Car hire prices at Mexico City Airport

Mexico City Airport car hire costs around £27 a day for an Intermediate car like the Chevrolet Aveo when you book around a month before your October 2026 trip. A Compact like the Volkswagen Gol is about £25 a day, while an Economy Kia Rio is £23. Leaving your booking to the last 2 weeks edges the Intermediate to £29. Across the year, prices swing from £26 a day in December 2026 to £95 in August 2027, so check our price checker for your travel dates.

Mexico City Airport car hire is £27 a day about a month before you fly for October 2026, though the last 2 weeks are only £29 for an Intermediate car. Across the year, booking late saves about 42%: typical prices drop from £48 a day 9 months before your trip to £35 2 weeks before. If you have not booked yet, you have not missed out. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for on our sites, 48% of bookings happen within 2 weeks of pickup.

Ace is the cheapest company at Mexico City Airport for an Intermediate car, averaging £21 a day across the last 12 months. Alamo is the next step up at £27 a day from 3,467 prices, followed by Enterprise at £28 from 1,742 prices. While Ace does not yet have enough reviews for a score, Enterprise scores 86/100 and Alamo scores 82/100. Both Alamo and Enterprise operate counters at the airport with credit-only deposits.

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.

Enterprise is the best-reviewed company at Mexico City Airport, scoring 86/100 from 41 reviews, with an average counter wait of 13 minutes. Alamo follows with 82/100 from 90 reviews and a 19-minute wait. Both are competitive on price: Alamo averages £27 a day for an Intermediate car and Enterprise averages £28. The cheapest supplier, Ace, averages £21 a day but does not yet have enough reviews for a score.

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 Mexico City Airport, deposits held on your card range from £254 with Sixt to £2,954 with National, and none of the 12 desks take a debit card. Every desk requires a credit card in the main driver's name, so you cannot rent with a debit card at this airport. The deposit and card rule for each car is shown beside it in the results. Any extras charged at the desk are listed under each vehicle with their prices.

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

Two traps catch people out at Mexico City Airport: cards that get rejected at the desk, and long queues after your flight. All 12 airport desks refuse debit cards for the deposit, so arriving without an accepted credit card means leaving without a vehicle. Desk waits also vary, with Europcar averaging 48 minutes while Sixt takes 9 minutes.

Only 48% of prices at Mexico City Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

An Intermediate car like the Chevrolet Aveo costs around £27 a day at Mexico City Airport in October 2026 and gives you the boot space needed for road trips. It seats 5 with room for 4 bags in the boot, keeping luggage hidden and comfortable on longer highway drives. Stepping down to a Compact Volkswagen Gol costs £25 a day but fits only 3 bags, while an Economy Kia Rio is £23 and takes 2 bags. Automatics make up 77% of cars offered, but across the year an automatic Intermediate costs £12 more a day than a manual, averaging £48 against £36.