Car hire prices at Ljubljana Airport

Ljubljana Airport car hire costs around £28 a day for a Compact car like a Volkswagen Golf when booked about a month ahead of October 2026. An Economy car, such as a Volkswagen Polo, is about £22 a day, while a Mini like a Volkswagen Up is around £18. Leaving your booking to the last 2 weeks drops the Compact price to £24. The dearest month is August 2027 at £123 a day for a larger car, while March 2027 is cheapest at £23 for a Mini. If your quotes differ, the price checker will show rates for your exact dates.

For October 2026 at Ljubljana Airport, wait until the final 2 weeks before your trip to book, when a Compact car drops to £24 a day compared with £28 a month out. Across the year, booking late saves about 34%: 9 months before your trip costs £39 a day against £29 at 2 weeks before pickup. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 48% of bookings on our sites happen within 2 weeks of travel. If you have not booked yet, you have not missed the lowest rates.

Budget is the cheapest company at Ljubljana Airport for a Compact car, averaging £21 a day over the last 12 months. Goldcar averages £24 a day from 538 prices, but requires a credit card and holds a £728 deposit. By contrast, Sixt costs £32 a day over the last 12 months from 1,375 prices and scores 86/100 from customer reviews, while Budget does not yet have enough reviews for a score. All 14 suppliers at the airport operate desks directly on-site, but 12 require a credit card for the 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.

Sixt is the best-reviewed company at Ljubljana Airport, scoring 86/100 from 34 reviews with an average desk wait of 25 minutes. Avant Car follows closely with a score of 85/100 from 48 reviews and a 19-minute wait at the desk. Budget averages £21 a day for a Compact car over the last 12 months, making it the cheapest supplier, but does not yet have enough reviews for a score. Sixt costs £32 a day over the same period from 1,375 prices.

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 Ljubljana Airport, security deposits held on cards range from £43 with Green Motion to £1,712 with Dollar Thrifty, and only 2 of the 14 desks accept a debit card. The other 12 counters require a credit card in the lead driver's name, so filter for debit card acceptance before comparing options. The deposit amount and card rules are displayed beside each vehicle in your results. Any optional extras you choose at the desk, such as child seats or additional drivers, are also listed with their prices.

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

Two main traps catch drivers out at Ljubljana Airport: unexpected credit card requirements on 12 of the 14 desks, and lengthy counter queues. Auto-Union averages a 33-minute wait at pickup, whereas Carwiz averages just 6 minutes. Only Atet and Dollar Thrifty permit payment of the security deposit using a debit card. You can also spend half your holiday waiting for a slow car to climb a mountain pass, so pick a car that can handle Slovenia's steep gradients.

Only 82% of prices at Ljubljana Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

A Compact car such as a Volkswagen Golf at Ljubljana Airport costs around £28 a day for October 2026, offering 5 seats for mountain driving. It seats 5 people but holds only 3 bags, so a full car means soft bags on laps. A smaller Economy car like a Volkswagen Polo costs £22 a day and holds 2 bags, while an Intermediate like a Volkswagen Touran costs £53 and takes 4 bags. Automatic transmissions make up 51% of cars offered and cost £5 more a day over the year than manuals, while electric and hybrid cars are 7% of what is offered, so book early if you require alternative power.