Car hire prices at Palanga Airport

For November 2026, a good price at Palanga Airport is around £40 a day for an Intermediate, such as a Volkswagen Passat, booked around a month before your trip. For the same November 2026 pickup, an Economy car such as a Volkswagen Polo averages £22 a day, and a Compact such as a Volkswagen Golf averages £25. Leave booking until the last 2 weeks and the Intermediate car averages £41 a day, £1 more. Use the price checker to compare your quote with prices for your exact dates.

For November 2026 at Palanga Airport, you need not wait: an Intermediate car averages £40 a day around a month before your trip and £41 in the last 2 weeks, so booking time barely matters. Across the year, an Intermediate car averages £47 a day around 9 months before your trip and £46 around a month before, so booking earlier does not bring a lower average price. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 65% of our customers booked within a month of pickup, so booking at that point is common rather than unusually late.

Carwiz is the cheapest company at Palanga Airport for an Intermediate car, averaging £32 a day over the last 12 months from 515 prices, but you need a credit card. Carwiz has an airport desk and typically holds a £342 deposit, but does not yet have enough reviews for a score. For an Intermediate car over the same 12 months, Sixt averages £61 a day from 609 prices, £29 more a day than Carwiz. If you want a company with a review score, Sixt scores 92/100 from 34 reviews over the last 5 months.

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.

Sixt is the best-reviewed company at Palanga Airport, scoring 92/100 from 34 reviews over the last 5 months, with an average desk wait of 8 minutes, but you pay more than with Carwiz. For an Intermediate car over the last 12 months, Sixt averages £61 a day from 609 prices, while cheapest supplier Carwiz averages £32 from 515 prices, making Sixt £29 more a day. Carwiz does not yet have enough reviews for a score, so choose Sixt if a published review score matters more to you than that price difference.

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 Palanga Airport, typical deposits range from £171 with Sixt to £1,708 with Budget, and only 1 of the 12 desks takes a debit card, so check your card before booking. Europcar takes a debit card and typically holds £256; the other 11 desks require a credit card. If you need to use a debit card, filter for it before comparing prices, then check the deposit and card rule beside your chosen car. Extras charged at the desk are listed under each car with their prices.

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

At Palanga Airport, check your available credit and allow time at the desk, because deposits and waits vary sharply between companies. 11 of the 12 desks require a credit card, so choose Europcar if you need to use a debit card. Budget typically holds £1,708, so check that you have enough available credit before booking. If you have a timed appointment after landing, allow for average desk waits of 18 minutes with Top Rent or Enterprise, compared with 4 minutes with Hertz.

Only 85% of prices at Palanga Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

Choose a Compact, such as a Volkswagen Golf, at Palanga Airport for £25 a day in November 2026 around a month before your trip: it seats 5 but takes 3 bags, so pack accordingly. For November 2026 around a month before pickup, step down to an Economy Volkswagen Polo-sized car at £22 a day if 2 bags suffice, or up to an Intermediate Volkswagen Passat-sized car at £40 for 4 bags. 54% of cars offered are automatic, so you have a broad choice; for Intermediate cars across prices to date, automatics cost £48 a day on average against £46 for manuals, costing £2 more a day. Hybrids are 5% of cars offered and there are no electric cars, so filter for a hybrid if you want an electrified option.