Rental cars insight and trends in San Francisco Airport
Useful insights to help you book the perfect rental car in San Francisco Airport
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When is the best time to rent a car at San Francisco Airport?
The best car rental deals at San Francisco Airport can be found when booking the same day as your arrival, when prices are $35/day on average. Based on last year’s data, you can expect to pay an average of $58/day if you rent a car on the weekend. Weekday rental prices are $54/day on average. While there are car rental deals to be had year-round at San Francisco Airport, January is usually the best month to rent, when prices average $33/day.
What is the best car rental company at San Francisco Airport?
San Francisco Airport’s best car rental company is Sixt according to 113 momondo reviewers, who rated it a 7.7 on average. Budget is another reputable rental car company, with a rating of 7.0 from 186 reviewers. 198 reviewers chose to rent a car from Thrifty, and rated their experience a 4.9 on average.
What car do most people rent at San Francisco Airport?
When renting a car at San Francisco Airport, most of our users will opt for the Toyota RAV4 at $77/day on average. The second most popular is the Jeep Compass car rental for an average of $78/day. Our users have found Toyota RAV4 rentals at San Francisco Airport for as low as $23/day and Jeep Compass rentals for as low as $25/day.
What is the most popular car type to rent at San Francisco Airport?
The most popular type of cars to rent at San Francisco Airport are SUV cars. In the past year, 30% of momondo users searched for SUV cars to rent at San Francisco Airport. The most popular car rental agency offering SUV cars at this airport is Alamo for as low as $98/day. If you are deciding between SUV cars at San Francisco Airport, consider the Lincoln Navigator or the Ford Escape - both of which are popular choices for travelers.
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Small cars
$53 - $87
All Car Types
$67 - $106
The average price of a small car rental in San Francisco Airport is $73. The cheapest time to rent a small car in San Francisco Airport is in January. The price is 28% lower than the rest of the year at just $53 per day. A small car rental is typically 10% less expensive than the average rental car in San Francisco Airport. The average price of a vehicle rental in San Francisco Airport can vary based on a number of factors including supply, popularity of the vehicle, and how far out you book your rental car. Below are the best prices for San Francisco Airport small car rentals found on momondo in the past week.
The average price of a medium car rental in San Francisco Airport is $74. The cheapest time to rent a medium car in San Francisco Airport is in January. The price is 17% lower than the rest of the year at just $62 per day. A medium car rental is typically 9% less expensive than the average rental car in San Francisco Airport. The average price of a vehicle rental in San Francisco Airport can vary based on a number of factors including supply, popularity of the vehicle, and how far out you book your rental car. Below are the best prices for San Francisco Airport medium car rentals found on momondo in the past week.
The average price of a large car rental in San Francisco Airport is $104. The cheapest time to rent a large car in San Francisco Airport is in July. The price is 25% lower than the rest of the year at just $78 per day. A large car rental is typically 23% more expensive than the average rental car in San Francisco Airport. The average price of a vehicle rental in San Francisco Airport can vary based on a number of factors including supply, popularity of the vehicle, and how far out you book your rental car.
The average price of a SUV rental in San Francisco Airport is $77. The cheapest time to rent a SUV in San Francisco Airport is in January. The price is 17% lower than the rest of the year at just $65 per day. A SUV rental is typically 4% less expensive than the average rental car in San Francisco Airport. The average price of a vehicle rental in San Francisco Airport can vary based on a number of factors including supply, popularity of the vehicle, and how far out you book your rental car. Below are the best prices for San Francisco Airport SUV rentals found on momondo in the past week.
The average price of a van rental in San Francisco Airport is $114. The cheapest time to rent a van in San Francisco Airport is in July. The price is 17% lower than the rest of the year at just $96 per day. A van rental is typically 30% more expensive than the average rental car in San Francisco Airport. The average price of a vehicle rental in San Francisco Airport can vary based on a number of factors including supply, popularity of the vehicle, and how far out you book your rental car. Below are the best prices for San Francisco Airport van rentals found on momondo in the past week.
The average price of a luxury car rental in San Francisco Airport is $116. The cheapest time to rent a luxury car in San Francisco Airport is in January. The price is 38% lower than the rest of the year at just $73 per day. A luxury car rental is typically 31% more expensive than the average rental car in San Francisco Airport. The average price of a vehicle rental in San Francisco Airport can vary based on a number of factors including supply, popularity of the vehicle, and how far out you book your rental car. Below are the best prices for San Francisco Airport luxury car rentals found on momondo in the past week.
The average price of a convertible rental in San Francisco Airport is $86. The cheapest time to rent a convertible in San Francisco Airport is in August. The price is 27% lower than the rest of the year at just $64 per day. A convertible rental is typically 7% more expensive than the average rental car in San Francisco Airport. The average price of a vehicle rental in San Francisco Airport can vary based on a number of factors including supply, popularity of the vehicle, and how far out you book your rental car. Below are the best prices for San Francisco Airport convertible rentals found on momondo in the past week.
Alamo's insurance is very pricy and strangely structured. For example, if you get their comprehensive insurance, it doesn't also include liability - you have to purchase that extra. If their insurance was simpler and more affordable, I would have purchased it.
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.
Easy pickup and drop off. No complaints, reasonable price.
10.0
Wonderful|Jun 2023
Rep was professional service was quick
4.0
Mediocre|May 2023
Budget was the only company with line at SFO pick-up, waited one hour. Got charged for fuel despite bringing back full tank.
10.0
Wonderful|Apr 2023
Check in was fast even with a line. My representative explained options well, car was clean and drove great. Drop off was extremely easy! Would rent again for the price
10.0
Wonderful|Feb 2023
Very nice vehicle and front desk staff were great. Thanks.
6.0
Okay|Feb 2023
The final price ended up being $100 more than what my booking receipt said i would pay. I did not take any extras like guaranteed fuel price, prepaid tolls, insurance etc etc. they charged me for an additional day, i rented for 3 days ( three 24 hours periods) and they charged me 4 days even though it was returned on time. The car was hardly cleaned. Dirt and grime in the cracks around cup holders/shift selector, trash under drivers seat and a drink splashed on passenger door and windshield pillar.
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 11
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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.
2.0
Poor|Aug 2023
The 2.5 hour wait to obtain the car, plus the dollar "system" being incorrect and resulting in the wrong size, is inexcusable!! Another significant delay/wait upon returning the car will absolutely convince me to never rent from Dollar again.
2.0
Poor|Jul 2023
There was no cars availables. This company is a swindler. Never again.
2.0
Poor|Jul 2023
Terrible. Cancelled car as line to get it was hours long!!!
4.0
Mediocre|Jul 2023
Despite having prepaid, when we arrived we had to join a line of more than 100 (yes, I counted). Two hours later, when we got to the counter, somehow the total I was to pay was almost double what I expected to pay. But I was too tired, too exhausted, too frustrated and too perspired to argue.
2.0
Poor|Jul 2023
Wait to pick up the car was so long that we had to cancel our reservation.
Not at the airport as mentioned also was closed after waiting 2 hours for a shuttle pick up. We were stranded in the middle of no where. Will never use kayak priceline to book. I should have been informed, no help was provided
2.0
Poor|Apr 2024
We notified them as soon as we knew our flight from Japan was delayed to arrive SFO by more than 6 hours. We did not receive a call back...When we arrived and used the courtesy phone that is supposed to be a direct line to the rental company it was "No longer in service". We had to rent a vehicle from another vendor. They never called us. And we contest the advance payment we made for nothing.
2.0
Poor|Aug 2023
Their phone number didn't work and I never used them. I am so glad that I booked a back up car rental service.
2.0
Poor|Aug 2023
This is terrible company. Canceled my reservation the day I was supposed to arrive in San Francisco from Chicago. Then gave no assistance on getting another rental. Shady company.
2.0
Poor|May 2023
Will never book through Kayak again. We got a very old van which had no a/c, had to drive with windows down, felt miserable, was making creaking noises all the time. The rear view mirrors were not working from inside, we had to manually adjust the outside glasses. We had to take an uber to the van rental place which added up costs, they have weird working hours from 8 am to 4 pm. Wasted my money booking through you, a mistake I'll never repeat.
2.0
Poor|Apr 2023
Terrible service. Did not deliver van. Had to cancel and make other arrangements. AVR has no customer service, cares nothing about its clients.
1 out of 11
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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
1 out of 8
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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.
4.0
Mediocre|May 2023
the minivan was nice, but they were incredibly disorganized and inefficient on pickup. Drop-off was fine, but I will likely never choose one of their vehicles again because of the pickup experience.
2.0
Poor|Mar 2023
I was told the only vehicle available was a large pick-up truck
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.
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Car rental at San Francisco Airport
Learn everything there is to know about renting a car at San Francisco Airport so you can be properly prepared for your next trip
When did momondo last update prices for cars in San Francisco Airport?
Prices for cars in San Francisco Airport refresh daily.
How many operators does momondo search for cars in San Francisco Airport?
As of October 2025, there are 44 operators available to choose from for cars in San Francisco Airport.
How old do you have to be to hire a car in San Francisco Airport?
Age requirements for drivers vary depending on the country, including San Francisco Airport. In several EU countries, drivers must be 18 years old. Generally, to rent a car overseas, you must be at least 21 years old, and if you're under 25, you may be charged a young driver surcharge. It's recommended that you review the policy of your preferred rental company before booking.
What documentation or ID do you need to rent a car in San Francisco Airport?
When renting a car in San Francisco Airport, all drivers must present a full valid driving license. An International Driving Permit is required if the driving license is written in a language different to that of the country of rental and may be necessary to avoid the risk of potential fines. If you are renting abroad, you may also need to provide proof of return travel and accommodation information during your stay. We always recommend checking with the individual rental company you are booking with.
Why use momondo?
Why should I use momondo to book a car rental in San Francisco Airport?
You should book a car rental in San Francisco Airport using momondo because it is quick, free and easy to use and could save you money. momondo does the hard work of finding the rental car prices and policies, all you need to do is compare and choose what works best for your trip.
How does momondo help me find the best car rental deal in San Francisco Airport?
momondo makes it easier for you to find great car rentals in San Francisco Airport, by allowing you to refine your search with numerous filtering options. You can narrow your selection by looking at price, car type, location and more.
Does momondo show car rental deals in San Francisco Airport with free cancellation?
Of course! momondo has a dedicated filter for users to specifically look at car rentals in San Francisco Airport which offer free cancellation.
Can I rent a car with a fair fuel policy in San Francisco Airport on momondo?
Yes, momondo has a filter for fair fuel policies on car rentals in San Francisco Airport.
Can I find a car rental in San Francisco Airport which offers enhanced cleaning on momondo?
You can specifically filter for enhanced cleaning on rental cars in San Francisco Airport on momondo.
Can I search for rental cars in San Francisco Airport with unlimited mileage on momondo?
Absolutely. You can specifically filter for rental car deals in San Francisco Airport with unlimited mileage on momondo.
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