Car rental prices at Budapest Airport

For November 2026 at Budapest Airport, budget around $40 a day for a Compact, the Ford Focus Estate size, booked around a month before your trip to avoid the higher last-2-weeks price. For the same month and booking time, a Mini, such as a Hyundai i10, averages $28 a day, while an Economy, such as an Opel Corsa, averages $30. In the last 2 weeks, a Compact car averages $48 a day, which is $8 more a day. Check the price checker for your exact dates before accepting a quote.

For November 2026 at Budapest Airport, book your rental car about a month before you fly: a Compact is $40 a day then, against $48 in the last 2 weeks. Across the year at Budapest Airport, a Compact booked 9 months ahead is $65 a day and one booked 2 weeks ahead $50. Across the 395 airports we track car rental prices for, half of our customers book a rental car within 16 days of pickup.

Wheego is the cheapest company at Budapest Airport for a Compact car over the last 12 months, averaging $30 a day, but you need a credit card for its deposit. Wheego has an airport desk, holds around $2,371 on your card and does not yet have enough reviews for a score. If you want a scored company, Carwiz averages $38 a day for a Compact car over the last 12 months from 951 prices, which is $8 more a day, and scores 99/100 from 104 reviews over the last 5 months.

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.

Carwiz and Schiller share the best review score at Budapest Airport over the last 5 months, at 99/100 from 104 and 73 reviews respectively, with average desk waits of 4 and 3 minutes. For a Compact car over the last 12 months, Carwiz averages $38 a day from 951 prices and Schiller averages $42 a day from 533 prices. Wheego is cheapest for a Compact car over that period at $30 a day, but does not yet have enough reviews for a score. If you want a scored supplier, Carwiz costs $8 more a day than Wheego, while Schiller costs $12 more a day.

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 Budapest Airport, typical card deposits range from $565 with Flizzr to $7,669 with Europcar, and only 3 of the 16 checked companies take a debit card, so filter before comparing prices. Green Motion, Hertz and Thrifty take debit cards; the other 13 checked companies require a credit card. Check the deposit and card rule beside each car to make sure your card can cover the hold. 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.

Check your available credit and allow time for collection at Budapest Airport, because most checked desks require a credit card and desk waits vary. 13 of the 16 checked companies require a credit card, so do not arrive with only a debit card unless you have selected a company that accepts one. Europcar's typical deposit is $7,669 and Wheego's is $2,371, so check that the hold fits your available credit before booking. Dryyve and Klass Wagen average 18 minutes at the desk, compared with 3 minutes at Schiller, so allow for collection time when arranging your onward plans.

Only 46% of prices at Budapest Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

Choose a Compact such as a Ford Focus Estate at Budapest Airport for $40 a day in November 2026, around a month before pickup, if its 5 seats but only 3 bags fit your party. Step down to an Economy such as an Opel Corsa at $30 a day in November 2026, around a month before pickup, only if 2 bags are enough, despite its 5 seats. Step up to an Intermediate such as a Skoda Karoq at $57 a day in November 2026, around a month before pickup, if you need 4 bags, though 5 people still cannot each bring one. 55% of cars offered are automatic, so filter for one if you need it; across all batches, automatic Compact cars average $66 a day from 21,252 prices, which is $9 more a day than manual Compact cars at $57 from 18,326 prices. Hybrids are 8% of cars offered, so select that filter rather than assuming your chosen car is hybrid; electric cars are not offered.