Cheap Car Hire at San Francisco Airport

San Francisco, CA, United States - San Francisco (SFO)

9 Feb — 16 Feb

Same drop-off

Thu 9/2

Noon

Thu 16/2

Noon

Driver's age:

26-65Other

San Francisco Airport Car Rentals in 2023

Most popular company	DOLLAR
Price of petrol per litre	AED 4.15
Average price per day	AED 60
Cheapest price per day	AED 43

What is the cheapest time to rent a car at San Francisco Airport?

January

AED 161

February

AED 205

March

AED 260

April

AED 304

May

AED 304

June

AED 323

July

AED 319

August

AED 286

September

AED 235

October

AED 238

November

AED 209

December

AED 231

Currently, the cheapest month to rent a car at San Francisco Airport is January. The most expensive time to rent a car is June. The cheapest prices for each month are shown above, but prices will vary based on availability, how far out you book your rental car, and of course, car type.

Compare available car types for hire in San Francisco Airport

	Small cars	AED 131 - AED 349
	All Car Types	AED 165 - AED 442

To hire a Small car in San Francisco Airport, you would pay an average price of AED 186/day. November is the cheapest month to hire a Small car in San Francisco Airport (~AED 131/day), while the most expensive month to hire that same car type is April (~AED 349/day). In fact, November is about 30% cheaper than prices during the rest of the year to book a Small hire for San Francisco Airport. When comparing with other car types available for hire in San Francisco Airport, hiring a Small car saves you 37% in costs. Please note that average prices are based on historical data and can vary depending on how early you book, availability for your travel dates, and vehicle popularity.

To hire a Medium car in San Francisco Airport, you would pay an average price of AED 314/day. January is the cheapest month to hire a Medium car in San Francisco Airport (~AED 168/day), while the most expensive month to hire that same car type is April (~AED 678/day). In fact, January is about 47% cheaper than prices during the rest of the year to book a Medium hire for San Francisco Airport. When comparing with other car types available for hire in San Francisco Airport, hiring a Medium car is 8% more expensive. Please note that average prices are based on historical data and can vary depending on how early you book, availability for your travel dates, and vehicle popularity.

To hire a Large car in San Francisco Airport, you would pay an average price of AED 292/day. November is the cheapest month to hire a Large car in San Francisco Airport (~AED 174/day), while the most expensive month to hire that same car type is March (~AED 509/day). In fact, November is about 41% cheaper than prices during the rest of the year to book a Large hire for San Francisco Airport. When comparing with other car types available for hire in San Francisco Airport, hiring a Large car is 1% more expensive. Please note that average prices are based on historical data and can vary depending on how early you book, availability for your travel dates, and vehicle popularity.

To hire a SUV car in San Francisco Airport, you would pay an average price of AED 268/day. January is the cheapest month to hire a SUV car in San Francisco Airport (~AED 133/day), while the most expensive month to hire that same car type is March (~AED 671/day). In fact, January is about 51% cheaper than prices during the rest of the year to book a SUV hire for San Francisco Airport. When comparing with other car types available for hire in San Francisco Airport, hiring a SUV car saves you 8% in costs. Please note that average prices are based on historical data and can vary depending on how early you book, availability for your travel dates, and vehicle popularity.

To hire a Convertible car in San Francisco Airport, you would pay an average price of AED 276/day. November is the cheapest month to hire a Convertible car in San Francisco Airport (~AED 182/day), while the most expensive month to hire that same car type is April (~AED 678/day). In fact, November is about 35% cheaper than prices during the rest of the year to book a Convertible hire for San Francisco Airport. When comparing with other car types available for hire in San Francisco Airport, hiring a Convertible car saves you 6% in costs. Please note that average prices are based on historical data and can vary depending on how early you book, availability for your travel dates, and vehicle popularity.

Top rental agencies in San Francisco Airport

All major car rental suppliers in San Francisco Airport

Alamo

8.6

Very Good

329 reviews•1 location

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10.0

Wonderful|Oct 2022

Was perfect

8.0

Very Good|Jun 2022

It's very expensive to rent a car but Alamo had the best price. The staff were excellent

8.0

Very Good|Jun 2022

I loved the the car was a hybrid and averaged 50mpg on the highway.

8.0

Very Good|Jan 2022

Wurde gut bedient

10.0

Wonderful|Jan 2022

Can't fault it. Highly recommended.

8.0

Very Good|Dec 2021

I like that after completing the paperwork, that you get to pick the car you want to rent/drive. What I don’t like is all the hidden San Francisco fees that California and San Francisco squeezes out of tourist to get money that has nothing to do with the rental.

1 out of 110

Enterprise

8.4

Very Good

225 reviews•1 location

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10.0

Wonderful|Nov 2022

Super easy and fast pick up and return process. Relieved the usual hassles of renting a car. Will use again!

10.0

Wonderful|Oct 2022

Our entire rental experience was great. Gabe and his staff were a pleasure to work with. We are always pleased with Enterprise and the SFO rental office exceeded our expectations..

10.0

Wonderful|Jul 2022

Norman did a great job when I picked up my car at San Francisco. He has great customer care skills. Wonderful experience!

10.0

Wonderful|Jun 2022

The Van was perfect for 6 people plus luggage. Easy to drive, too, despite its size. Picking it up and dropping it off at SFO couldn’t have been easier.

4.0

Mediocre|Jun 2022

Pick up was fantastic and fast l. excellent service and car was great. Tried to extend the booking and after 4 calls over two days still could not get it sorted . Their service for any changes is a disaster. Great cars and sanfran team were awesome just don’t need any assistance from corporate customer service as it appears they are incapable of even the most basic assistance

10.0

Wonderful|May 2022

Great check in process and Tony was great at drop off

1 out of 75

Budget

7.0

Good

165 reviews•1 location

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2.0

Poor|Jan 2023

Customer service was terrible. They gave me two cars with paperwork two separate times that were not correct or available when I went out to the garage to pick them up. Just a ridiculous experience. Thankfully there was a manager in the garage the second time when I went to the spot to pick up the car I was given and saw it wasn’t there again. The manager gave me a new vehicle immediately which wasn’t exactly what I wanted (too big and a gas guzzler) but I took it so I could get out of there. It also had not been cleaned yet after the previous renter.

10.0

Wonderful|Jan 2023

Truck had a bad smell like maybe someone smoked in it

2.0

Poor|Dec 2022

They pulled a bait and switch on me at the check out counter. Told me that they didn't have the car I reserved (after calling to make sure), but they offered another without telling how costly the change would be.

2.0

Poor|Sep 2022

we were given a huge van for 12 person. Was not what we rented .(we rented for 6 person) The front desk at San Francisco airport was extremely slow . Only one person attending . We had to wait 90 minute ,4am in te morning ! Next day we went to Oakland airport to change the originally category of car we rented . They gave us a model General Motors that did not have the chip to navégate . We decided to take it because we had meeting to attend and we have no more time to deal with this issue . Very disappointed with the car . The mirror ( retrovisores ) did not work properly . Was difficult to see the cars on the side . We call during the day to eliminate some charges like insurance . Hope they will respect this aspect . Also we wanted to be charge only the tolls used , not the fee of 250 dollars they charge us . Hope you can answer to our bad experience we had to with renting wit budget . And we are charge what correspond . Sorry about my written English . Sincerely Isabella

10.0

Wonderful|Sep 2022

Although a Long line, another associate would ask if you were pre-registered and sent customers to a shorter line that helped move the line along quicker. Wasn’t able to get car we wanted but gave us a better model that worked out great!

4.0

Mediocre|Sep 2022

I liked the dropping off. Easy. I just didn't like when i made the reservation, it told me a price including the insurance, until i went to pick up it added way more to it.

1 out of 55

Dollar

6.5

Okay

261 reviews•1 location

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4.0

Mediocre|Jan 2023

40 min wait to pick up! Ive experienced long waits at this SFO dollar multiple times. They literally know how many people are coming to pick up at what time

6.0

Okay|Jan 2023

No car on arrival, delayed pickup

2.0

Poor|Dec 2022

Reservation was for 11pm but the counter closes at 10pm so was not able to even get the car. This is at San Francisco International Airport, not sure why they’re closed at this time or would even take payment for a reservation after their closing time. Still no word on a refund…

6.0

Okay|Dec 2022

Dollar hit me with a 33% increase in my bill that Kayak didn’t make clear was going to happen at the desk. I thought I had paid it all upfront on-line but must have missed the reason why Kayak looked cheaper was because they let Dollae also charge for fees and taxes etc.

2.0

Poor|Nov 2022

The agent pushed hard to Howell me insurance. Even though I prepaid for insurance through my reservation he insisted that insurance didn’t actually cover the car I rented. It Dollar has different policies, then they shouldn’t rent through Kayak. Or Kayak needs to know that the policy is a fit before selling it.

2.0

Poor|Oct 2022

Bait and switch.

1 out of 87

Fox

5.5

Fair

721 reviews•1 location

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2.0

Poor|Aug 2022

WAy off airport, difficult to pick up and return.. Unpleasant staff

4.0

Mediocre|Feb 2022

I paid extra to get a midsize SUV and the advertisement was for a jeep cherokee. They gave me an older model mitsubishi outlander that had damage, scuff marks, and stains. It was fine but not worth the extra money I paid to rent it.

4.4

Mediocre|Jan 2018

Too much hidden cost! The first it cost me overall around 100 dollars per day.

10.0

Wonderful|Sep 2022

8.0

Very Good|Sep 2022

The Toyota 4Runner we received was nice but not newer like we are used to. That said I understand that there is a shortage of newer vehicles and I am sure that coupled with the back and forth of the pandemic has not made things easy on the rental industry. The woman who checked us in was amazing! Incredibly sweet, efficient, personable and had us out the door quickly. Also the deposit was $150 when in the past it has been $500 with other rental companies. Granted you get the money back but I’ll definitely consider Fox again for this reason and the customer service was a 10+ The cleanliness of the restrooms would be my only real complaint. But they were also very busy and moving clients through quickly so I’m sure the bathrooms are the last thing on their agenda for the day. Overall a great company to do business with.

8.0

Very Good|Sep 2022

Charge is too much

1 out of 241

Avis

6.7

Okay

48 reviews•1 location

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2.0

Poor|Oct 2022

Waited for two hours to get the car! Their system is slow, their service is not optimal nor friendly! Just bad experience for a lot of money! Will not use them again.

2.0

Poor|Jul 2022

It took 3 hours to pick up the car 😩. And then the car I reserved was not available. The agent was great - but things are clearly broken at Avis.

2.0

Poor|Jul 2022

2 hrs queuing at the airport for the car. Walk down to the car and find someone else sitting in the car - it had been double allocated. Get another car - more time wasted. Notice an electric fault after a couple of days. Have to go and excahnge for another car. Then looked on AVIS website and notice I've been given a smaller car than the one I ordered (so many different models of SUV in the USA had no idea which was small/standard size until I checked online). Call customer service and get sent to a site 20/30miles away only to be told when we arrived they only gets cars once they've been ordered - no spare stock. Have to drive another 30miles to an airport location to finally pickup the car size I had paid for! Towards the end of the rental, the 'Requires Service' light came on, then while in Yosemite the 'low engine oil' light came on - had to find a service station to top up the engine oil!

2.0

Poor|Jun 2022

Could not even get my car because the line was miles long

2.0

Poor|May 2022

We had to wait over an hour and a half at the Avis counter even though we had a reservation !! When we returned the car, we were charged quite a bit more than the contract! The checkin person, when we returned the car,charged us for over 1/2 tank of gas though we returned the car full !!!!! We had to see the front agent to get the charge corrected…. Another delay!

2.0

Poor|May 2022

I don’t typically fill these things out, but this was the worst experience I’ve had picking up a car rental. The staff were all friendly and professional, but I waited in a line for 2 1/2 hours even though I had checked in earlier. I got to SFO at around 9:35, but didn’t leave until after 12. Every other car rental’s lines were moving smoothly. I doubt I’ll reserve from Avis again anytime soon. Again the staff was great and the car was good, despite someone clearly smoking in it. Waiting 2 1/2 ours is simply unacceptable.

1 out of 16

E-Z Rent-A-Car

37 reviews•1 location

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5.6

Fair|Jul 2017

The employees were kind, resourceful and worked hard. The car started, stopped and turned as expected.

The location stinks-be sure to plan on the time it takes to get there from SFO. The building is hot and dour-I feel for the employees! The car was not clean. I would pay extra to get a car at the SFO rental center next time.

8.4

Very Good|Jul 2017

It was cheap and the car was in very good condition.

The rental location is not anywhere near the airport. Shuttles suck, use an uber.

6.4

Okay|Jul 2017

Shuttle was waiting for us at the airport

the pick-up was slow. No one accompanied me to the car to do the detailed check.

4.4

Mediocre|Jun 2017

It should be clearly noted on the vendor website that this is an OFF SITE airport pick up. We waited 30 minutes for a shuttle pick up that fits 6 person max in a poorly maintained van. Additional customers were left behind for another 30 minutes for later pickup. The EZ rental car in other airport locations outside of San Francisco were unlike this branch in its service, location and overall appeal. We were deeply disappointed with our rental service at the San Francisco EZ Rental car. We would rather pay a bit more for a more convenient airport location and more piedessional service the next time we're in San Francisco.

2.0

Poor|May 2017

The car was fine

I paid during pick up and extra 200 dollars as deposit, until today I didn't receive that amount and they never replied to my email messages.

5.6

Fair|Apr 2017

A comfortable late model car

The pickup drop off required almost 2 hours since the location is another 5-8 miles from where other rental car companies are located. And once at facility there are only 2 agents who take care of a long line. They push upgrades like the tolls for the bridge without explaining alternatives. You can pay cash everywhere and do online payment for Golden Gate Bridge. So avoid the prepayment if you are not crossing the bridge several times a day.

1 out of 13

Europcar

5.7

Fair

23 reviews•1 location

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2.0

Poor|Jan 2023

Europcar is not in the terminal. They did not have my reservation. I had to rent from another company. They are not refunding my rental fee.

2.0

Poor|Dec 2022

During reservation, we had selected option for the car rental at the airport terminal and not offsite. After reaching to the airport we realized that the car rental was offsite. Moreover, we were not informed anywhere during reservation that they close at 12:30 am. We reached there at midnight and they were closed. We booked the car but we lost the money and had to book another from the airport from what was available from a different car company,

10.0

Wonderful|Nov 2022

Good agent at San Francisco Airport Fox rental company: Edgar.

10.0

Wonderful|Nov 2022

Friendly staff; Wait time reasonable. My only complaint is that I was “upgraded” to a larger car. I should have declined the offer but I was tired and wanted to get going. Would have much preferred a smaller car. My bad.

4.0

Mediocre|Nov 2022

First thing said to me was "you're early". I was 50 minutes ahead of schedule due to a fast flight and faster-than-expected transit from gate to car agency. I overheard other representatives imposing penalties for dropping the car off (or picking up) earlier or later than the booked time. In the end, I managed to get what I needed, but I got the sense that part of the business model is "gotcha" fees imposed above and beyond. I would expect a fee if you keep the car longer than the agreed number of days, but imposing fees fro dropping off early?! Vehicle also was unable to connect to my phone via bluetooth or USB.

2.0

Poor|Oct 2022

It took 2.5 hours to pickup the car. Then the car was notably old, and had a number of dings in it. Many other folks were given cars with half full gas tanks while I was there as well. They had to notice and the company wasn’t upfront about it.

1 out of 8

Car Rental FAQs

What is the cheapest hire car found at San Francisco Airport?

In the past two weeks, Cheapflights users have found many deals under AED 221/day when booking a car hire at San Francisco Airport. The absolute best deal a user found was for AED 157/day from Dollar, booked on Jan. 29.

Which car rental providers are at San Francisco Airport?

There are 10 car rental providers located at San Francisco Airport. The following companies can be found near the San Francisco Airport car rental counter:
Super Cheap (10.0)
Silvercar (10.0)
State Van Rental (9.1)
Alamo (8.6)
National (8.5)
Enterprise (8.4)
Sixt (7.4)
Budget (7.0)
Thrifty (6.9)
Avis (6.7)

Which car rental company is considered to be the best at San Francisco Airport?

Taking our users’ ratings and reviews into consideration, National (8.6 rating), Alamo (8.6 rating) and Enterprise (8.5 rating) seem to be the best car hire companies at San Francisco Airport.

How much does it cost to hire a car at San Francisco Airport for a week from Dollar?

From Dollar you can hire a car at San Francisco Airport from about AED 1,278 per week on average.

How far in advance should I hire a car at San Francisco Airport for the best price?

Booking in advance not only ensures a better chance of getting your vehicle of choice, it can save you up to 5% on your car hire. For a below average price at San Francisco Airport, Cheapflights recommends booking your car hire at least 17 days in advance.