Car hire prices at Mexico City Airport

For November 2026 at Mexico City Airport, a good price is around £30 a day for an Intermediate, such as a Chevrolet Aveo, booked around a month before your trip. A Mini, such as a Kia Soul, averages £21 a day, while an Economy, such as a Kia Rio, averages £24 at that lead time. Leave booking until the last 2 weeks and an Intermediate car averages £42 a day, £12 more a day. Use the price checker to compare your quote for your exact dates.

For November 2026 at Mexico City Airport, book around a month before your trip: an Intermediate car averages £30 a day then, against £42 in the last 2 weeks. Across the year, an Intermediate car averages £48 a day around 9 months before your trip against £34 around a month before or in the last 2 weeks, so you have not missed the cheaper booking window. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 65% of our customers booked within a month of pickup, so booking now would fit that pattern.

Alamo is cheapest at Mexico City Airport for an Intermediate car, averaging £26 a day over the last 12 months from 3,445 prices, but you need a credit card for its £2,045 deposit. Alamo has an airport desk and scores 81/100 from 80 reviews in the last 5 months, so the lowest price does not mean giving up a scored supplier. For an Intermediate car over the last 12 months, Enterprise averages £28 a day from 1,719 prices, £2 more a day, but holds a smaller £1,060 deposit and scores 78/100 from 39 recent reviews.

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.

Choose Alamo at Mexico City Airport for the best review score: 81/100 from 80 reviews in the last 5 months, with an average pickup desk wait of 12 minutes. Alamo is also cheapest for an Intermediate car over the last 12 months, averaging £26 a day from 3,445 prices, so you do not need to spend more for the highest-scoring supplier. Enterprise scores 78/100 from 39 reviews in the last 5 months and averages 17 minutes at pickup, so switching does not improve either measure.

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, you need a credit card at all 12 counters; typical deposits range from £243 with Sixt to £3,030 with National, and none takes a debit card. If you need to use a debit card, filter for it before comparing prices rather than assuming a counter will accept it. Check the deposit and card rule beside each car against your available credit before booking. Extras charged at the desk 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 Mexico City Airport, allow for Mas's average 56-minute pickup desk wait and bring a credit card, because all 12 counters refuse debit cards. If you need to get on the road promptly, compare that with Alamo's average 12-minute wait before choosing a supplier. Check your available credit as well as the rental price: National typically holds £3,030, while Sixt holds £243.

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.

Choose an Intermediate, such as a Chevrolet Aveo, at Mexico City Airport for £30 a day in November 2026 around a month before your trip; it seats 5 but takes 4 bags. If you have only 3 bags, a Compact such as a Volkswagen Gol averages £27 a day for November 2026 around a month before your trip, while a Fullsize such as a Chevrolet Cavalier averages £47 a day but still takes only 4 bags. Over the last 12 months, 77% of cars offered are automatic, so filter for one if you need it; across all batches, an automatic Intermediate car averages £47 a day against £36 a day for a manual Intermediate car, £11 more a day. Do not plan on an electric or hybrid car, as neither is offered.