Car hire prices at Porto Airport

For November 2026 at Porto Airport, use £16 a day as your benchmark for a Compact, the Ford Focus size, booked around a month before your trip. For November 2026, a Mini, such as a Fiat 500, averages £11 a day, and an Economy, such as a Seat Ibiza, averages £12. Leave booking to the last 2 weeks and a Compact car averages £17 a day, £1 more a day. Check the price checker before accepting your quote to compare your exact dates.

For November 2026 at Porto Airport, book around a month before your trip: a Compact car averages £16 a day then, compared with £17 a day in the last 2 weeks. If you have not booked yet, the figures across the year are reassuring: a Compact car averages £46 a day around 9 months before your trip, against £19 a day in the last 2 weeks. That broader pattern favours waiting, but use the November 2026 comparison for your decision. Of our customers booking at Porto Airport, 59% booked within a month of pickup, so you are not unusually late if you are deciding then.

Drivalia and Flizzr tie as the cheapest companies at Porto Airport for a Compact car, averaging £26 a day over the last 12 months, but both require a credit card. Drivalia scores 78/100 from 113 recent reviews and typically holds a £1,046 deposit, so check your available credit before choosing it. Flizzr typically holds £427 but does not yet have enough reviews for a score. If you want a higher review score, Budget scores 84/100 from 111 reviews and averages £31 a day for a Compact car over the last 12 months, from 738 prices, £5 more a day than Drivalia or Flizzr.

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.

Key N Go shares the best review score at Porto Airport, 87/100 from 504 recent reviews, and its desk wait averages 21 minutes, making it worth comparing if you prioritise reviews. Thrifty also scores 87/100, from 104 reviews, but you should allow for its longer average desk wait of 26 minutes. Neither is cheapest for a Compact car over the last 12 months: Key N Go averages £64 a day, while Thrifty averages £49 from 1,003 prices. Drivalia ties for cheapest at £26 a day for a Compact car over that window and scores 78/100 from 113 reviews, so compare the price saving with the lower score. Flizzr also ties for cheapest at £26 a day for a Compact car over that window, 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 Porto Airport, typical deposits range from £171 with Avis to £4,696 with Hertz Dream Collection, and only 1 of the 30 counters accepts debit cards outright, so check your card before booking. Goldcar accepts debit cards, Avis accepts them for some cars only, and the other 28 counters require credit cards. If you need to use a debit card, filter for it before comparing prices and check the deposit and card rule beside each car. Extras charged at the desk, such as child seats or an additional driver, are listed under each car with their prices.

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

At Porto Airport, check your deposit card and allow time for collection: credit-card-only counters and desk queues can delay the start of your trip. With 28 of the 30 counters requiring credit cards, check both the card rule and available credit before booking; Drive On Holidays and Klass Wagen each typically hold £2,135. Enterprise's desk wait averages 32 minutes, so leave that collection time between your flight arrival and any plans that depend on having the car.

Only 63% of prices at Porto Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

For up to 5 people with cases, pick a Compact at Porto Airport, the Ford Focus or Mercedes A Class size at about £16 a day in November 2026. It seats 5 but takes 3 bags, so a full car means soft bags on laps. A couple can save a little with a Mini, a Fiat 500, at £11 a day, though it takes 2 bags. An Intermediate, the Nissan Qashqai size, takes 4 bags and is £24 a day. 45% of hire cars at Porto Airport are automatic, at £43 a day against £36 for a manual, so tick automatic when you search rather than assuming. Electric cars are 5% of what is offered and hybrids 2%, so book one early rather than expecting to find one at the desk.