Car hire prices at Cancun Airport

For November 2026 at Cancun Airport, aim for around £27 a day for an Intermediate, the Chevrolet Aveo size, booked around a month before your trip. A Mini, such as a Kia Soul, and an Economy, such as a Chevrolet Spark, each average £22 a day at that lead time. In the last 2 weeks, an Intermediate car averages £36 a day, so waiting costs £9 more a day. Use the price checker to compare your quote for your exact dates.

For November 2026 at Cancun Airport, book around a month before your trip: an Intermediate car averages £27 a day then, against £36 in the last 2 weeks. You have not missed a saving by leaving booking until now: across the year, an Intermediate car averages £44 a day around 9 months before your trip, against £32 around 2 weeks before. Those across-year figures favour waiting, but the November 2026 figures favour booking around a month before. Across the 395 airports tracked by our sites, 65% of people booking through our sites booked within a month of pickup, so you are not unusually late.

Alamo is cheapest at Cancun Airport for an Intermediate car, averaging £26 a day over the last 12 months from 1,069 prices, so start your price comparison there. Alamo does not yet have enough reviews for a score. If you want a scored alternative, Mex averages £40 a day for an Intermediate car over the same 12 months, from 656 prices, and scores 61/100 from 42 recent reviews. Mex has an airport desk, but you need a credit card and its deposit averages £1,250.

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.

If you want a scored company at Cancun Airport, Mex ranks highest at 61/100 from 42 reviews over the last 5 months, with an average desk wait of 24 minutes. Mex is not the cheapest: for an Intermediate car over the last 12 months, Mex averages £40 a day from 656 prices, while Alamo averages £26 a day from 1,069 prices. For an Intermediate car over the last 12 months, Mex costs £14 more a day than Alamo on average, so weigh Mex's 61/100 review score against 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 Cancun Airport the deposit held on your card ranges from £243 with Sixt to £3,030 with National; 1 of the 11 desks quoting live right now takes a debit card. The deposit and card rule for each hire car are shown beside it in the results at Cancun Airport, so filter for a debit card before you compare prices rather than after. Extras charged at the desk, such as a child seat or a 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 Cancun Airport, allow for Mas's average 66-minute desk wait and check your card before booking, because 10 of the 11 checked desks require a credit card. If pickup time matters, compare Enterprise's average 6-minute wait with Mas before choosing your supplier. A credit card also needs enough available credit for the hold: National's deposit averages £3,030, compared with £243 at Sixt. If you only have a debit card, filter for Ace before comparing prices.

Only 38% of prices at Cancun 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 Nissan Kicks, at Cancun Airport for £24 a day in November 2026 around a month before your trip, but its 5 seats exceed its space for 3 bags. For November 2026 around a month before your trip, an Economy, such as a Chevrolet Spark, averages £22 a day if you have only 2 bags; for 4 bags, an Intermediate, such as a Chevrolet Aveo, averages £27 a day. Over the last 12 months, 76% of cars offered are automatic, so you have a broad choice when you filter for one. Across all batches, an automatic Intermediate car averages £42 a day against £32 for a manual Intermediate car, so budget £10 more a day. Hybrids account for 1% of cars offered and electric cars are not offered, so filter for a hybrid before comparing prices if that matters to you.