter, an adventure-styled crossover, a three-wheeler and a sport maxi-scooter. Below them, the €40 step holds eight models, six of them maxi-scooters, which is where a rider who wants motorway pace without paying TMAX money should start looking.

50 cc, 125 cc or electric for city riding

For riding inside the M-30 ring, three classes do the work: small 50 cc mopeds, 125 cc automatics and electric scooters, and together they make 23 of the 42 models.

50 cc mopeds: the simplest licence, the slowest pace

Moped rental in Madrid comes down to three models: the Peugeot Tweet 50 at €20 a day, the Yamaha Jog 50 at €20 and the Piaggio Liberty 50 at €27. Their main advantage is the licence: rental terms accept a car licence for this class, which you can read about in detail in the licence section below. Their limit is pace. A 50 cc moped is built for short urban trips and steady streets; on Madrid's long avenues and on the hills up from the Manzanares it will feel stretched, and it is not a vehicle for the ring roads. If you are sure you will stay in the centre and want the lowest possible threshold for paperwork, a 50 cc is the right tool. If not, the 125 cc class costs the same at the bottom of its range.

125 cc automatics: the default choice

The 125 cc scooter is the largest group by far, with 16 models from €20 to €35 a day and a median of €30. The commuters at the low end — Honda PCX 125, Yamaha NMAX 125, Kymco Agility 125, Peugeot Django 125, Piaggio Liberty 125 — all start at €20, and the PCX, NMAX and Agility are listed with seats for two. In the middle sit the Piaggio Medley 125 at €24, the HM City 125 at €25 and a group at €30: the Kymco Agility City 125, Peugeot Tweet 125, Yamaha XMAX 125 and three Vespas. The Yamaha RayZR 125 at €35 is the lightest scooter with a stated weight, at 99 kg and 8 hp; the Yamaha XMAX 125, with 12 hp, weighs 167 kg and gives you a larger seat and more storage. In my view this class is the right starting point for most visitors: enough speed to keep up with Madrid traffic, light enough to park between cars, and a rental price that rarely leaves €20–30 a day.

Electric scooters: quiet and cheap, with questions to ask

Four electric models are offered: the Segway eMoped B110S, Super Soco CUmini and Super Soco CUx at €20 a day, and the Askoll NGS 3 at €25. They are the quietest way to ride through the old town and they sit at the bottom of the price range. What the starting prices do not tell you is the range per charge and how charging works during a multi-day rental — whether the battery is removable, whether a charger comes with the scooter and where you can plug it in at your accommodation. Ask those two questions before booking; for a single day of central riding they rarely matter, for a week they decide whether the scooter suits you.

Maxi, three-wheel and crossover scooters

The remaining 19 models — 12 maxi-scooters, 4 three-wheelers, 2 crossovers and a 200 cc — are for riders who plan to leave the centre, ride two-up or simply want more weight and power under them.

Maxi-scooters from 300 to 650 cc

Twelve maxi-scooters start between €29 and €100 a day, with a median of €40. The cheapest are the Kymco Super Dink 300 and the Piaggio Beverly 350 Sport Touring, both at €29, and the SYM Cruisym 300i ABS at €30. The €40 step holds the Vespa GTV 300, Yamaha XMAX 300, Honda Forza 300, Yamaha Majesty 400, Kymco AK 550 and BMW C 650 Sport; the Peugeot XP 400 Allure starts at €35. Where weight and power are stated, the jump from the 125 class is clear:

The XMAX 300 more than doubles the power of the XMAX 125 for 16 kg more weight and €10 more a day — a reasonable trade if you plan day trips out of the city. The TMAX 560 has nearly four times the power of the XMAX 125 and costs more than three times as much per day; it is a sport machine, and the rate reflects that.

Three wheels: the Piaggio MP3 and Yamaha Tricity

The four three-wheelers — two front wheels, one rear — start at €25 for the Piaggio MP3 400, €40 for the Piaggio MP3 500 and the Yamaha Tricity 125, and €65 for the Yamaha Tricity 300. The odd figure is the MP3 400 at €25, cheaper than any other three-wheeler and most maxi-scooters; a starting price that low is worth confirming for your exact dates before you plan around it. The Tricity 300 is the heaviest scooter with a stated weight, at 239 kg, and a rider used to a 99 kg RayZR will feel the difference at walking pace and when manoeuvring into a parking space. The second front wheel gives a planted feel on wet cobbles and painted lines; it does not make the scooter lighter to push.

Crossover scooters and the model year

Two crossovers mix scooter comfort with adventure styling: the Honda ADV 350 from €30 and the Honda X-ADV 750 ABS from €50, the largest engine in the section. The ADV 350 is also a reminder that age varies: it is a 2024 machine, while the Suzuki Burgman 200 at the same €30 is from 2013 and the BMW C 650 Sport at €40 is from 2016. Where the year is stated it spans eleven years across scooters of similar price, so the year is worth a line in your request. A newer scooter is not automatically better, but it usually means a fresher set of brakes, tyres and lights — the parts that matter most in city traffic.

Licence and age: what rental terms ask for

Licence rules decide which half of the section you can ride, so check them before you fall for a model; here they are as rental terms in the city state them.

50 cc: an AM or a car licence, from 18

Rental terms in Madrid accept the AM moped licence or a standard B car licence for a 50 cc scooter, with a minimum age of 18. That makes the three 50 cc models the most accessible scooters in the section on paper, and the reason some visitors pick them despite the slower pace.

125 cc on a car licence: three years

For 125cc scooter rental in Madrid the usual requirement is a B car licence held for at least three years, or a motorcycle licence of category A1, A2 or A from the age of 18. Some rental terms add a minimum age of 21 for riders who come with a car licence. In practice that means a car driver with three full years behind them can take any of the 16 scooters in the 125 cc class, including the Vespas and the Yamaha Tricity 125; a car driver with two years cannot, and should look at the 50 cc models or at the electric ones instead.

Above 125 cc: a motorcycle category

The car-licence route stops at 125 cc. The maxi-scooters from 300 cc, the Honda X-ADV 750, the three-wheelers from 300 cc and the 200 cc Burgman sit beyond it, so ask which motorcycle category the rental expects for the model you want before you book. Asking takes a minute; being turned away at the counter costs the day.

Documents to carry

Rental terms require the original licence, not a copy or a photo on your phone, and it must be with you while you ride. Bring the physical card to the pick-up and keep it on you for the whole rental. If your licence was issued outside the EU, raise it when you request a quote, so the answer covers your specific document rather than the general rule.

Pick-up points and comparing two quotes

Scooters are handed over at fixed points in the city and at addresses spread around it, and the place, the unit and the date explain most of the gap between two prices for the same model.

Where scooters are handed over

Many of the models are collected near Atocha railway station, in Prosperidad in the north-east of the city and in the Chamberí area around Calle Zurbano. Others are handed over at addresses between 3 and 10 km from the centre — one at 3.35 km, others at 4.35, 7.56, 9.96 and 10.45 km. Distance matters more than it looks: a scooter that is €5 cheaper but collected 10 km from your hotel can cost you that saving in a taxi and an hour of your morning. When you compare, add the trip to the pick-up point to the day rate. Minute-priced sharing scooters are the exception: they are parked in the street inside the service zone, and you find the nearest one in the app.

The same model, a different price

Two quotes for the same scooter are not automatically comparable. The Piaggio Liberty 125 is the clearest case: one offer starts from €20 a day, another from €60. The Peugeot Tweet 50 appears at €20 and at €25, the Piaggio MP3 500 at €40 and at €50. Behind such gaps there can be a different pick-up point, a different model year, different dates or a different minimum rental period. For four Yamaha models — the Tricity 125, RayZR 125, Tricity 300 and TMAX 560 — the starting figure is a weekday rate, a reminder that the day of the week can change the price too, so ask for the weekend rate if your trip falls on a Saturday.

Four facts in every request

To get quotes you can set side by side, give and ask for the same four things each time. First, the exact dates and times of pick-up and return, since every rate here is a starting price without dates. Second, the pick-up point and whether the scooter can be returned somewhere else. Third, the rider's licence category and how many years it has been held, so the answer already reflects the licence rules. Fourth, whether you will ride alone or with a passenger, since a passenger changes which scooters are comfortable and whether a second helmet is needed. A quote that answers those four is a price; a quote that does not is just a starting figure.

Key points before you book a scooter

Six figures to keep in mind

• Day rate: the 42 models start between €20 and €100 a day, with the median at €30; 26 of them start at €30 or less.
• Minute or day: at €0.26–0.48 a minute, an hour of sharing costs €15.60–28.80, so a €20 day rental wins once you ride more than about an hour.
• City class: 16 scooters of 125 cc start from €20 to €35, and the cheapest commuters cost the same as a 50 cc moped.
• Licence: 50 cc with an AM or car licence from 18; 125 cc with a car licence held three years or an A1, A2 or A licence; above 125 cc, a motorcycle category.
• Power and weight: the XMAX 300 doubles the power of the XMAX 125 for €10 more a day; the Tricity 300 weighs 239 kg against 99 kg for the RayZR 125.
• Same model, different price: a Piaggio Liberty 125 starts from €20 in one offer and €60 in another, so compare place, dates and year, not just the figure.

Scooter rental in Madrid works best when the scooter matches the plan: a 125 cc commuter for a few days in the centre, a 300 cc maxi for trips beyond the ring roads, an electric model for short quiet hops. Pick the class first, check the licence second and compare prices third — in that order, the cheapest suitable scooter is easy to find.