Car hire prices at Honolulu Airport

For November 2026 at Honolulu Airport, £37 a day is a useful benchmark for an Intermediate car, such as a Volkswagen Jetta, booked around a month before your trip. At that lead time for November 2026, an Economy car such as a Mitsubishi Mirage averages £35 a day, as does a Compact car such as a Nissan Versa. In the last 2 weeks, the Intermediate car averages £40 a day, which is £3 more a day. Use the price checker to compare your quote for your exact dates.

At Honolulu Airport, an Intermediate car averages £37 a day for November 2026 around a month before your trip, against £40 around 2 weeks before, so book around a month ahead. Across the year, an Intermediate car such as a Volkswagen Jetta averages £46 a day around 2 weeks before your trip, against £75 around 9 months before, so you need not rush to book far ahead. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 65% of our customers book within a month of pickup.

Budget is cheapest at Honolulu Airport for an Intermediate car at £45 a day on average over the last 12 months, from 1,698 prices, but you need a credit card. Budget scores 91/100 from 32 recent reviews, and its desk is at the airport. If you need to use a debit card, Thrifty accepts one and averages £47 a day for an Intermediate car over the last 12 months, from 1,266 prices, but does not yet have enough reviews for a score.

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 company at Honolulu Airport, scoring 99/100 from 268 recent reviews with a 4-minute average desk wait, but you pay more than with Budget. National averages £63 a day for an Intermediate car over the last 12 months, from 4,684 prices. Budget is cheapest for an Intermediate car over that period at £45 a day from 1,698 prices, and scores 91/100 from 32 recent reviews. If you favour the stronger review score and shorter wait, National costs £18 more a day than Budget, whose desk wait averages 9 minutes.

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 Honolulu Airport, deposits range from £151 with Budget and Sixt to £227 with Avis, and 4 of the 9 companies accept a debit card. Another 3 companies accept debit cards for some cars only, while 2 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 Honolulu Airport, check your card eligibility and allow for desk queues: 2 of the 9 companies require a credit card, and Dollar's wait averages 26 minutes. Budget and Avis require a credit card, so do not choose either if you plan to collect with only a debit card. Hertz, Sixt and Dollar accept debit cards for some cars only, so check the rule for your chosen car before booking. If your schedule is tight, compare National's 4-minute average wait with Thrifty's 24-minute average rather than planning an immediate departure.

Only 51% of prices at Honolulu Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

At Honolulu Airport, a Compact car such as a Nissan Versa costs £35 a day around a month before November 2026; choose this size for 5 people only if 3 bags are enough. Around a month before November 2026, an Economy car such as a Mitsubishi Mirage also costs £35 a day and seats 5 but takes only 2 bags, so choosing the smaller car saves nothing. Choose an Intermediate car such as a Volkswagen Jetta at £37 a day if you need more luggage space: it seats 5 but takes 4 bags, for £2 more a day. Over the last 12 months, 100% of cars offered are automatic, so skip the manual filter. Hybrids account for 2% of cars offered over that period and no electric cars are offered, so check the fuel type before booking if you want a hybrid.