Car hire prices at Los Angeles Airport

For November 2026 at Los Angeles Airport, a good price for an Intermediate car, such as a Volkswagen Jetta, is around £36 a day when you book around a month before your trip. For the same month and booking time, an Economy car, such as a Mitsubishi Mirage, averages £34 a day, as does a Compact car, such as a Nissan Versa. Leave booking until the last 2 weeks and the Intermediate car averages £42 a day, £6 more a day. Use the price checker to compare your quote with prices for your exact dates.

For November 2026 at Los Angeles Airport, book around a month before your trip: an Intermediate car averages £36 a day then, against £42 in the last 2 weeks. Across the year, timing barely matters near pickup: an Intermediate car averages £47 a day both around a month before your trip and in the last 2 weeks. The across-year average for an Intermediate car booked around 9 months before your trip is £58 a day, so you have not missed an early-booking saving. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 65% of our customers book within a month of pickup.

Budget is the cheapest company at Los Angeles Airport for an Intermediate car over the last 12 months, averaging £41 a day from 1,711 prices, but you need a credit card. Budget scores 62/100 from 108 reviews over the last 5 months, and its desk averages 40 minutes at pickup. For an Intermediate car over the last 12 months, Alamo averages £51 a day from 4,092 prices, £10 more a day, and scores 99/100 from 78 reviews over the last 5 months. Alamo takes debit cards and averages 7 minutes at the desk, so compare it with Budget if your card or pickup schedule limits your choice.

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.

Choose Alamo for the strongest reviews at Los Angeles Airport: it scores 99/100 from 78 reviews over the last 5 months, and its desk averages 7 minutes at pickup. Alamo is not the cheapest: for an Intermediate car over the last 12 months, Alamo averages £51 a day from 4,092 prices. Budget is cheapest for an Intermediate car over that period at £41 a day from 1,711 prices, but scores 62/100 from 108 reviews over the last 5 months. If pickup time matters to you, compare Alamo's 7-minute average desk wait with Budget's 40 minutes before choosing the £10-a-day saving.

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 Los Angeles Airport, deposits range from £0 with Europcar to £227 with Avis, but only 4 of the 10 desks take debit cards for all cars, so check your card before choosing. Another 3 desks, Hertz, Dollar and Sixt, take debit cards for some cars only; 3 desks require a credit card. Filter for debit-card acceptance before comparing prices, then check the deposit and card rule 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 Los Angeles Airport, allow for Avis's average 43-minute desk wait and check your card rule before booking, because 3 of the 10 desks require a credit card. Budget also averages 40 minutes at pickup, compared with 7 minutes at Alamo, so leave room between landing and any fixed plans. Hertz, Dollar and Sixt accept debit cards only for some cars, so filter for debit-card acceptance before comparing prices.

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

For 4 people with luggage, choose an Intermediate car, such as a Volkswagen Jetta, at Los Angeles Airport: around £36 a day for November 2026 when booked around a month before your trip. It seats 5 but takes 4 bags, so a full car needs lighter packing. For November 2026 at the same booking time, a Compact car, such as a Nissan Versa, costs £34 a day and takes 3 bags, while a Fullsize car, such as a Chevrolet Malibu, costs £46 a day but still takes 4 bags. Over the last 12 months, 100% of cars offered are automatic, so you can choose by luggage space rather than gearbox. Electric and hybrid cars are not among those offered, so plan on a petrol or diesel car.