Car rental prices at Bucharest Airport

For November 2026 at Bucharest Airport, budget around $37 a day for a Compact, the Dacia Jogger size, booked around a month before your trip. An Economy car such as a Dacia Logan averages $32 a day, while an Intermediate such as a Dacia Duster averages $42 at that lead time. In the last 2 weeks before pickup, the Compact car price drops to $34 a day, $3 less. Use the price checker to compare your quote for your exact dates.

For November 2026 at Bucharest Airport, waiting until around 2 weeks before your trip brings a Compact car to $34 a day on average, against $37 around a month before. Across the year, a Compact car averages $56 a day around 9 months before your trip and $38 around 2 weeks before, so you have not missed the lower prices by leaving booking late. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 65% of our customers book within a month of pickup. Use the price checker again nearer your trip if you decide to wait.

Payless is the cheapest company at Bucharest Airport for a Compact car over the last 12 months, averaging $20 a day, but you need a credit card at its airport desk. Payless holds around $1,580 on your card and scores 69/100 from 56 recent reviews, so check your available credit before choosing it. Alamo averages $46 a day for a Compact car over the last 12 months, from 1,150 prices, and scores 91/100 from 47 reviews. Alamo holds around $565, so compare the card hold as well as the daily price.

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 guide your decision at Bucharest Airport: it leads with 91/100 from 47 recent reviews, and its desk wait averages 17 minutes. Alamo is not the cheapest: its Compact cars average $46 a day over the last 12 months, from 1,150 prices. Payless is cheapest for Compact cars over the same period at $20 a day, but scores 69/100 from 56 reviews. Both desks average a 17-minute wait, so choose between them on price and reviews rather than expecting a quicker pickup.

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 Bucharest Airport, deposits range from around $339 with Green Motion to $2,823 with Carwiz, and only 1 of the 18 desks takes a debit card, so check your card before booking. Hertz accepts debit cards and holds around $565; the other 17 desks require a credit card. If you need to use a debit card, filter for it before comparing prices and check the deposit shown 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 Bucharest Airport, watch out for credit-card-only deposits and desk waits that can eat into your onward driving time. 17 of the 18 desks require a credit card, so check the card rule before you book rather than relying on a debit card at pickup. Check your available credit too: Klass Wagen holds around $2,597 and Carwiz around $2,823. Allow time before any onward appointment, since Budget's desk wait averages 30 minutes and Hertz's averages 28 minutes.

Only 73% of prices at Bucharest Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

For 3 people with a bag each, choose a Compact at Bucharest Airport, such as a Dacia Jogger, at around $37 a day in November 2026 when booked around a month before your trip. A Compact car seats 5 but takes 3 bags, so do not choose it for 5 people each bringing a suitcase. At the same lead time in November 2026, an Economy such as a Dacia Logan costs $32 a day but takes only 2 bags, while an Intermediate such as a Dacia Duster costs $42 a day and takes 4 bags. 49% of cars offered are automatic, so filter for that transmission if you need it; across 33,389 Compact car prices to date, automatic Compact cars average $52 a day against $46 for manual Compact cars, or $6 more a day. Hybrids make up 6% of cars offered, so use the hybrid filter rather than browsing all cars if you want one; no fully electric cars are offered.