Car hire prices at Kalamata Airport

For November 2026, a typical price at Kalamata Airport is £24 a day for a Compact, the Kia Stonic size, booked around a month before your trip, so use that to judge your quote. For November 2026, an Economy car such as an Opel Corsa averages £18 a day, while a Mini such as a Fiat Panda averages £15 at the same lead time. Leave booking until around 2 weeks before pickup and a Compact car averages £19 a day, £5 less a day than around a month before. Check the price checker for your exact dates before accepting a quote.

For November 2026 at Kalamata Airport, waiting until around 2 weeks before your trip gives the lowest checked price for a Compact car: £19 a day, compared with £24 around a month before. Across the year, a Compact car averages £40 a day around 9 months before pickup versus £28 around 2 weeks before, so you have not missed a lower typical price by leaving booking late. Across the 395 airports tracked through our sites, 65% of bookings were made within a month of pickup, so booking close to your trip is common beyond Kalamata too.

Idea Mobility is the cheapest company at Kalamata Airport for a Compact car over the last 12 months, averaging £24 a day, but you need a credit card for its deposit. Idea Mobility has an airport desk but does not yet have enough reviews for a score. For a Compact car over the last 12 months, Auto-Union averages £32 a day from 1,385 prices, £8 more a day than Idea Mobility, and scores 99/100 from 36 recent reviews. If you want a reviewed alternative, compare Auto-Union, but check that you can accommodate its £939 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.

Auto-Union is the best-reviewed company at Kalamata Airport, scoring 99/100 from 36 recent reviews with an average pickup wait of 4 minutes, so compare it if reviews and a short wait matter to you. Auto-Union is not the cheapest: for a Compact car over the last 12 months, Auto-Union averages £32 a day from 1,385 prices. Idea Mobility averages £24 a day for a Compact car over the same period, £8 less a day, but does not yet have enough reviews for a score. Before choosing Auto-Union, make sure you have a credit card that can accommodate its £939 deposit.

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 Kalamata Airport, deposits range from £200 with Europcar to £939 with Auto-Union and Surprice, but only 4 of 17 desks accept a debit card, so check card eligibility before choosing a car. Hertz and Avis accept debit cards for some cars only; 11 desks require a credit card. Filter for debit-card acceptance before comparing prices, then check the deposit and card rule beside your chosen car. Extras charged at the desk, such as a child seat or an additional driver, are listed 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.

At Kalamata Airport, check your deposit card and allow time for pickup: 11 of 17 desks require a credit card, and Selecta averages 45 minutes at the desk. If you rely on a debit card, filter for acceptance before booking; Hertz and Avis accept one for some cars only. Allow for the wait before arranging anything immediately after arrival: Selecta averages 45 minutes, while Yours Car Rental averages 34 minutes. Check your available card balance too, because Auto-Union and Surprice each hold a typical £939 deposit.

Only 68% of prices at Kalamata Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

For a family carrying 3 bags, choose a Compact at Kalamata Airport, such as a Kia Stonic, at £24 a day in November 2026 around a month before pickup; size it for luggage, not just seats. A Compact car seats 5 but takes 3 bags, so check your luggage before booking; a couple with 2 bags can step down to an Economy car such as an Opel Corsa, seating 5 and averaging £18 a day in November 2026 at the same lead time. If you have 4 bags, step up to an Intermediate such as a Nissan Qashqai, which seats 5 and averages £33 a day in November 2026 at that lead time. Automatics are 37% of cars offered over the last 12 months, so filter for one; for Compact cars across the full tracking period, automatics average £43 a day versus £33 for manuals, £10 more a day. Electric and hybrid cars together are 2% of cars offered over the last 12 months, so filter specifically for them rather than expecting a broad search to give you much choice.