Car hire prices at Madeira Airport

For November 2026 at Madeira Airport, booked around a month before your trip, a good price is £26 a day for a Compact car, such as a Ford Focus Estate. A Mini car such as a Fiat 500 averages £19 a day, while an Economy car such as a Renault Clio averages £23 a day in November 2026 at the same lead time. Leave booking until the last 2 weeks and the Compact car averages £34 a day, £8 more a day. Use the price checker to compare your quote with prices for your exact dates.

For November 2026 at Madeira Airport, book around a month before your trip: a Compact car averages £26 a day then, against £34 a day in the last 2 weeks. Across the year, timing barely changes the price: a Compact car averages £44 a day around a month before pickup and £46 a day in the last 2 weeks. Booking around 9 months before your trip averages £55 a day across the year, so you have not missed a cheaper early-booking window. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 65% of our customers book within a month of pickup, so booking within that window is common.

Drivalia is the cheapest company at Madeira Airport for a Compact car over the last 12 months, averaging £36 a day, but you need a credit card for its airport desk. Drivalia scores 82/100 from 84 reviews in the last 5 months and holds around £1,046 as a deposit. Compare Guerin if you want a higher review score and a smaller hold: Guerin scores 86/100 from 64 reviews and holds around £854. For a Compact car over the last 12 months, Guerin averages £46 a day from 712 prices, £10 more a day than Drivalia.

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.

Keddy by Europcar is the best-reviewed company at Madeira Airport, scoring 92/100 from 38 reviews in the last 5 months, but you should allow for its average 25-minute desk wait. For a Compact car over the last 12 months, Keddy by Europcar averages £52 a day, while the cheapest company, Drivalia, averages £36 a day, £16 less a day. If price matters more to you than the highest review score, compare Drivalia's 82/100 from 84 reviews and its average 19-minute desk wait.

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 Madeira Airport, deposits range from around £171 with Budget to £2,561 with Tangerine Rent, and only 1 of the 24 desks takes a debit card, so check your card before booking. If you need a debit card, filter for it before comparing prices: Goldcar is the only desk that accepts one and holds around £1,195. Check the deposit and card rule beside your chosen car rather than assuming the cheapest rate needs the smallest hold. 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 Madeira Airport, check your card and leave time for collection, because credit-card-only deposits and long desk waits can disrupt your plans. 23 of the 24 desks require a credit card, so do not arrive relying on a debit card unless you have selected Goldcar. Check your available card balance against the hold before booking; Tangerine Rent, for example, holds around £2,561. Enterprise's desk averages 52 minutes at pickup, so allow for that before arranging anything immediately after landing.

Only 62% of prices at Madeira Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

Madeira Airport’s Compact cars, such as the Ford Focus Estate, average £26 a day in November 2026 around a month before your trip, so start with that size for up to 5 people. A Compact car seats 5 but takes 3 bags; choose a Mini car such as a Fiat 500 at £19 a day in November 2026 at the same lead time only if its 4 seats and space for 2 bags cover your needs. For more luggage space, an Intermediate car such as a Nissan Qashqai seats 5 but takes 4 bags and averages £37 a day in November 2026 at the same lead time. Filter for an automatic if you need one: automatics make up 38% of cars offered over the last 12 months, and across all batches an automatic Compact car averages £58 a day against £50 a day for a manual Compact car, £8 more a day. Electric cars account for 3% of cars offered and hybrids for 1% over the last 12 months, so filter for your preferred powertrain before comparing the narrower selection.