Car hire prices at Chișinău International Airport

For November 2026, use £50 a day as your benchmark at Chișinău International Airport for a Compact, such as a Suzuki Vitara, booked around a month before your trip. An Economy, such as a Kia Rio, averages £39 a day, while an Intermediate, such as a Kia Sportage, averages £65 at that lead time. Booking a Compact car for November 2026 in the last 2 weeks brings the average to £48 a day, £2 less rather than a substantial saving. Use the price checker to compare prices for your exact dates.

For November 2026 at Chișinău International Airport, a Compact car is cheapest in the last 2 weeks at £48 a day, just £2 less than booking around a month before your trip, so waiting changes little. Book when your plans are firm rather than delaying for that small difference. Across the year, a Compact car booked around 9 months before your trip averages £47 a day, so you have not missed a large early-booking discount. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 65% of our customers book within a month of pickup, so booking close to your trip is common.

Goldcar is the cheapest company at Chișinău International Airport for a Compact car over the last 12 months, averaging £26 a day, but you need a credit card for its deposit. Goldcar has an airport desk and holds £768 on your card, so check your available credit before choosing it. Goldcar does not yet have enough reviews for a score. For a Compact car over the same 12 months, Hertz averages £31 a day, £5 more, and scores 97/100 from 31 reviews, making it worth comparing if you want a reviewed option.

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 Hertz if reviews matter at Chișinău International Airport: it is the best-reviewed company, scoring 97/100 from 31 reviews over the last 5 months, with an average desk wait of 8 minutes. For a Compact car over the last 12 months, Hertz averages £31 a day against Goldcar’s £26, so choosing Hertz costs £5 more a day. Goldcar does not yet have enough reviews for a score, so its lower price does not come with a comparable review rating. Sixt and Green Motion do not yet have enough reviews for a score either.

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 Chișinău International Airport, 2 of the 4 checked counters take a debit card, and deposits range from £171 with Green Motion to £854 with Sixt, so check both before booking. Filter for debit-card acceptance before comparing prices if that is the card you will bring. Green Motion and Sixt accept debit cards, while Hertz and Goldcar require a credit card. Check the deposit and card rule beside your chosen car, and review extras charged at the desk under each car before confirming.

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

At Chișinău International Airport, check your card type and available balance before booking: Hertz and Goldcar require a credit card, while Sixt accepts a debit card but holds £854. Leave room on your credit card for the deposit: Goldcar holds £768 and Hertz holds £342. If you need a debit-card option, compare Green Motion’s £171 hold with Sixt’s £854 before choosing.

Only 77% of prices at Chișinău International Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

For work trips at Chișinău International Airport, choose a Compact such as a Suzuki Vitara at £50 a day in November 2026; you get 5 seats but space for only 3 bags. Around a month before your trip, an Economy such as a Kia Rio averages £39 a day for November 2026 but takes only 2 bags despite seating 5; an Intermediate such as a Kia Sportage averages £65 a day for November 2026 and seats 5 but takes 4 bags. Over the last 12 months, 63% of cars offered are automatic, so you have a broad choice, but select that filter rather than assuming. Across the full price history, automatic Compact cars average £56 a day against £43 for manual Compact cars, so you spend £13 more a day for an automatic. Electric cars account for 1% and hybrids for 8% of cars offered over the last 12 months, so filter for either before choosing rather than assuming availability.