Car rental in Zug, by the week or month

Zug is a small canton with short distances, but daily life here often spans several places: a flat in Cham or Steinhausen, an office in Baar or Rotkreuz, meetings in Zürich and weekends in the mountains. Car hire by the month covers the time until your own car is ready, without a lease or a Swiss credit history.

Where we deliver in the canton of Zug

The canton has 11 municipalities, and delivery is available now. The car comes to your home, your office or your temporary flat.

Area	Places
Zug and the east shore	Zug town with Oberwil, Walchwil
North of the lake	Baar with Allenwinden, Steinhausen
West of the lake	Cham with Hagendorn, Hünenberg, Risch with Rotkreuz and Buonas
The hills	Unterägeri, Oberägeri, Menzingen, Neuheim

The delivery cost for your address is listed in your offer. If you also need a car in Zürich, delivery there is available now too. Lucerne is on request.

Commuting from Zug: train or car?

Zug has fast rail links, and for the city centre of Zürich or Lucerne the train is hard to beat. Fastest weekday morning trains in the timetable for October 2026:

From	To	Fastest train
Zug	Zürich HB	24 minutes
Baar	Zürich HB	24 minutes
Zug	Lucerne	19 minutes
Rotkreuz	Lucerne	14 minutes
Cham	Zürich HB	37 to 40 minutes

A car makes sense where the train stops short: offices away from the station, school runs, the weekly shop for a family, ski weekends or late evenings. By road, the A4 through the Knonauer Amt connects Zug with the Zürich-West junction. Its last section opened in November 2009. Towards Lucerne, the A14 starts at the Rütihof junction near Rotkreuz.

Roadworks on the A4 west of Lake Zug

The Federal Roads Office (ASTRA) is renovating the A4 between the Rütihof junction and Küssnacht, a stretch that opened in 1981. Main works on the first section, between Rütihof and the Rotkreuz exit, ran from March to mid-October 2026, with lane reductions and night closures of the ramps at Rotkreuz. The renovation continues until 2027, so check ASTRA’s traffic information if you commute via Rotkreuz.

Parking in the city of Zug

Sort out where the car stays overnight before it arrives. The city of Zug’s rules, as of October 2026:

• Night parking needs a permit. Anyone who leaves a car on public ground between 22:00 and 7:00 needs an official permit. For a car it costs CHF 30 a month.
• Resident parking card: CHF 30 a month. It lets you park longer than 120 minutes on weekdays from 7:00 to 19:00 in your own zone. Zone 4 has no resident cards.
• Visitor card: CHF 5 a day.
• City car parks: Altstadt-Casino, Neustadtplatz, Frauensteinmatt and Arena are open 24 hours a day, and all have charging stations for electric cars.

The city’s page does not say whether a rental car qualifies for a resident or night parking card. Ask the city’s parking office (Parkraumbewirtschaftung) before you count on one.

For a month or more, a private parking space is the simplest answer. Ask your landlord or employer whether a garage or outdoor space is free from your start date.

Baar, Cham and the other municipalities set their own parking rules.

Driving on a foreign licence in Zug

You can drive on your foreign licence for 12 months after you enter Switzerland. Within that time, you exchange it at the Strassenverkehrsamt of the canton of Zug, Hinterbergstrasse 41 in Steinhausen. According to the canton’s 2026 form, you hand in the documents in person without an appointment:

• all your driving licences, in the original
• your residence permit, in the original
• the application form for exchanging a foreign driving licence
• one recent colour passport photo

Licences in a non-Latin script need a translation from a consulate, an embassy or a recognised translation office. More details in our guide to exchanging a foreign driving licence.

Renting with Kario in Zug

• Prices: Small from CHF 690, Compact from CHF 790, Estate or SUV from CHF 990 a month, insurance included. A van with 7 seats starts at CHF 1,290 and is on request.
• Included: insurance, motorway vignette, servicing and unlimited kilometres. Delivery costs and the insurance excess are listed in your offer.
• Rental period: from 1 week, usually extendable month by month.
• The cars: from a checked rental partner near Zürich with 27 cars, for example a VW Golf VII, Škoda Octavia or Cupra Ateca.
• What you need: a valid driving licence and a passport or ID. No Swiss residence permit and no Swiss credit history.
• Deposit: by credit card, debit card, TWINT or bank transfer, depending on the rental partner. See car rental without a credit card.

Send a request with your start date, the rental period and the size. It is free and without obligation, and a local rental partner sends you an offer within 2 working hours. Your contract is with the rental company; Kario arranges the offer and stays your contact. Working in Zürich as well? See monthly car rental in Zurich.