Car hire prices at Berlin Airport

For November 2026, use £47 a day as your Berlin Airport benchmark for an Intermediate car such as a Ford Kuga, booked around a month before your trip. For the same month and lead time, a Compact car such as a Volkswagen Golf averages £42 a day, and an Economy car such as an Opel Corsa averages £38. In the last 2 weeks, an Intermediate car averages £44 a day, £3 less. Use the price checker to compare your quote with prices for your exact dates.

Timing barely matters at Berlin Airport: an Intermediate booked 9 months ahead is £56 a day and one booked 2 weeks ahead £45. For November 2026, an Intermediate is £47 a day booked about a month ahead and £44 in the last 2 weeks. Book when your plans are firm and spend the time on the company and the hire car instead. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, half of our customers book a hire car within 16 days of pickup.

Dollar is cheapest at Berlin Airport for an Intermediate car over the last 12 months, averaging £41 a day, but does not yet have enough reviews for a score. Dollar's desk is at the airport, accepts debit cards and averages a 2-minute wait, but its typical deposit is £640, so check your available balance before booking. Europcar averages £50 a day for an Intermediate car over the last 12 months, from 1,496 prices, £9 more than Dollar. If you want a scored alternative, Europcar has 96/100 from 49 reviews and a 4-minute desk wait, but requires a credit card.

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.

For a quick pickup at Berlin Airport, prioritise Europcar: it leads reviews from the last 5 months with 96/100 from 49 reviews, and its desk wait averages 4 minutes. Europcar averages £50 a day for an Intermediate car over the last 12 months, from 1,496 prices. Dollar is cheapest for an Intermediate car over the same period at £41 a day, £9 less than Europcar, but Dollar does not yet have enough reviews for a score. Choose Europcar if you want the strongest review score, provided you can supply its required credit card.

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 Berlin Airport, typical deposits range from £171 with Avis to £640 with Thrifty, and 6 of the 12 desks accept a debit card, so check your card and available balance before booking. Enterprise accepts debit cards for some cars only, while 5 desks require a credit card. Filter for debit-card acceptance before comparing prices, then check the deposit and card rule beside your chosen car. Extras charged at the desk are listed under each car, so include those in your budget.

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

At Berlin Airport, do not assume an airport desk means a quick pickup: Sixt averages 59 minutes, and 5 of the 12 desks require a credit card. For your weekday-morning arrival, compare Sixt's wait with Europcar's 4 minutes or Hertz's 3 minutes before choosing a company. If you plan to use a debit card, filter for acceptance first; Enterprise accepts one for some cars only. Dollar and Thrifty each hold a typical £640 deposit, so leave enough available balance for the hold.

Fuel is full tank out, full tank back on 98% of prices at Berlin Airport, so there is no fuel charge to be surprised by.

For up to 5 people with cases, pick an Intermediate at Berlin Airport, the Ford Kuga or Nissan Qashqai size at about £47 a day in November 2026. It seats 5 but takes 4 bags, so a full car means soft bags on laps. A couple can save a little with a Mini, a Toyota Aygo, at £34 a day, though it takes 2 bags. 57% of hire cars at Berlin Airport are automatic, at £51 a day against £48 for a manual, so tick automatic when you search rather than assuming. Electric cars are 2% of what is offered and there are no hybrids, so book one early rather than expecting to find one at the desk.