Car rental prices at Madeira Airport

For November 2026 at Madeira Airport, aim for around $34 a day for a Compact, such as a Ford Focus Estate, booked around a month before your trip. For the same pickup month and booking window, a Mini such as a Fiat 500 averages $25 a day, and an Economy such as a Renault Clio averages $30. Leave booking until the last 2 weeks and a Compact car averages $45 a day, $11 more. Check the price checker for your exact dates before accepting a quote.

For November 2026 at Madeira Airport, book around a month before your trip: a Compact car averages $34 a day then, against $45 in the last 2 weeks. Across the year, timing barely changes the price: a Compact car averages $58 a day around a month before pickup and $61 in the last 2 weeks. The $73 average for a Compact car booked around 9 months before pickup should reassure you that you have not missed a cheaper early rate. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 65% of our customers book within a month of pickup.

Drivalia is the cheapest company at Madeira Airport for a Compact car over the last 12 months, averaging $48 a day, but you need a credit card for its deposit. Drivalia's desk is at the airport, holds around $1,383 on your card and scores 82/100 from 84 reviews over the last 5 months. Compare Guerin if you want a higher review score: Guerin scores 86/100 from 64 reviews over that period and averages $61 a day for a Compact car over the last 12 months, from 712 prices. Guerin costs $13 more a day, but its deposit is around $1,129.

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.

Keddy by Europcar is Madeira Airport's best-reviewed company over the last 5 months, scoring 92/100 from 38 reviews with a 25-minute average desk wait, so include Keddy in your comparison. Keddy by Europcar is not the cheapest: for a Compact car over the last 12 months, Keddy averages $69 a day against Drivalia's $48, so choosing Keddy costs $21 more a day. Drivalia scores 82/100 from 84 reviews over the last 5 months and averages 19 minutes at pickup, giving you a lower-priced option with a review score.

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 Madeira Airport, deposits range from around $226 with Budget or Avis to $3,387 with Tangerine Rent, and only 1 of the 24 companies takes a debit card, so check your card before booking. Goldcar takes a debit card; the other 23 companies 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 prices.

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

At Madeira Airport, check your deposit card and allow time for collection, because 23 of the 24 desks require a credit card and Enterprise averages 52 minutes at pickup. If you only have a debit card, select Goldcar and confirm the rule for your chosen car before booking. Enterprise averages 52 minutes at pickup and Budget averages 16 minutes, so compare waits if you have an appointment after landing. Check available credit as well: Tangerine Rent holds around $3,387, against Budget's $226.

Only 62% of prices at Madeira 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 Madeira Airport if you need more luggage space than a small car offers: it averages $34 a day for November 2026 around a month before pickup. A Compact car seats 5 but takes 3 bags, so check luggage before filling every seat; an Economy such as a Renault Clio averages $30 a day for November 2026 around a month before pickup but takes only 2 bags despite seating 5. Step up only if you need the luggage space: an Intermediate such as a Nissan Qashqai averages $49 a day for November 2026 around a month before pickup and seats 5 but takes 4 bags. Automatic cars are 38% of cars offered, so select that filter if you need one; for Compact cars over the full price history, automatics average $77 a day against $66 for manuals, so an automatic costs $11 more a day on average. Electric cars are 3% of cars offered and hybrids are 1%, so filter specifically for either rather than expecting a broad choice.