Car hire prices at Tijuana Airport

A Compact car such as a Nissan March at Tijuana Airport is around £33 a day for October 2026 when you book about a month ahead. An Economy car like a Kia Rio costs about £31 a day, while an Intermediate like a Volkswagen Jetta is around £47. Leaving your booking to the last 2 weeks drops the Compact price to about £24. The price checker will show the exact quotes for your travel dates.

At Tijuana Airport, booking late saves about 31%: across the year, an Intermediate car costs £44 a day 2 weeks out compared to £59 around 9 months before your trip. For October 2026, an Intermediate costs £47 a day booked a month before pickup and drops to £36 in the last 2 weeks. If you have not booked yet, you have missed nothing. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 48% of bookings on our sites happen within 14 days of travel.

Green Motion is the cheapest supplier at Tijuana Airport for an Intermediate car, averaging £26 a day over the last 12 months, but it does not yet have enough reviews for a score. National costs £39 a day from 650 prices, while Alamo averages £42 from 1,148 prices and scores 82/100 from 90 customer reviews. All 9 suppliers operate counters at the airport. Every counter requires a credit card for the security deposit.

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 Tijuana Airport, scoring 86/100 from 41 reviews, with desk waits averaging 13 minutes. Avis follows closely with 83/100 from 1,249 reviews and an average wait of 17 minutes. Alamo also scores 82/100 from 90 reviews with a 19-minute desk wait. Green Motion is the cheapest supplier at £26 a day for an Intermediate car, but it 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 Tijuana Airport, deposits held on your card range from £148 with Budget to £2,954 with National, and none of the 9 companies accept a debit card. Every desk requires a credit card in the primary driver's name for the deposit. Because no counter allows debit cards, you cannot rent at Tijuana Airport without an eligible credit card. Any extra fees charged at the desk appear under each car in the results.

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

Every desk at Tijuana Airport requires a credit card in the main driver's name, and several desks hold large deposits on that card. All 9 counters refuse debit cards entirely, so turning up without a credit card leaves you without a car. Deposits reach £2,954 at National, which locks that amount on your credit limit for the duration of the hire. Make sure your card limit easily covers both the deposit hold and your day-to-day spending.

Only 57% of prices at Tijuana Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

An Intermediate car like the Volkswagen Jetta averages £47 a day at Tijuana Airport in October 2026, giving you comfortable space on longer drives. It seats 5 people but takes 3 bags, so a full car means luggage space fills quickly. A Compact car like the Nissan March costs £33 a day with the same 3-bag boot, while an Economy car like the Kia Rio drops to £31 a day but only takes 2 bags. Automatic cars make up 83% of offers, though an automatic Intermediate costs £20 more a day than a manual over the last 12 months, and no electric cars or hybrids are available.