Car hire prices at Adelaide Airport

A Compact car like a Toyota Corolla Hybrid at Adelaide Airport is around £39 a day for October 2026 when booked about a month ahead. An Intermediate car like a Toyota Corolla costs about £47 a day, while a Fullsize like a Toyota Camry Hybrid is around £52. Waiting until the last 2 weeks edges the Compact to £41 a day. Across the year, prices range from £44 a day for an Economy in November 2026 to £99 a day for a higher-spec model in April 2027. If your quote is well over these, check your exact dates with the price checker.

For Adelaide Airport, booking late saves about 58%: across the year rates drop from £69 a day 9 months before your trip to £43 2 weeks before pickup. For October 2026, an Intermediate car is £47 a day whether you book about a month ahead or in the last 2 weeks. Booking 9 months ahead across the year averages £69 a day, so if you have not booked yet you have missed nothing. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, half of our customers book within 16 days of pickup.

Simba Car Hire is the cheapest company at Adelaide Airport for an Intermediate car, averaging £34 a day over the last 12 months, but its desk is off-airport. Bargain Car Rentals has an airport counter and averages £36 a day, scoring 86/100 from 37 recent reviews; Simba Car Hire does not yet have enough reviews for a score. Hertz averaged £77 a day from 1,362 prices over the last 12 months with a terminal desk.

The cheapest company can cost you a longer queue or a bigger deposit, so check the review score and desk wait beside each car in the results before you book.

Hertz is the best-reviewed company at Adelaide Airport, scoring 90/100 from 52 reviews with an average desk wait of 16 minutes, but it is not cheap. Hertz averaged £77 a day for an Intermediate car over the last 12 months from 1,362 prices. Simba Car Hire is the cheapest company at £34 a day, but it does not yet have enough reviews for a score. Thrifty also scores 90/100 from 62 reviews, though its desk wait averages 30 minutes.

Review scores are CarTrawler customers' own, from the last five months; the score and the desk wait sit beside each car in the results.

Deposits held on your card at Adelaide Airport range from £106 with Budget or Avis to £528 with Hertz, and 3 of the 11 desks accept a debit card. Another 2 desks accept a debit card for certain cars only, while 6 desks require a credit card. Filter for a debit card before comparing prices rather than after. Any extra charges applied at the desk are listed under each vehicle with their price.

If you bring your own child seat, check your airline's rules first: most carry one free, some charge.

Most car hire desks at Adelaide Airport refuse debit cards outright, and the supplier with the lowest price sits off-airport. 6 of the 11 counters reject debit cards for the deposit, holding up to £528 on a credit card in the lead driver's name. Simba Car Hire offers the lowest rates, but it is the only supplier whose counter is located outside the airport grounds. Desk waits also vary widely, stretching to 30 minutes at Thrifty compared to 15 minutes at Sixt.

Only 94% of prices at Adelaide Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

A Compact car like a Toyota Corolla Hybrid costs about £39 a day at Adelaide Airport in October 2026, which fits 5 people if you travel light. It seats 5 but holds 3 bags, so carrying 5 people means soft luggage on laps. An Intermediate car like a Toyota Corolla steps up luggage space to 4 bags for £47 a day, while a Fullsize like a Toyota Camry Hybrid takes 5 bags at £52 a day. With 99% of cars offered being automatic and hybrids making up 19% of cars offered, you do not need to book months ahead just to avoid a manual gearbox.