Car hire prices at Valencia Airport

For November 2026 at Valencia Airport, use around £28 a day as your benchmark for a Compact, the Ford Focus size, booked around a month before your trip. An Economy, the Peugeot 208 size, averages £24 a day, while a Mini, the Fiat 500 size, averages £20 at that lead time. In the last 2 weeks before November 2026 pickup, a Compact car averages £25 a day, £3 less a day. Use the price checker to compare your quote for your exact dates.

For November 2026 at Valencia Airport, waiting until around 2 weeks before your trip gives the lower average: £25 a day for a Compact car, against £28 around a month before. Across the year, a Compact car averages £39 a day around 9 months before your trip, from 3,365 prices, so you have not missed a lower early rate. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 65% of bookings through our sites were made within a month of pickup, so treat that as a common booking window, not a deadline.

GoByCar is joint-cheapest at Valencia Airport for a Compact car over the last 12 months, averaging £20 a day from 704 prices, but you need a credit card for its deposit. GoByCar scores 82/100 from 95 reviews over the last 5 months and holds around £845, so check your available credit before booking. Drivalia and Rentbycar also average £20 a day for Compact cars over the last 12 months; Drivalia scores 75/100 from 38 recent reviews. If you put more weight on reviews, compare Sixt: its Compact cars average £42 a day over the last 12 months, from 2,603 prices, and it scores 86/100 from 48 recent reviews.

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 Sixt at Valencia Airport if reviews matter most to you: it leads with 86/100 from 48 reviews over the last 5 months, although its desk wait averages 22 minutes. Sixt is not the cheapest: its Compact cars average £42 a day over the last 12 months, from 2,603 prices. Drivalia is joint-cheapest for Compact cars at £20 a day over the last 12 months, but scores 75/100 from 38 recent reviews. For a cheaper option with a higher score than Drivalia, compare GoByCar, which scores 82/100 from 95 recent reviews and averages £20 a day for Compact cars over the last 12 months, from 704 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 Valencia Airport, deposits range from around £128 with Key N Go to £1,708 with Sicily by Car, but only 4 of the 23 desks take a debit card without restricting it to certain cars. Another 4 desks accept debit cards for some cars only, while 15 require a credit card, so filter for a debit card before comparing prices. Sixt, Record, Avis and Budget have car-dependent debit-card rules; check the deposit and card rule beside your chosen car. 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 Valencia Airport, check the card rule, available deposit funds and desk wait before choosing, because a low daily rate does not remove those collection hurdles. 15 of the 23 desks require a credit card, so do not assume your debit card will work. Drivalia holds around £1,195, so check that you can cover the hold before booking. Allow for collection time before making onward plans: Enterprise averages a 45-minute desk wait, compared with 12 minutes at National.

Only 94% of prices at Valencia 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 Valencia Airport, the Ford Focus or Peugeot 2008 size at about £28 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 £20 a day, though it takes 2 bags. An Intermediate, the Seat Toledo size, takes 4 bags and is £37 a day. 51% of hire cars at Valencia Airport are automatic, at £37 a day against £34 for a manual, so tick automatic when you search rather than assuming. Electric cars are 3% of what is offered and hybrids 4%, so book one early rather than expecting to find one at the desk.