Cheap Car Rentals at San Francisco Airport

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

4 Oct — 11 Oct

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Wed 4/10

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Noon

San Francisco Airport car rentals in 2023

Most popular company	THRIFTY
Most common car type	Standard
Average price per day	AED 54
Cheapest price per day	AED 30

Popular car types in San Francisco Airport

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There are 37 hire agencies servicing San Francisco Airport. These agencies, altogether, have 95 hire locations available. Need an affordable hire? Small is the cheapest car type to hire at San Francisco Airport with prices from AED 113 a day in the previous 7-day period. Here are 4 car types you can hire at San Francisco Airport:

Economy

AED 118+

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Compact

AED 119+

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Intermediate

AED 121+

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Standard

AED 127+

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Full-size

AED 127+

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People carrier

AED 185+

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Full-size SUV

AED 159+

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Luxury

AED 168+

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Convertible

AED 176+

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Intermediate SUV

AED 125+

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Standard SUV

AED 151+

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Economy

AED 118+

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Compact

AED 119+

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Intermediate

AED 121+

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Standard

AED 127+

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Full-size

AED 127+

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People carrier

AED 185+

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Full-size SUV

AED 159+

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Luxury

AED 168+

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Convertible

AED 176+

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Intermediate SUV

AED 125+

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Standard SUV

AED 151+

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Economy

AED 118+

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Compact

AED 119+

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Intermediate

AED 121+

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Standard

AED 127+

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Full-size

AED 127+

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People carrier

AED 185+

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Full-size SUV

AED 159+

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Luxury

AED 168+

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Convertible

AED 176+

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Intermediate SUV

AED 125+

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Standard SUV

AED 151+

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Compare available car types for rental in San Francisco Airport

	Small cars	AED 1 - AED 332
	All Car Types	AED 156 - AED 363

To hire a Small car in San Francisco Airport, you would pay an average price of AED 204/day. February is the cheapest month to hire a Small car in San Francisco Airport (~AED 1/day), while the most expensive month to hire that same car type is April (~AED 332/day). In fact, February is about 100% 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 25% 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. Here are the best San Francisco Airport Small hire prices found by Cheapflights users in the past 7 days:

To hire a Medium car in San Francisco Airport, you would pay an average price of AED 277/day. January is the cheapest month to hire a Medium car in San Francisco Airport (~AED 150/day), while the most expensive month to hire that same car type is April (~AED 434/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 3% 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. Here are the best San Francisco Airport Medium hire prices found by Cheapflights users in the past 7 days:

To hire a Large car in San Francisco Airport, you would pay an average price of AED 295/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 42% 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 9% 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. Here are the best San Francisco Airport Large hire prices found by Cheapflights users in the past 7 days:

To hire a SUV car in San Francisco Airport, you would pay an average price of AED 269/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 474/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 1% 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. Here are the best San Francisco Airport SUV hire prices found by Cheapflights users in the past 7 days:

To hire a Van car in San Francisco Airport, you would pay an average price of AED 143/day. March is the cheapest month to hire a Van car in San Francisco Airport (~AED 143/day), while the most expensive month to hire that same car type is July (~AED 454/day). In fact, March is about 0% cheaper than prices during the rest of the year to book a Van hire for San Francisco Airport. When comparing with other car types available for hire in San Francisco Airport, hiring a Van car saves you 48% 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 Luxury car in San Francisco Airport, you would pay an average price of AED 157/day. October is the cheapest month to hire a Luxury car in San Francisco Airport (~AED 168/day), while the most expensive month to hire that same car type is August (~AED 579/day). In fact, October is about 6% cheaper than prices during the rest of the year to book a Luxury hire for San Francisco Airport. When comparing with other car types available for hire in San Francisco Airport, hiring a Luxury car saves you 42% 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 259/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 August (~AED 557/day). In fact, November is about 30% 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 5% 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.

Ford FocusAED 113/day

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Toyota YarisAED 119/day

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Top rental agencies in San Francisco Airport

Alamo

8.8

Very Good

333 reviews•1 location

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10.0

Wonderful|Aug 2023

Excellent staff at SFO airport

10.0

Wonderful|May 2023

We have trouble with our reservation in another company but thanks to alamo we was avaible to resolve it in a really good time and very good price

8.0

Very Good|Apr 2023

SFO Tram takes a few minutes, planning for extra time when dropping off helped.

10.0

Wonderful|Feb 2023

Gas prices are high.

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

1 out of 111

Enterprise Rent-A-Car

8.5

Very Good

227 reviews•1 location

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10.0

Wonderful|Mar 2023

The person at check in was extremely helpful.

10.0

Wonderful|Aug 2023

It was great.

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.

1 out of 76

Budget

6.9

Okay

179 reviews•1 location

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2.0

Poor|Aug 2023

Nice vehicle. Didn't like the price,the upsale, , the lies,agent must get a commission for overselling to unsuspecting seniors..$294 for 1 day rental. That price should come with a driver.

2.0

Poor|Aug 2023

Why hit a gas surcharge when the driver filled it up and videoed the gas gage, and then there is no way to contest the fuel surcharge of 9.99$ as it is an ereceipt. Just makes me feel like budget is untrustworthy as that charge is a scam as I filled it up past what it was supposed to be.

6.0

Okay|Jul 2023

We booked for suv…… but got sedan for same price. (Initially we got rave 4 by the time we reached parking some one already in the car. Later they said we need to wait 1 hour for suv. Later they said….they can provide camery immediately. But price is same for suv and sedan).

8.0

Very Good|Jul 2023

Overall great - the worst part was the long line when checking in.

10.0

Wonderful|May 2023

Easy pickup in SF and drop of in Seattle- will definitely use again

6.0

Okay|Apr 2023

car was clean. check-in agent was friendly. however, are some ideas to improve 1. many companies upgrade customers just for the sake of prompting business, and keep happy 2. the car we rented sputtered several times. cars should be maintained more frequently. 3. car had close to 50,000 miles and that's quite a bit on a rental car. should be retired. 4. price to value is no good. I paid a total of $202 for one day of rental. that's is quite a bit. your rate is high, the taxes are high, and everything else is simply too expensive. 5. I booked a Kia Rio 2023, and I received a Nissan Versa with 50.000 miles on it.

1 out of 60

Fox

5.6

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

Dollar

5.3

Fair

283 reviews•1 location

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2.0

Poor|Sep 2023

Despite reserving and partially paying ahead of time, the wait to see someone at the counter was 2 hours, as Dollar and Thrifty combined made for a very long line of people. I don't think it's right that person's with reservations have to wait in the same line with people who don't have any reservations.

4.0

Mediocre|Sep 2023

They did not have any cars when we arrived - and had to wait nearly 2 hours in the rental car office until they had a vehicle available.

2.0

Poor|Sep 2023

Make false charges

4.0

Mediocre|Feb 2023

Pushed in to upgrading and was told I had to pay for liability insurance as it was a requirement

2.0

Poor|Sep 2023

Let’s me was so long, as they didn’t have any cars available. I left and rented from National. Guess I wasted this money. Terrible

2.0

Poor|Aug 2023

I should get a regular SUV and drive from SFO to PHX, but they said that I've booked an electric SUV, I said it is not possible. I'm sure they lied to me because they didn't have a regular SUV. Therefore I rented an SUV in Alamo but paid in 2 times higher.

1 out of 95

Avis

6.3

Okay

56 reviews•1 location

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10.0

Wonderful|Jun 2023

The car and service

8.0

Very Good|Mar 2023

Having trouble getting final receipt mailed to brettburkhead@hotmail.com.

8.0

Very Good|Mar 2023

unfortunately I had no any feedback from Kayak on my message and only after communication directly to AVIS I could manage my drop-off location.

2.0

Poor|Aug 2023

Charged me more than was posted.

8.0

Very Good|Aug 2023

The line to pickup was very long, but I signed up for Avis preferred (a free signup) while in line and I got much faster service. The car was very nice and drop off was great.

2.0

Poor|Aug 2023

I wanted to provide some feedback to Kayak because there may have been a misleading claim made on my rental. When I went online to do my booking originally, it very clearly stated on the KAYAK website that I would receive a "Mystery Car" at Avis but spelled out that it would be a "sedan that seats 4 people". When I got to the AVIS counter in SFO, they said that it was a mystery car so it was up to them to issue any four door car, so they gave me a pickup truck which was not very satisfactory. First of all, it was not a sedan and second, the trunk at the back was an open bed which made it awkward to travel with exposed luggage. I pleaded with the counter agent that the website specified a sedan with four doors and they asked for my reservation and apparently it just showed a 4 door vehicle and did not specify a sedan, like the KAYAK website did originally when I hit the confirm button on the reservation. I would like to know how this happened because the only reason I proceeded to make the reservation is because the website specified a "sedan with 4 doors" but when the booking partner who provided the deal sent me the confirmation, sedan did not appear to be listed. I really don't appreciate this as to me, it is false advertisement and misleading sales tactics. I could care less what sedan they gave me as long as it was a sedan. But they insisted, all they had was the pickup truck which did not make my vacation enjoyable at all. I reached out to the partner that made the booking with AVIS and they suggested it is likely KAYAK's issue in what they may have printed in the ad. Regardless, I was the one who was out in the end, as I had an uncomfortable ride and ended up paying at least the amount of gas.

1 out of 19

Airport Van

4.4

Mediocre

34 reviews•1 location

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2.0

Poor|Jun 2023

condition of the van was not good, lots of noise bother all the time ,rent we paid is not worth it. Another thing still they did not retuned back my $200 deposit.

2.0

Poor|May 2023

Got to the pick up point @ 12:30 on a Sat. they closed at noon. They sent a text mid flight, No van available. Stilll waiting for refund. NEVER AGAIN .

2.0

Poor|Jan 2023

Van was not available and we were not informed until we arrived even though they knew it would not be available. The courtesy driver told us that vans are regularly not available and that customers always have to figure out alternative plans last minute. This lead to a 4 hour delay while we looked for a rental because everything was closed and cars were scarce. I will never consider this company again.

2.0

Poor|Oct 2022

I didnt like anything about this place or the vehicle, waited 40 mins so i could leave, when pick up was at 2:00pm they still had to wash the van, ..return took 20 mins

2.0

Poor|Sep 2022

It was a nightmare for the pickup. We had to wait 1h. It was a public phone at the pick-up platform for customer to call the companies (for rental car) at the airport but it was not working. No information in the rental documents that WE HAVE TO CALL the company to ask a shuttle !! I took that company at the airport to save time but I lost time with my family. A driver from another company called AVR Rental (2 times !) and they came...after 1 hour ! I will not recommend this company. During the time we waited, we saw 20 times the others shuttles of others companies. Also the return time was very early (office was closed) and the location was not at the airport, so I had to take an Uber and had extra charges. Not a good value for money and a bad experience.

10.0

Wonderful|Aug 2022

Great service New car Will definitely use the serve again! Thank you Mark

1 out of 12

Europcar

5.5

Fair

24 reviews•1 location

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2.0

Poor|Feb 2023

Horrible experience, never been so rudely treated and lied to in all my years as a business traveler. Trying to force you to buy extra insurance under the premise that the car has NO insurance at all and they can not rent out a car w/o insurance. When I explained that according to the law, all rental car has basic insurance and that my Amex card will cover the CDW he became very rude and did everything he could to prevent us from renting the car. Asking for our passports, never under my 20+ years renting cars in the USA have we even been asked to show passports and then he demanded that we show him our international driver's licenses. Did not know that such a thing even existed anymore, it's just a translation. So we had to cancel the whole thing and take the long trip back to SFO airport Worst ever

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.

1 out of 8

Best San Francisco Airport car rental deals found

Nissan PathfinderAED 151/day

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Mazda CX-5AED 125/day

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Kia OptimaAED 116/day

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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 190/day when booking a car hire at San Francisco Airport. The absolute best deal a user found was for AED 120/day from Thrifty, booked on Sep. 24.

Which car hire 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)National (9.2)State Van Rental (9.1)Alamo (8.8)Enterprise Rent-A-Car (8.5)Sixt (7.7)Payless (7.2)Budget (6.9)Avis (6.3)

What car hire company is typically the cheapest at San Francisco Airport?

According to our data, users have found the cheapest deals when booking a rental car at San Francisco Airport from the following companies over the past two weeks: Thrifty (AED 121/day), Dollar (AED 121/day), and Budget (AED 127/day).

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

Taking our users’ ratings and reviews into consideration, National (9.0 rating), Alamo (8.7 rating) and Enterprise Rent-A-Car (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 Thrifty?

From Thrifty you can hire a car at San Francisco Airport from about AED 1,143 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 29% on your car hire. For a below average price at San Francisco Airport, Cheapflights recommends booking your car hire at least 7 days in advance.