Car hire prices at Zagreb Airport

For November 2026 at Zagreb Airport, a Compact such as a Volkswagen Golf averages £18 a day around a month before your trip, giving you a benchmark for comparing quotes. For the same month and booking window, a Mini such as a Volkswagen Up averages £13 a day, as does an Economy such as a Volkswagen Polo. In the last 2 weeks, the Compact car averages £17 a day, £1 less a day. Use the price checker to compare prices for your exact dates.

For November 2026 at Zagreb Airport, a Compact car is cheapest in the last 2 weeks at £17 a day on average, versus £18 around a month before your trip, so compare again closer to pickup. Across the year, a Compact car averages £41 a day around 9 months before your trip versus £21 in the last 2 weeks, so you have not missed the lower prices by leaving it late. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 65% of our customers book within a month of pickup. Use the price checker again in the last 2 weeks before committing.

Flizzr is cheapest at Zagreb Airport for a Compact car over the last 12 months, averaging £19 a day from 930 prices, but you need a credit card and it does not yet have enough reviews for a score. Flizzr's desk is at the airport and holds a typical £1,025 deposit, so check your available credit before choosing it. For a Compact car over the last 12 months, Sixt averages £22 a day from 828 prices, £3 more a day, and scores 82/100 from 41 reviews in the last 5 months. Choose Sixt if having a review score matters more to you than that price difference.

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.

Payless is the best-reviewed company at Zagreb Airport, scoring 85/100 from 68 reviews in the last 5 months, with an average pickup wait of 14 minutes, making it worth comparing before you choose solely on price. For a Compact car over the last 12 months, Payless averages £23 a day from 862 prices, £4 more a day than Flizzr at £19 from 930 prices. Flizzr does not yet have enough reviews for a score, so choose Payless if you want a scored supplier for that extra cost.

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

At Zagreb Airport, typical deposits range from £85 with U-Save to £4,269 with Budget, and only 2 of the 21 companies take debit cards, so check your card and available funds before booking. Mack and Dollar Thrifty take debit cards, but each holds a typical £1,708 deposit. Filter for debit-card acceptance before comparing prices, then check the deposit and card rule shown beside each car. Extras charged at the desk, such as a child seat or an additional driver, are listed under each car with their price.

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

At Zagreb Airport, check your credit-card capacity and allow time at pickup, because 19 of the 21 companies require credit cards and some desks average 27 minutes. Budget holds a typical £4,269 deposit, so check that your card can cover the hold before choosing its car. Active and OK Mobility each average 27 minutes at pickup; allow for that wait when planning your onward drive. Sixt averages 10 minutes, so compare its cars if getting away promptly matters to you.

Only 62% of prices at Zagreb Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

At Zagreb Airport, choose a Compact Volkswagen Golf-sized car for £18 a day in November 2026 around a month before your trip; it seats 5 but takes 3 bags, so check your luggage fits. For November 2026 around a month before your trip, a couple can choose a Mini such as a Volkswagen Up at £13 a day, but its 4 seats come with room for only 2 bags. For more luggage, an Intermediate such as a Skoda Octavia averages £40 a day for November 2026 at the same lead time; it seats 5 but takes 4 bags, so even that needs a luggage check when full. Automatics account for 48% of cars offered over the last 12 months, giving you options to compare, but across prices tracked to date an automatic Compact car averages £37 a day versus £27 for a manual Compact car, £10 more a day. Electric and hybrid cars do not feature among the cars offered, so do not plan your booking around one.