Car hire prices at Cagliari Airport

For November 2026 at Cagliari Airport, a good price is around £25 a day for a Compact car such as a Jeep Avenger, booked around a month before your trip. An Economy car such as an Opel Corsa averages £21 a day, while an Intermediate car such as a Volkswagen T-Roc averages £33. In the last 2 weeks before pickup, the Compact car averages £21 a day, £4 less a day than around a month before. Use the price checker to compare your quote for your exact dates.

For November 2026 at Cagliari Airport, wait until around 2 weeks before your trip for the lowest average Compact car price, £21 a day rather than £25 around a month before. Across all pickup months of the year, a Compact car averages £64 a day around 9 months before your trip and £30 around 2 weeks before, so booking earlier would not necessarily have cost you less. Across the 395 airports we track, 65% of our customers booked within a month of pickup, so booking close to departure is common rather than unusual. Check the price checker during the last 2 weeks for your fixed dates.

Target is the cheapest company at Cagliari Airport for a Compact car over the last 12 months, averaging £20 a day, but you need a credit card for its deposit. Target's desk is at the airport, holds around £811 on your card and averages a 35-minute wait; Target scores 56/100 from 55 reviews in the last 5 months. Maggiore averages £36 a day for a Compact car over the last 12 months, £16 more a day, and accepts debit cards. Maggiore scores 77/100 from 33 reviews in the last 5 months, so compare Maggiore if Target's card rule or review score puts you off.

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.

Locauto is the best-reviewed company at Cagliari Airport, scoring 96/100 from 71 reviews in the last 5 months, with an average 10-minute desk wait, but you will pay more than with Target. Locauto averages £92 a day for a Compact car over the last 12 months, from 835 prices. Target is cheapest for a Compact car over that period at £20 a day, £72 less a day, but scores 56/100 from 55 reviews in the last 5 months and averages a 35-minute wait. Choose Locauto if its review score and shorter wait justify that difference for you.

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 Cagliari Airport, deposits average from £0 with Locauto to £1,025 with Wheego, and only 4 of 26 counters accept debit cards without car restrictions, so check your card before booking. Another 6 counters accept debit cards for some cars only, while 16 require a credit card. Filter for a debit card before comparing prices, then check the deposit and card rule beside your chosen car. Extras charged at the desk, such as a child seat or second 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 Cagliari Airport, check the deposit card rule and allow time for collection, because credit-card-only counters and long desk waits can delay you before you start driving. You need a credit card at 16 of the 26 counters; another 6 accept debit cards only for some cars, so check the rule for the car you select. Drivalia averages a 53-minute desk wait compared with 7 minutes at Sixt, so allow more collection time if you choose Drivalia.

Only 88% of prices at Cagliari Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

For a family at Cagliari Airport, choose a Compact car such as a Jeep Avenger at £25 a day in November 2026, booked around a month before; it seats 5 but takes only 3 bags. A couple with 2 bags can choose a Mini car such as a Fiat 500 at £19 a day in November 2026, £6 less a day, though its 4 seats do not mean room for 4 people's luggage. If you need 4 bags, choose an Intermediate car such as a Volkswagen T-Roc at £33 a day in November 2026, £8 more a day, rather than filling all 5 seats and expecting matching luggage space. Automatics are 48% of cars offered, so filter by transmission if you need one; over the full period, a Compact car averages £63 a day as an automatic from 12,307 prices, £12 more a day than a manual at £51 from 15,797 prices. Electric and hybrid cars make up 7% of cars offered, so filter for them if you want to exclude petrol-only and diesel-only cars.