Car hire prices at Phoenix Airport

For November 2026 at Phoenix Airport, booked around a month before your trip, a good price is £49 a day on average for an Intermediate car such as a Volkswagen Jetta. An Economy car such as a Mitsubishi Mirage averages £43 a day, while a Compact car such as a Nissan Versa averages £47. In the last 2 weeks before pickup in November 2026, an Intermediate car averages £63 a day, costing £14 more a day. Use the price checker to compare your quote for your exact dates.

For November 2026 at Phoenix Airport, book around a month before your trip: an Intermediate car such as a Volkswagen Jetta averages £49 a day, against £63 in the last 2 weeks. Across the year, booking timing barely changes the price near pickup: an Intermediate car averages £54 a day both around a month before your trip and in the last 2 weeks. Booking around 9 months before your trip averages £67 a day across the year, so you have not missed a lower benchmark by leaving it later. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 65% of our customers book within a month of pickup, so you need not treat booking months ahead as essential.

Budget is the cheapest company at Phoenix Airport for an Intermediate car, averaging £45 a day over the last 12 months from 1,870 prices, but you need a credit card at pickup. Allow for Budget's average 38-minute desk wait and its review score of 66/100 from 74 reviews. For the same Intermediate car class over the last 12 months, Alamo averages £54 a day from 4,867 prices, costing £9 more a day. Alamo takes debit cards, scores 100/100 from 79 reviews and averages 6 minutes at the desk, so compare it if pickup time matters to you.

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 if reviews and pickup time matter at Phoenix Airport: it is the best-reviewed company, scoring 100/100 from 79 reviews, with an average desk wait of 6 minutes. Alamo is not the cheapest: for an Intermediate car, Alamo averages £54 a day over the last 12 months from 4,867 prices. Budget averages £45 a day for an Intermediate car over the same period from 1,870 prices, costing £9 less a day, but scores 66/100 from 74 reviews and averages a 38-minute wait. Sixt does not yet have enough reviews for a score, so do not treat its 7-minute desk wait as a substitute for a review rating.

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 Phoenix Airport, deposits range from £0 with Europcar to £227 with Avis, and 4 of the 10 companies take a debit card, so check your card eligibility before choosing a car. Another 3 companies take debit cards for some cars only, while 3 require a credit card. Filter for a debit card before comparing prices, then check the deposit and card rule beside your chosen 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 Phoenix Airport, allow time for pickup and check your card before booking: Budget's desk averages 38 minutes, and 3 of the 10 companies require a credit card. If you need to get driving promptly, compare Budget's wait with Alamo's 6 minutes or National's 4 minutes before choosing your pickup company. Budget, Avis and Europcar refuse debit cards, so choose another company if that is the card you intend to use. Hertz, Dollar and Sixt accept debit cards for some cars only, so check the rule for the specific car rather than relying on the company name.

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

For 4 people with luggage at Phoenix Airport, choose an Intermediate car such as a Volkswagen Jetta, averaging £49 a day in November 2026 when booked around a month before your trip. It seats 5 but takes 4 bags, so adding a 5th person means sharing that luggage allowance. For November 2026 at the same booking time, a Compact car such as a Nissan Versa costs £47 a day and takes 3 bags; a Fullsize car such as a Chevrolet Malibu costs £56 a day but still takes only 4 bags. Over the last 12 months, 100% of cars offered are automatic, so you do not need to move to a larger class to get an automatic gearbox. Hybrids make up 2% of cars offered over the last 12 months, with no electric cars offered, so filter for a hybrid before comparing prices if that is your preference.