Car rental prices at Gothenburg Airport

For November 2026 at Gothenburg Airport, budget around $65 a day for an Intermediate, the Volvo XC40 size, booked around a month before your trip, rather than $69 in the last 2 weeks. A Compact, the Volkswagen Golf size, averages $49 a day around a month before your trip, while a Mini car, the Fiat 500 size, averages $42 a day for November 2026. Leaving the Compact car until the last 2 weeks raises its average to $52 a day. Use the price checker to compare your quote against prices for your exact dates.

At Gothenburg Airport, booking time barely changes the price: for November 2026, an Intermediate car averages $65 a day around a month before your trip and $69 in the last 2 weeks. Across the year, an Intermediate car averages $71 a day around 9 months before your trip versus $70 around a month before, so you have not missed a discount by leaving it later. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 65% of our customers booked within a month of pickup, so you are not unusual if you book within that window.

Dollar is the cheapest company at Gothenburg Airport for an Intermediate car, averaging $32 a day over the last 12 months, but you need a credit card at its airport desk. Dollar holds a deposit of around $200 and does not yet have enough reviews for a score. If you want a scored company, Mabi averages $74 a day for an Intermediate car over the same 12 months and scores 87/100 from 30 reviews.

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 Mabi at Gothenburg Airport if reviews matter most to you: it has the best qualifying score, 87/100 from 30 reviews, and its desk wait averages 16 minutes. Mabi is not the cheapest: an Intermediate car averages $74 a day over the last 12 months. Dollar averages $32 a day for an Intermediate car over the same period, $42 less a day, but does not yet have enough reviews for a 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 Gothenburg Airport, typical deposits range from $200 to $1,046, and only 1 of the 7 companies takes a debit card, so check your card before comparing rental prices. If you need to use a debit card, filter for it before comparing prices; Budget accepts one and holds around $397. Check the deposit and card rule beside each car before you book. 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.

At Gothenburg Airport, check your card and allow time for collection: 6 of the 7 companies require a credit card, and desk waits average up to 24 minutes. If you only have a debit card, select Budget rather than arriving at a credit-card-only desk. Allow for Europcar's average 24-minute wait before scheduling your first appointment; Budget averages 13 minutes. Check your available credit before choosing Mabi, whose typical deposit is $1,046, compared with Dollar's $200.

Only 82% of prices at Gothenburg 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 an Intermediate at Gothenburg Airport, the Volvo XC40 or Skoda Octavia Estate size at about $65 a day in November 2026. It seats 5 but takes 4 bags, so a full car means soft bags on laps. A couple can save a little with a Compact, a Volkswagen Golf, at $49 a day, though it takes 3 bags. 92% of rental cars at Gothenburg Airport are automatic, at $73 a day against $71 for a manual, so one is easy to find. Electric cars are 16% of what is offered and hybrids 16%, so there is usually one free at short notice.