Car hire prices at Zurich Airport

For November 2026 at Zurich Airport, a good price for a Compact, the Volkswagen Golf size, is £35 a day on average when you book around a month before your trip. An Economy, the Volkswagen Polo size, averages £31 a day, while an Intermediate, the Skoda Octavia size, averages £46 at the same lead time. In the last 2 weeks before pickup, a Compact car averages £33 a day, £2 less a day. Use the price checker to compare your quote for your exact dates.

At Zurich Airport, a Compact car averages £46 a day around 2 weeks before your trip versus £78 around 9 months before, across the year, so you need not rush to book. For November 2026, a Compact, the Volkswagen Golf size, costs £33 a day in the last 2 weeks, compared with £35 around a month before pickup. If you have not booked yet, the across-year comparison gives you no reason to regret missing the earlier booking window. Across bookings through our sites at the 395 airports we track, 65% of people booked within a month of pickup.

Budget and Unirent are jointly cheapest at Zurich Airport for a Compact car, averaging £48 a day over the last 12 months; Budget's figure comes from 600 prices. Both have airport desks, but Unirent requires a credit card while Budget accepts a debit card, so choose Budget if that is the card you plan to use. Budget scores 86/100 from 45 recent reviews, while Unirent scores 92/100 from 42. Unirent holds around £317 as a deposit, compared with Budget's £272, so check your available card balance before booking.

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.

Europcar is the best-reviewed company at Zurich Airport, scoring 97/100 from 117 recent reviews with an average desk wait of 9 minutes, making it worth comparing if reviews and pickup time matter to you. Europcar averages £57 a day for a Compact car over the last 12 months, from 848 prices. Budget and Unirent are jointly cheapest for a Compact car over that period at £48 a day, £9 less a day than Europcar; Budget's figure comes from 600 prices. Budget scores 86/100 from 45 reviews and Unirent scores 92/100 from 42, so compare Unirent if you want a lower price without choosing the lowest-rated of these companies.

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 Zurich Airport, deposits range from around £272 to £1,810 across companies, and 4 of the 13 desks accept a debit card, so check the card rule before choosing the cheapest car. Flizzr accepts a debit card for some cars only, while 8 desks require a credit card. If you need to use a debit card, filter for it before comparing prices and check the deposit shown beside each car. Extras charged at the desk 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 Zurich Airport, check credit-card requirements, deposit holds and desk waits before booking, because these can constrain your card balance and delay your departure. 8 of the 13 desks require a credit card, so filter for debit-card acceptance if you do not have one. Alamo, Enterprise and National each hold around £1,810, so check that your card has enough available balance for the deposit. Allow for the pickup wait when planning your onward drive: Green Motion averages 23 minutes at the desk, compared with 3 minutes at Sixt.

Only 89% of prices at Zurich Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

For 3 bags, choose a Compact at Zurich Airport, the Volkswagen Golf size, averaging £35 a day in November 2026 around a month before pickup. A Compact seats 5 but takes 3 bags, so choose more luggage space if you intend to fill every seat. Around a month before pickup in November 2026, an Economy, the Volkswagen Polo size, takes 2 bags and averages £31 a day, while an Intermediate, the Skoda Octavia size, takes 4 bags and averages £46 a day. Over the last 12 months, 81% of cars offered are automatic, so filter for automatic if you prefer one; across all years tracked, a Compact car averages £66 a day as an automatic, £3 more a day than a manual Compact at £63. If you want an electric or hybrid car, use the powertrain filter rather than assume your selected car will be one.