Book late and £37 is yours; book nine months out and the same car is £47 — 27% more. From 96,585 Nice Airport prices since 2023.
About £259–329 for the week.
7-day Saturday hire, priced for a UK renter. From 96,585 prices in the Car Rental Price Index archive since 2023.
Booking early is 27% more expensive at Nice Airport. Across the 395 airports we track, half of our customers book within 16 days of pickup.
9 MONTHS £47 · 6 MONTHS £47 · 3 MONTHS £44 · 1 MONTH £42 · 2 WEEKS £37OCTOBER ONLY
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July is the most expensive month at Nice Airport, 51% above November. You are viewing October 2026.
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Nice Airport averages around £42 a day for a Compact car like a Peugeot 308 booked about a month ahead for October 2026, alongside £36 for an Economy and £30 for a Mini. An Intermediate car, the Nissan Qashqai size, is around £51 a day. Leaving it to the last 2 weeks drops the Compact to £37. Prices range from £33 a day in December 2026 to £102 in August 2027, so check your dates in the price checker.
For October 2026 at Nice Airport, when you book barely moves the price, but booking within the last 2 weeks brings a Compact car to £37 a day compared to £42 a month ahead. Across the year, booking 9 months ahead averages £50 a day, so you have not missed anything if you are booking closer to travel. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, half of our customers book within 16 days of pickup on our sites.
Thrifty is the cheapest company at Nice Airport for a Compact car, averaging £34 a day against the £49 typical across suppliers over the last 12 months. Going with Thrifty means leaving a credit card for a £642 deposit and taking a desk that scores 84/100 from 102 reviews. Sixt costs £54 a day from 3,086 prices, scores 84/100 from 88 reviews, and accepts a debit card for a lower £428 deposit.
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.
Alamo and Key N Go are the best-reviewed companies at Nice Airport, each scoring 88/100, though Alamo has 86 reviews to Key N Go's 34. Alamo averages a 17-minute desk wait and £47 a day for a Compact car over the last 12 months from 1,268 prices, while Key N Go averages £69 a day and a 20-minute wait. Thrifty is the cheapest supplier at £34 a day and scores 84/100 from 102 reviews with a 19-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.
Nice Airport deposits range from £128 with Key N Go to £2,141 with Goldcar, and 6 of the 15 desks accept a debit card. The other 9 desks require a credit card in the driver's name. Filter for a debit card in the price checker before you compare so you only see cars you can collect. Extras charged at the desk appear 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.
Deposits that require a credit card catch people out at Nice Airport, where 9 of the 15 desks refuse debit cards entirely. Desk queues can also be slow, with Flizzr's desk averaging 31 minutes at pickup. Holding a credit card in the main driver's name avoids a ruined trip before you even reach the coastal roads.
Only 83% of prices at Nice Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.
A Compact car like a Peugeot 308 costs about £42 a day at Nice Airport in October 2026, giving you 5 seats and 3 bags of luggage space. That compact size handles tight coastal parking far better than an SUV. An Economy car like an Opel Corsa holds 2 bags for £36 a day, while an Intermediate Nissan Qashqai takes 4 bags for £51. Automatics make up 62% of cars offered and cost £3 more a day than manuals, while electric and hybrid cars are 11% of what is offered, so book early if you need one.
Everything above is what a fair price looks like at Nice Airport, measured over time. The check prices the exact days you are travelling, live right now, and shows what is actually available from the companies listed below.
| MONTH | MINI | ECONOMY | COMPACT | INTERMEDIATE | FULLSIZE | PREMIUM | 7+ SEATS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JAN | £36 | £40 | £46 | £53 | £68 | £77 | £79 |
| FEB | £37 | £41 | £47 | £55 | £65 | £77 | £82 |
| MAR | £35 | £39 | £45 | £52 | £62 | £74 | £78 |
| APR | £39 | £44 | £51 | £60 | £76 | £80 | £90 |
| MAY | £39 | £44 | £51 | £60 | £75 | £85 | £96 |
| JUN | £40 | £45 | £53 | £62 | £81 | £87 | £104 |
| JUL | £51 | £55 | £65 | £75 | £96 | £101 | £129 |
| AUG | £50 | £56 | £64 | £75 | £96 | £102 | £131 |
| SEP | £37 | £42 | £49 | £56 | £70 | £79 | £81 |
| OCT | £36 | £39 | £46 | £53 | £67 | £78 | £81 |
| NOV | £34 | £38 | £43 | £51 | £63 | £75 | £83 |
| DEC | £33 | £38 | £43 | £51 | £62 | £70 | £93 |
| COMPANY | A DAY | REVIEW SCORE | |
|---|---|---|---|
 Thrifty | £34 | IN TERMINAL | 84 |
 Dollar | £37 | IN TERMINAL | 85 |
 Keddy by Europcar | £40 | IN TERMINAL | 82 |
 OK Mobility | £41 | IN TERMINAL | 76 |
 Goldcar | £42 | IN TERMINAL | 80 |
 Budget | £43 | IN TERMINAL | 82 |
 Hertz | £46 | IN TERMINAL | 81 |
 Alamo | £47 | IN TERMINAL | 88 |
 Avis | £48 | IN TERMINAL | 82 |
 Enterprise | £48 | IN TERMINAL | 85 |
 Flizzr | £49 | IN TERMINAL | — |
 National | £49 | IN TERMINAL | — |
 Europcar | £54 | IN TERMINAL | 80 |
 Sixt | £54 | IN TERMINAL | 84 |
 Key N Go | £69 | IN TERMINAL | 88 |
Typical hire car prices are medians of quoted prices for a 7-day Saturday pickup, priced for a UK renter, seen at Nice Airport since November 2023, one of the 395 airports we track car hire prices for: 96,585 prices in all, 38,155 in the last 12 months. October figures are for pickups in October 2026 at the lead time stated. Supplier prices are Compact class over the last 12 months, from the 15 companies with at least 30 prices; review scores are CarTrawler customer reviews from the last five months. Booking figures are from 24,548 bookings made through our airport sites, across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for since January 2024. Most real hires are 5 to 6 days, so short hires cost more per day than the 7-day figures on this page. Prices are what was on offer, not what anyone paid. Batch of 2 September 2026.
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