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Baku car hire for all of Azerbaijan

Every car comes from Baku: collect at Baku Airport, or have one delivered to Gabala or Ganja for a charge. It stays in Azerbaijan.

Booking a car in Baku, step by step

  1. Start in Baku

    Pick Baku, then choose the airport or a city address to collect the car. Gabala and Ganja appear in the list as well, served by Baku cars.

  2. Read the dollar total

    Azerbaijani companies set prices in US dollars and the search converts them to euros. Any airport pickup charge, and the charge for delivery to another city, is added to that total.

  3. Pay the advance to book

    The booking rules allow 15 to 20%. On all 25 Azerbaijani quotes we kept on 23 October 2026 it was exactly 15% of the rental price, handover charges excluded.

  4. Pay the company in manat

    Hand over the balance when you collect. Cash must be manat, AZN (clause 14); 609 of the 672 Baku cars took a card too (Baku search of 23 October 2026; Baku hire, 16 to 23 Nov 2026).

Car hire around Azerbaijan: the three airports and their cities

Gabala and Ganja have airports of their own, but the cars for both come from Baku (23 October 2026 searches, keys on 16 Nov and back on 23 Nov 2026); road times assume an empty road (routed 23 October 2026).

Aerial view of the round stone Maiden Tower among the old houses and trees of Baku's Old City

Baku

The whole fleet lives here: 672 cars in the Baku search, listed for city delivery or at a place called “Rental office”, and none at the airport by default.

Ask for Baku Airport (GYD) and all 672 could be brought there, 283 with no handover charge. The drive in to the Old City takes about 30 min.

Nohur Lake with ducks on the water, a hotel on the far shore and wooded hills behind in autumn colour

Gabala

No cars of its own: all 364 in the Gabala search were Baku cars, each carrying a delivery charge.

Gabala: 230.0 km out of Baku Airport, about 3 h 15 min; the town’s own airport (GBB) is about 25 min away, and from there Sheki is about 1 h 15 min.

Ganja

The same pattern: all 434 cars offered in Ganja were Baku cars, none without a delivery charge.

The further of the two from Baku, about 4 h 45 min from Baku Airport by road. Ganja Airport (GNJ) is about 15 min from the centre, Naftalan about 1 h 15 min.

Picking up at Baku, Gabala or Ganja airport

Prices when the airport is picked as the meeting place each way (23 October 2026 searches, keys on 16 Nov and back on 23 Nov 2026). Every row comes from the same Baku fleet, so they overlap; each charge is already in the car’s total.

Azerbaijani airportCars available thereNo airport chargePickup and return charge on the others
Baku Airport (GYD)672 of 672283€30 to €45 ($34 to $50)
Gabala Airport (GBB)364 Baku carsnone€116 to €464
Ganja Airport (GNJ)434 Baku carsnone€125 to €464

No cars are based at the airport, but all can come

The default Baku search put no car at the airport: 351 were listed for city delivery and 321 at what the booking partner calls a “Rental office”. Choose the airport, though, and all 672 could be brought there, 283 without a fee.

Where to meet the company

Each Baku company meets you in its own way, car by car. The meeting point is on the voucher, and the company’s details arrive in the email after booking. Keep the phone you booked with on from the day before (clause 10).

Landing at 3 am

We priced 8 Baku Airport cars a second time on 23 October 2026, collecting and returning at 03:00, for a Baku hire beginning 16 November. All 8 stayed bookable, and 5 added a night fee, visible before booking. Give your real landing time.

Driving into Baku

The airport’s full name, as Azerbaijan Airlines gives it, is Baku Heydar Aliyev International Airport. From the airport to the Old City is 25.5 km, about 30 min with no traffic (routed 23 October 2026).

One-way and delivered hire between Baku, Gabala and Ganja

What the searches charged (23 October 2026 searches, keys on 16 Nov and back on 23 Nov 2026). Times are airport to airport on an empty road.

Nohur Lake with ducks on the water, a hotel on the far shore and wooded hills behind in autumn colour
Baku→Gabala
364 cars · 246.1 km, about 3 h 30 min
Drop-off charge, included in the total€58 to €223, middle charge €160
Baku→Ganja
434 cars · 376.7 km, about 4 h 45 min
Drop-off charge, included in the total€54 to €223, middle charge €178
Aerial view of the round stone Maiden Tower among the old houses and trees of Baku's Old City
Gabala→Baku
364 cars · 247.6 km, about 3 h 30 min
Delivery to Gabala plus drop-off charge, included in the total€58 to €241, middle charge €178
A tall fountain spraying white water in a round pool, with trees around it under a deep blue sky
Baku Airport→Fountain Square, Baku
23.2 km away, around 25 min
Aerial view of the round stone Maiden Tower among the old houses and trees of Baku's Old City
Baku Airport→Old City, Baku
25.5 km away, around 30 min
Pale buildings framing a view of the Sumgait seafront and pier with the Caspian Sea beyond
Baku Airport→Sumgait
48.0 km away, around 50 min
A vintage red car parked among the grey mud volcano cones of Gobustan under a blue sky with white clouds
Baku Airport→Gobustan State Reserve
85.3 km away, around 1 h 30 min
A winding road through green hills near Shamakhi seen between old stone walls, under a blue sky with white clouds
Baku Airport→Shamakhi
140.8 km away, around 2 h
Snow-capped mountain ridges above a deep valley near Quba, under a blue sky with white clouds
Baku Airport→Quba
187.9 km away, around 2 h 30 min
Baku Airport→Ismayilli
192.2 km away, around 2 h 30 min
Snow-covered mountain ridges near Laza in the Qusar district, lit by low sun under a blue sky
Baku Airport→Qusar
201.1 km away, around 2 h 45 min
Nohur Lake with ducks on the water, a hotel on the far shore and wooded hills behind in autumn colour
Baku Airport→Gabala
230.0 km away, around 3 h 15 min
A wide river with forested hills on the far bank near Lankaran, under a blue sky with big white clouds
Baku Airport→Lankaran
265.2 km away, around 3 h 30 min
The richly painted facade of the Sheki Khan's Palace behind a tall plane tree and stone wall
Baku Airport→Sheki
309.0 km away, around 4 h
Baku Airport→Ganja
369.1 km away, around 4 h 45 min

From Gabala Airport (GBB)

Nohur Lake with ducks on the water, a hotel on the far shore and wooded hills behind in autumn colour
Gabala Airport→Gabala
21.7 km away, around 25 min
Gabala Airport→Ismayilli
57.5 km away, around 50 min
The richly painted facade of the Sheki Khan's Palace behind a tall plane tree and stone wall
Gabala Airport→Sheki
92.1 km away, around 1 h 15 min
A winding road through green hills near Shamakhi seen between old stone walls, under a blue sky with white clouds
Gabala Airport→Shamakhi
105.9 km away, around 1 h 30 min
Gabala Airport→Ganja
143.1 km away, around 2 h

From Ganja Airport (GNJ)

Ganja Airport→Ganja
9.4 km away, around 15 min
Ganja Airport→Naftalan
60.1 km away, around 1 h 15 min
The richly painted facade of the Sheki Khan's Palace behind a tall plane tree and stone wall
Ganja Airport→Sheki
157.6 km away, around 2 h 15 min
Nohur Lake with ducks on the water, a hotel on the far shore and wooded hills behind in autumn colour
Ganja Airport→Gabala
172.3 km away, around 2 h 30 min
  • Sumgait, Ismayilli and Naftalan are timed to where the map puts each town, not to a set centre.
  • Snow is left out of these times; see the winter line under driving above.

You cannot take the car out of Azerbaijan, even to Georgia

Clause 9, our searches and UK travel advice.

Clause 9

Clause 9 forbids driving the rental car across Azerbaijan’s borders. It lists no exception, so Georgia is ruled out too.

  • No Baku car on 23 October 2026 offered a cross-border option as an extra, and a Baku to Tbilisi one-way search for 16 November found no cars.
  • UK travel advice, as we read it on 23 Oct 2026, says the land border with Georgia is temporarily closed.
  • Nakhchivan is one of the places clause 8 names, so it is not a destination for a rental car either.
  • For Georgia, fly in and rent there: car hire in Georgia.

Cancelling a Baku booking

  • Cancel up to 7 days before the hire starts and there is no penalty; for luxury cars and convertibles it is 30 days. Booking the late-cancellation option shortens that to 24 hours; 529 of 672 Baku cars had it (Baku search of 23 October 2026; Baku hire, 16 to 23 Nov 2026).
  • Cancellation goes by email to the support address in the booking rules: subject “Cancel”, voucher attached. Your advance comes back inside 14 days, but the 6% fee for the payment service never comes back.
  • Cancel after the deadline, or miss the handover at Baku Airport or your city address, and the advance goes.
  • Need new dates or a different model? Cancel, then book again in the Baku search; the original car is freed for others.
  • 505 of 672 Baku cars were listed “or similar”, so you may get a comparable model; on the other 167 you get exactly the model shown.
  • If force majeure (a breakdown counts) means the company cannot provide your car, it owes you the same class or higher, same price, same terms.
  • A Baku hire is billed in whole days of 24 hours (clause 1); to extend, tell the company in advance (clause 2). Return it filled to the level on the pickup gauge, or the company bills the shortfall at its own rates (clause 3).

Baku and Azerbaijan rental questions

Does a Baku rental need a credit card?

None of the 672 Baku cars required one (Baku search of 23 October 2026; Baku hire, 16 to 23 Nov 2026). Clause 15 lets a company require an embossed credit card with the main driver as cardholder, so check the listing and voucher.

Can I find a deposit-free car in Baku?

On 99 of the 672 Baku cars (Baku search of 23 October 2026; Baku hire, 16 to 23 Nov 2026). On the others the deposit is shown before booking, and on some it drops to zero with Full Coverage Plus.

Why dollars, and which currency do I pay in?

Azerbaijani companies price in US dollars; euro figures are conversions that shift with the rate. The advance on every quote we kept (23 October 2026) was 15% of the rental price. The rest is paid at handover, in manat if cash (clause 14).

Will the car be waiting at Baku Airport?

If you choose the airport, yes: all 672 Baku cars could be brought to Baku Airport (GYD), 283 free and the rest for €30 to €45 for both ends (23 October 2026 searches, keys on 16 Nov and back on 23 Nov 2026). The fee is in the total.

Are there hire cars in Gabala or Ganja?

Only Baku cars delivered there. All 364 in the Gabala search and all 434 in the Ganja search came from Baku, each with a delivery fee in its total (23 October 2026 searches, keys on 16 Nov and back on 23 Nov 2026).

Can I drive an Azerbaijani hire car into Georgia?

No: clause 9 forbids crossing the border, and a Baku to Tbilisi one-way returned no cars (Baku search of 23 October 2026; Baku hire, 16 to 23 Nov 2026). UK travel advice, as we read it on 23 Oct 2026, says the land border with Georgia is temporarily closed.

Is Khinalug, Nakhchivan or Nagorno-Karabakh allowed?

Clause 8 rules all three out by name, roads to them included, and bans any unpaved road. A four-wheel-drive car is bound the same way.

How long can I drive in Azerbaijan on a UK licence?

The UK’s travel advice for Azerbaijan, as we read it on 23 Oct 2026, says UK licence holders need an Azerbaijani licence, issued through the ASAN Service offices, after one month. For the hire itself, clause 13 asks for a valid national licence with Latin-script details.

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