Car hire prices at Newcastle Airport

For November 2026 at Newcastle Airport, a good price is around £40 a day for an Intermediate car such as a Nissan Qashqai, booked around a month before your trip. At the same lead time, an Economy car such as an Opel Corsa averages £28 a day, while a Compact car such as a Nissan Juke averages £36. In the last 2 weeks before pickup, an Intermediate car averages £36 a day, £4 less a day. Use the price checker to compare your quote for your exact dates.

Newcastle Airport car hire is cheaper in the last 2 weeks before pickup for November 2026: an Intermediate car such as a Nissan Qashqai averages £36 a day, against £40 around a month before your trip. Across the year, an Intermediate car averages £60 a day around 9 months before your trip versus £41 around 2 weeks before, so you have not missed the cheaper timing by leaving it late. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 65% of our customers book within a month of pickup, so booking close to your trip is common beyond Newcastle too.

Dollar is cheapest at Newcastle Airport for an Intermediate car, averaging £34 a day over the last 12 months, but you need a credit card and should allow for its 46-minute average desk wait. Dollar does not yet have enough reviews for a score, and its typical deposit is £750. Compare Budget for an Intermediate car: over the same 12 months, Budget averages £39 a day, £5 more a day, and scores 86/100 from 49 recent reviews. Budget accepts debit cards, holds a typical £330 deposit and averages 18 minutes at pickup.

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.

National is the best-reviewed car hire company at Newcastle Airport, scoring 88/100 from 118 recent reviews, with an average desk wait of 24 minutes, though it is not the cheapest. National averages £59 a day for an Intermediate car over the last 12 months, from 990 prices, so compare that cost before choosing on reviews alone. Dollar is cheapest for an Intermediate car over the same period at £34 a day, £25 less a day, but does not yet have enough reviews for a score and averages 46 minutes at pickup.

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 Newcastle Airport, typical deposits range from £200 with Hertz to £1,800 with Drivalia, and 4 of the 12 desks accept debit cards, so check your card rule before choosing a car. Sixt accepts debit cards for some cars only, while 7 of the 12 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 Newcastle Airport, allow for Dollar's 46-minute average desk wait and check your card before booking, because 7 of the 12 desks require a credit card. If you have an appointment after landing, compare pickup waits: Alamo averages 43 minutes, while Europcar averages 9 minutes. If you only have a debit card, filter for acceptance before choosing; Sixt accepts it for some cars only. Check the deposit against your available card balance too: Drivalia typically holds £1,800.

Only 39% of prices at Newcastle Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

If you need room for 4 bags, choose an Intermediate car such as a Nissan Qashqai at Newcastle Airport, averaging £40 a day for November 2026 when booked around a month before your trip. An Intermediate car seats 5 but takes 4 bags, so a full party needs to limit luggage. At the same lead time for November 2026, a Compact car such as a Nissan Juke averages £36 a day and takes 3 bags, while a Fullsize car such as a Volvo XC60 averages £52 a day but still takes only 4 bags. Automatics account for 58% of cars offered, so filter for one if you prefer it; across all batches, an automatic Intermediate car averages £57 a day against £51 for a manual Intermediate car, £6 more a day, from 29,238 prices. Electric and hybrid cars each account for 2% of cars offered over the last 12 months, so filter specifically if you want either rather than assuming your chosen car will qualify.