Car rental prices at Chișinău International Airport

For November 2026, budget around $66 a day at Chișinău International Airport for a Compact, the Suzuki Vitara size, when you book around a month before your trip. For the same month and lead time, an Economy Kia Rio averages $52 a day and an Intermediate Kia Sportage $86. In the last 2 weeks before pickup, a Compact car averages $63 a day, just $3 less a day, so waiting offers little saving. Use the price checker to compare prices for your exact dates.

For November 2026 at KIV, waiting barely changes the price of a Compact car: $63 a day in the last 2 weeks versus $66 around a month before your trip. Book when your plans are firm rather than waiting for that $3-a-day difference. Across the year, a Compact car booked around 9 months before your trip averages $62 a day from 686 prices, so you have not missed a large early-booking saving. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 65% of our customers booked within a month of pickup, so you are not unusually late.

Goldcar is the cheapest company at Chișinău International Airport for a Compact car, averaging $34 a day over the last 12 months, but you need a credit card. Goldcar's desk is at the airport, its deposit is about $1,016, and Goldcar does not yet have enough reviews for a score. For a Compact car over the same 12 months, Hertz averages $41 a day, $7 more a day, and scores 97/100 from 31 reviews. If a review score matters to you, compare Hertz, but bring a credit card for either company.

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 Hertz at Chișinău International Airport for the best review score: 97/100 from 31 reviews in the last 5 months, with an 8-minute desk wait. For a Compact car over the last 12 months, Hertz averages $41 a day, $7 more a day than the cheapest company, Goldcar at $34. Goldcar, Sixt and Green Motion do not yet have enough reviews for a score, so choose Hertz if you want that review evidence before booking.

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 Chișinău International Airport, deposits range from about $226 with Green Motion to $1,129 with Sixt, and 2 of the 4 desks accept debit cards, so check both before booking. If you need to use a debit card, filter for it before comparing prices; Green Motion and Sixt accept debit, while Hertz and Goldcar require credit cards. Check the deposit and card rule beside your chosen car. Extras charged at the desk are listed under each car.

If you bring your own child seat, check your airline's rules first: most carry one free, some charge.

At KIV, check the card rule and deposit before booking, because 2 of the 4 desks require a credit card and accepting debit does not mean a small hold. Hertz and Goldcar require credit cards, so do not arrive relying on a debit card for either booking. Sixt accepts debit but holds about $1,129, while Green Motion accepts debit and holds about $226, so check your available balance as well as your card type.

Only 77% of prices at Chișinău International Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

For up to 5 people with cases, pick a Compact at Chișinău International Airport, the Suzuki Vitara or Skoda Rapid size at about $66 a day in November 2026. It seats 5 but takes 3 bags, so a full car means soft bags on laps. A couple can save a little with an Economy, a Kia Rio, at $52 a day, though it takes 2 bags. An Intermediate, the Kia Sportage size, takes 4 bags and is $86 a day. 63% of rental cars at Chișinău International Airport are automatic, at $74 a day against $57 for a manual, so tick automatic when you search rather than assuming. Electric cars are 1% of what is offered and hybrids 8%, so book one early rather than expecting to find one at the desk.