Car hire prices at Vienna Airport

Vienna Airport quotes around £39 a day for a Compact (an Opel Astra size car), £32 for an Economy and £29 for a Mini when you book about a month ahead for October 2026. An Intermediate car, the Skoda Octavia size, is about £50 a day. Leaving it to the last 2 weeks edges the Compact to £40. Over the year, October 2026 is the cheapest month at £38 a day for a Mini car, while August 2027 peaks at £127 for an executive model. Check the price checker for your exact dates.

At Vienna Airport, booking late saves about 48% across the year, dropping from £78 a day 9 months before your trip to £54 in the last 2 weeks. For October 2026 specifically, waiting until the last 2 weeks brings an Economy car down to £29 a day from £32 a month out. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 48% of our customers book within 16 days of pickup. If you have not booked yet, you have not missed the cheaper prices.

Wheego is the cheapest company at Vienna Airport for an Intermediate car, averaging £51 a day across 1,587 prices over the last 12 months, but requires a credit card. Wheego holds a £1,199 card deposit and scores 78/100 from 74 recent reviews. For comparison, Sicily by Car averages £96 a day and scores 81/100 from 85 reviews. If you need to pay by debit card, Budget averages £60 a day and takes debit cards at the counter.

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.

Sicily by Car is the best-reviewed company at Vienna Airport, scoring 81/100 from 85 reviews with an average desk wait of 12 minutes. Sicily by Car averages £96 a day for an Intermediate car over the last 12 months. Wheego averages £51 a day for the same class and scores 78/100 from 74 reviews with an 18-minute wait. Dryyve scores 80/100 from 144 reviews with a 15-minute desk wait.

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

Vienna Airport deposits range from £171 with Budget, Avis or Green Motion to £1,199 with Wheego or Sicily by Car, and 5 of the 17 desks take a debit card. Sixt accepts a debit card for some cars only, while 11 desks refuse debit cards entirely. The deposit and card rule for each car appear beside it in the results, so filter for a debit card before comparing prices. Extras charged at the desk are listed under each vehicle.

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

Credit card rules and desk delays cause the main problems at Vienna Airport, where 11 of the 17 counters decline debit cards entirely. Deposits climb as high as £1,199 with Wheego and Sicily by Car. Hertz keeps people waiting an average of 38 minutes at pickup, so having your documents ready before you reach the desk helps avoid further delay. Check your counter requirements before you land.

Only 69% of prices at Vienna Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

For comfort on the motorway outside Vienna, pick an Intermediate car like a Skoda Octavia at Vienna Airport, which costs around £50 a day in October 2026. It seats 5 people and takes 4 bags, giving you proper boot space for longer drives. Stepping down to a Compact car like an Opel Astra costs £39 a day but drops luggage space to 3 bags, while an Economy car like an Opel Corsa costs £32 and takes only 2 bags. 56% of cars offered are automatic and cost £4 more a day on average, while electric and hybrid cars are 9% of cars offered, meaning stock is limited.