Car hire prices at Zagreb Airport

Zagreb Airport car hire starts at around £16 a day for a Compact car like a Volkswagen Golf if you book about a month ahead for October 2026. An Economy car like a Volkswagen Polo is about £12 a day, while a Mini costs around £10. If you leave booking to the last 2 weeks, the Compact rises slightly to £17. Across the year, prices swing dramatically from £15 a day for a Mini in November 2026 to £151 for a higher-spec executive car in July 2027, so check our price checker for your exact dates.

For October 2026 at Zagreb Airport, book late: a Compact costs about £16 a day a month before your trip and £17 2 weeks before. Across the year, booking a Compact 9 months before your trip costs £40 a day on average, but that price drops to £21 around 2 weeks before travel, saving about 90%. If you have not booked yet, you have missed nothing. Across the 395 airports we track on our sites, 48% of bookings happen within 2 weeks of travel.

Flizzr is the cheapest company at Zagreb Airport for a Compact car, averaging £18 a day over the last 12 months from 930 prices. All counters sit directly at the airport, but Flizzr requires a credit card for its £1,027 deposit and does not yet have enough reviews for a score. In contrast, Sixt costs £21 a day and scores 84/100 from 35 reviews, while Last Minute costs £26 and scores 86/100 from 33 reviews. If you need to pay by debit card, Mack and Dollar Thrifty accept them, though Mack costs £52 a day.

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.

Last Minute is the best-reviewed company at Zagreb Airport, scoring 86/100 from 33 reviews with an average desk wait of 20 minutes. Last Minute averages £26 a day for a Compact car. Flizzr offers cars at £18 a day, though it does not yet have enough reviews for a score. Right Cars scores 85/100 from 33 reviews, but you give up time at the counter with an average 35-minute 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.

Security deposits held at Zagreb Airport range from £86 with U-Save to £4,281 with Budget, and only 3 of the 23 desks accept a debit card. The remaining 20 desks take credit cards only. Filter for a debit card before comparing prices, because choices like Mack, Dollar Thrifty, and Autowill Rent a Car are limited. Any desk extras, such as child seats or additional drivers, are listed under each car with their exact prices.

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

Two main traps catch people out at Zagreb Airport: desks that refuse debit cards, and extreme security deposits held against your credit limit. While all 23 desks are inside the terminal, 20 will turn away anyone without a credit card in the lead driver's name. Deposits can also tie up your holiday funds unexpectedly, reaching £1,884 at Carwiz and £4,281 at Budget. In a country where you quickly hit motorway tolls and long rural stretches, you do not want your spending money frozen at the counter.

Only 63% of prices at Zagreb Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

A Compact car like a Volkswagen Golf costs around £16 a day at Zagreb Airport in October 2026, giving you enough power for motorway driving. A Compact seats 5 but takes 3 bags, so a full car means soft bags on laps. A couple packing light can save money with an Economy Volkswagen Polo at £12 a day, while larger groups needing luggage room should step up to an Intermediate Skoda Octavia with 4 bags of space for £32. Automatic cars make up 48% of cars offered, though over the year an automatic Compact averages £37 a day compared to £27 for a manual, costing £10 more a day.