Car hire prices at Bristol Airport

For November 2026 at Bristol Airport, use £37 a day as your benchmark for a Compact such as a Nissan Juke, booked around a month before your trip. An Economy such as an Opel Corsa averages £33 a day and a Mini such as a Fiat 500 £24, both for November 2026 booked around a month before your trip. In the last 2 weeks, a Compact car for November 2026 averages £29 a day, £8 less a day. Check the price checker before accepting your quote to compare prices for your exact dates.

At Bristol Airport, consider booking in the last 2 weeks: across the year, a Compact car averages £37 a day then, £14 less than around 9 months before your trip. For November 2026, a Compact car averages £29 a day in the last 2 weeks, against £37 around a month before your trip. The across-year comparison for Compact cars covers 2,153 prices for the last 2 weeks and 2,081 for around 9 months before your trip, so check the price checker again closer to pickup. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 65% of our customers booked through our sites within a month of pickup, so you would not be unusual in booking that close to your trip.

Keddy by Europcar is cheapest at Bristol Airport for a Compact car over the last 12 months, averaging £32 a day, but does not yet have enough reviews for a score. You can use a debit card at Keddy by Europcar's airport desk, but allow for a typical £700 deposit. For a scored alternative, Dollar averages £33 a day for a Compact car over the last 12 months from 532 prices and scores 89/100 from 51 reviews over the last 5 months. Dollar requires a credit card and typically holds £750, so check your available card balance before choosing it.

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.

Dollar and Alamo tie for the best reviews at Bristol Airport over the last 5 months: 89/100 from 51 and 47 reviews respectively, with average desk waits of 13 and 19 minutes. For Compact cars over the last 12 months, Dollar averages £33 a day from 532 prices, while Alamo averages £45 a day from 1,182 prices, £12 more a day. Keddy by Europcar is cheapest for Compact cars over that 12-month window at £32 a day, but does not yet have enough reviews for a score. Choose Dollar if you want a scored company at close to the lowest price and can use a credit card for its typical £750 deposit.

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 Bristol Airport, typical deposits range from £50 with U-Save to £1,800 with Drivalia, and 5 of the 13 desks accept debit cards, so check both before choosing your car. Another desk, Sixt, accepts debit cards for some cars only; 7 desks require a credit card. 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 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 Bristol Airport, check the card rule and allow time at collection, because 7 of the 13 desks require a credit card and waits vary by company. If you only have a debit card, choose a car that explicitly accepts it; Sixt accepts debit cards for some cars only. Drivalia typically holds £1,800, so check that your card has enough available credit before booking. U-Save's desk wait averages 27 minutes against 9 minutes at Enterprise, so allow more collection time if you choose U-Save.

Only 42% of prices at Bristol Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

At Bristol Airport, choose a Compact such as a Nissan Juke if its 5 seats and space for only 3 bags fit your group: £37 a day for November 2026 when checked around a month before your trip. For November 2026 at that lead time, an Economy such as an Opel Corsa costs £33 a day and seats 5 but takes only 2 bags; an Intermediate such as a Nissan Qashqai costs £42 a day and seats 5 but takes only 4 bags, so choose by luggage rather than seats alone. Over the last 12 months, 60% of cars offered are automatic, so you can filter for an automatic without restricting yourself to a small minority. For Compact cars over the full pricing period, automatics cost £49 a day on average from 16,377 prices, against £39 a day for manuals from 12,117 prices, so budget £10 more a day if you want an automatic. Over the last 12 months, electric cars make up 7% of cars offered and hybrids 3%, so use the fuel-type filter rather than assuming your chosen car will be one.