Car hire prices at Ankara Airport

Ankara Airport car hire in October 2026 starts around £35 a day for an Economy car booked about a month ahead, rising to £39 for a Compact and £47 for an Intermediate like the Fiat Egea. A Mini like the Fiat Panda also sits at £35. Wait until the last 2 weeks and the Intermediate drops to £42, while the Compact falls to £33. Across the entire year, prices range from £25 a day for a Mini in February 2027 to £200 for a Fullsize car in August 2027. If your quote sits well above these rates, our price checker will show the going figures for your exact travel dates.

For October 2026 at Ankara Airport, book closer to your trip: an Intermediate is £47 a day about a month out, dropping to £42 in the last 2 weeks. Booking 9 months ahead across the year averages £60 a day, so you have not lost out if you have not reserved yet. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 48% of our customers book within 14 days of pickup and 64% book within a month. Only 2% book more than 6 months ahead.

Pandora Car Hire is the cheapest company at Ankara Airport for an Intermediate car, averaging £30 a day, but you must pay the deposit on a credit card. Circular is the next lowest at £34 a day from 691 prices over the last 12 months. Auto-Union averages £47 a day from 1,103 prices, but buyers wait an average of 20 minutes at the counter. All 14 counters operate directly at the airport terminal.

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.

Alamo is the best-reviewed company at Ankara Airport, scoring 82/100 from 49 reviews with an average desk wait of 21 minutes. Alamo averaged £58 a day for an Intermediate car over the last 12 months, from 1,131 prices. Sixt follows closely on reviews with 81/100 from 65 reviews, averaging £67 a day. Pandora Car Hire is cheaper at £30 a day and holds a review score of 77/100 from 53 reviews.

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 Ankara Airport, deposits held on your card range from £43 with Sixt to £728 with Rent Go, and all 14 desks take credit cards only. None of the 14 desks accepts a debit card for the deposit at pickup. You must bring a credit card in the name of the main driver to collect any vehicle. The required deposit is shown beside each vehicle before you book, and extras charged at the counter appear below the car price.

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

Deposits that only go on a credit card catch people out at Ankara Airport, where all 14 counters refuse debit cards. Counter wait times also vary considerably between providers, running from 7 minutes at Enterprise up to 21 minutes at Alamo. Turning up without a physical credit card in the main driver's name means leaving the terminal on foot. Check your counter requirements before leaving the arrivals hall.

Only 52% of prices at Ankara Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

For steady motorway driving from Ankara Airport, pick an Intermediate car like the Fiat Egea, which seats 5 with room for 4 bags at £47 a day for October 2026. A Compact like the Peugeot 301 is £39 a day, but its boot holds 3 bags, so luggage can crowd the back seats. An Economy Renault Clio drops to £35 but handles only 2 bags. Automatic cars are 62% of what is offered, though choosing one in an Intermediate car costs £26 more a day than a manual, averaging £60 against £34 over the last 12 months. Hybrids are only 4% of cars offered and electric models are not offered, so book a petrol or diesel car instead.