Car rental prices at Cluj-napoca Airport

For November 2026 at CLJ, use $41 a day as your benchmark for a Compact, the Volkswagen Golf size, booked around a month before your trip. An Economy car such as a Dacia Logan averages $30 a day, while an Intermediate car such as a Dacia Duster averages $60. In the last 2 weeks before pickup, the Compact car averages $38 a day, $3 less a day. Check the price checker for your exact dates before accepting a quote.

For November 2026 at CLJ, wait until around 2 weeks before your trip for the lower typical price: a Compact car averages $38 a day then, against $41 around a month before. Across the year, a Compact car averages $53 a day when booked around 9 months before your trip against $41 around 2 weeks before, so you have not missed the cheaper booking window. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 65% of our customers booked within a month of pickup, but base your timing on the CLJ price comparison.

Payless is the cheapest company at CLJ for a Compact car over the last 12 months, averaging $19 a day, but you need a credit card for its deposit. Payless has an airport desk and does not yet have enough reviews for a score. Klass Wagen averages $26 a day for a Compact car over the last 12 months, from 1,316 prices, and scores 90/100 from 475 reviews. Before choosing between them, check your available credit: Payless holds about $1,580, while Klass Wagen holds about $2,597.

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 Autonom at CLJ if reviews matter most to you: it has the highest score, 94/100 from 55 reviews in the last 5 months, and its desk wait averages 13 minutes. Autonom is not the cheapest: over the last 12 months, Autonom averaged $57 a day for a Compact car, while Payless averaged $19 for that class, $38 less a day. Payless does not yet have enough reviews for a score, so choosing the lower price means choosing without a review score to compare.

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 CLJ, deposits range from $339 with Green Motion to $2,936 with Carwiz, and only 1 of 14 companies, Hertz, accepts a debit card, so check your card before booking. The deposit and card rule appear beside each car in the results; if you need to use a debit card, filter for it before comparing prices. 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 CLJ, check your credit limit and leave time after landing, because large card holds and desk waits can disrupt a tight schedule. 13 of the 14 companies require a credit card; choose Hertz if you need to use a debit card. Check the hold before booking a low daily rate: Payless holds about $1,580 and Klass Wagen about $2,597. Allow for an average 51-minute desk wait with Alamo, compared with 13 minutes at Enterprise, before arranging anything immediately after collection.

Only 73% of prices at Cluj-napoca 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 Cluj-napoca Airport, the Volkswagen Golf or Dacia Jogger size at about $41 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 Dacia Logan, at $30 a day, though it takes 2 bags. An Intermediate, the Dacia Duster size, takes 4 bags and is $60 a day. 46% of rental cars at Cluj-napoca Airport are automatic, at $49 a day against $46 for a manual, so tick automatic when you search rather than assuming. Hybrids are 5% of what is offered and there are no electric cars, so book one early rather than expecting to find one at the desk.