Car hire prices at Karpathos Airport

For November 2026 at Karpathos Airport, use £26 a day as your benchmark for a Compact, such as a Ford Focus, booked around a month before your trip. An Economy, such as an Opel Corsa, averages £20 a day, while an Intermediate, such as a Nissan Qashqai, averages £32. In the last 2 weeks, the Economy averages £15 a day, £5 less than around a month before. Check the price checker for your exact dates before judging your quote.

At Karpathos Airport, booking time changes Compact car prices by less than 6% across the year, so you need not book months before your trip just to get a lower price. For November 2026, an Economy such as an Opel Corsa averages £15 a day in the last 2 weeks, compared with £20 around a month before, making the last 2 weeks cheaper in this comparison. Across the year, a Compact car averages £34 a day booked around 9 months before your trip, so you have not missed a lower price by leaving it later. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 65% of our customers book within a month of pickup, so booking nearer your trip is common rather than exceptional.

Auto-Union is cheapest at Karpathos Airport for a Compact car, averaging £30 a day over the last 12 months from 1,047 prices, but you need a credit card for its deposit. Thrifty averages £31 a day for a Compact car over the same 12 months from 536 prices, £1 more a day, and scores 93/100 from 209 recent reviews against Auto-Union's 90/100 from 325. Choose Thrifty if you need to use a debit card, but allow for its typical £854 deposit.

The cheapest company can cost you a longer queue or a bigger deposit, so check the review score and desk wait beside each car in the results before you book.

Thrifty shares the best review score at Karpathos Airport, 93/100 from 209 reviews, with a 6-minute desk wait, making it worth checking before you choose solely on price. Hertz also scores 93/100 from 196 reviews with a 6-minute wait, while Avis scores 93/100 from 163 reviews with a 14-minute wait. For Compact cars over the last 12 months, Thrifty averages £31 a day from 536 prices, just £1 more a day than Auto-Union at £30 from 1,047 prices. Auto-Union scores 90/100 from 325 reviews, so compare that small price difference before choosing the cheapest company.

Review scores are CarTrawler customers' own, from the last five months; the score and the desk wait sit beside each car in the results.

At Karpathos Airport, typical deposits range from £427 to £854, and 2 of the 5 companies take a debit card, so filter by card acceptance before comparing prices. Budget and Thrifty take debit cards; Hertz and Avis accept them for some cars only, while Auto-Union requires a credit card. Check the deposit and card rule beside your chosen car before booking. Extras charged at the desk are listed under each car with their price.

If you bring your own child seat, check your airline's rules first: most carry one free, some charge.

At Karpathos Airport, check your chosen car's card rule and allow time for collection, because debit-card acceptance varies and desk waits differ. Auto-Union requires a credit card and typically holds £768, so do not choose it if you only have a debit card. Hertz and Avis take debit cards for some cars only, so confirm the rule for the car you select. If your schedule is tight, allow for Avis's 14-minute average desk wait rather than the 6 minutes at Hertz or Thrifty.

Only 93% of prices at Karpathos Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

For up to 5 people with cases, pick a Compact at Karpathos Airport, the Ford Focus or Suzuki Baleno size at about £26 a day in November 2026. It seats 5 but takes 3 bags, so a full car means soft bags on laps. A couple can save a little with an Economy, an Opel Corsa, at £20 a day, though it takes 2 bags. 28% of hire cars at Karpathos Airport are automatic, at £39 a day against £31 for a manual, so search for one specifically or expect a manual. Hybrids are 1% of what is offered and there are no electric cars, so book one early rather than expecting to find one at the desk.