Car hire prices at Skiathos Airport

A good price at Skiathos Airport for October 2026 is around £26 a day for a Compact (a Suzuki Baleno-sized car), £24 for an Economy and £19 for a Mini, booked about a month ahead. Prices shift sharply across the year, from £21 a day for a Mini in March 2027 to £91 a day for an Intermediate in August 2027. If you wait until the last 2 weeks before your trip, a Compact drops to £22 a day. Use the price checker to see what rates look like for your exact dates.

Booking late saves about 38% across the year at Skiathos Airport, dropping from £44 a day 9 months out to £32 2 weeks before travel for a Compact car. For an October 2026 trip, a Compact car sits at £26 a day about a month before departure and falls to £22 in the final 2 weeks. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 48% of our customers book within 2 weeks of pickup, so you have missed nothing if you have not booked yet.

Auto-Union is the cheapest company at Skiathos Airport for a Compact car, averaging £30 a day over the last 12 months from 776 prices, but its counter requires a credit card. Auto-Union does not yet have enough reviews for a score and holds a £771 deposit on your card. For a rated supplier, Enterprise costs £41 a day and Alamo costs £47, with Alamo holding a £248 deposit. Both counters sit at the terminal.

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.

Alamo is the best-reviewed company at Skiathos Airport, scoring 90/100 from 230 reviews, with an average desk wait of 23 minutes. Enterprise follows closely with a score of 89/100 from 132 reviews and an average 21-minute wait. Auto-Union is cheaper at £30 a day for a Compact car over the last 12 months, but it does not yet have enough reviews for a score. Alamo averages £47 a day for the same class.

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 Skiathos Airport, deposits held on payment cards range from £173 with Green Motion to £856 with Thrifty, and 2 of the 9 desks accept debit cards. 6 companies require a credit card, while 1 takes a debit card for only some cars. Filter for debit cards in the price checker before comparing offers so you only see desks you can use. Extras charged at the desk appear under each car with their prices.

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

Credit-only counters and long queues catch travellers out at Skiathos Airport, where Hertz's desk averages 43 minutes at pickup. Thrifty matches that 43-minute wait, and Europcar is close behind at 41 minutes. 6 of the 9 counters reject debit cards entirely, so turning up without a credit card in the lead driver's name means leaving the terminal on foot. Squeezing a large car into village parking bays quickly makes you regret passing up a smaller model.

Only 90% of prices at Skiathos Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

A Mini like the Fiat Panda costs around £19 a day at Skiathos Airport in October 2026 and fits the island's narrow roads. It seats 4 but holds only 2 bags, which suits beach hops where compact parking gaps are everywhere. If you need more luggage room, step up to a Compact car like the Suzuki Baleno, which seats 5 with 3 bags at £26 a day. Automatics are 28% of cars offered and cost £20 more a day over the year, while electric cars and hybrids are not offered.