Car hire prices at Akureyri Airport

For November 2026 at Akureyri Airport, use £72 a day as your benchmark for an Intermediate, such as a Skoda Octavia Estate, booked around a month before your trip. A Compact, such as a Kia Ceed Estate, averages £51 a day around a month before, while an Economy, such as a Suzuki Swift, averages £48 in the last 2 weeks. In the last 2 weeks, the Intermediate car stays at £72 a day and the Compact car rises to £52. Use the price checker to compare your quote for your exact dates.

For November 2026 at Akureyri Airport, booking time barely matters: an Intermediate car averages £72 a day both around a month before your trip and in the last 2 weeks. You can book now without waiting for a lower typical price. Across the year, an Intermediate car averages £93 a day around 9 months before your trip, so you have not missed a cheaper early-booking benchmark. Across bookings through our sites at all 395 airports tracked, 65% of people booked within a month of pickup, so booking within that window is common rather than unusually late.

Budget is the cheapest company at Akureyri Airport for an Intermediate car over the last 12 months, averaging £80 a day, but you need a credit card and its typical desk wait is 21 minutes. Budget scores 76/100 from 35 reviews over the last 5 months, so compare its review score as well as its price. Europcar averages £95 a day for an Intermediate car over the last 12 months, from 1,894 prices, and scores 88/100 from 59 reviews over the last 5 months. Budget and Europcar both have desks at the airport, so choosing Budget does not mean choosing an off-airport desk.

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.

Europcar is the best-reviewed company at Akureyri Airport, scoring 88/100 from 59 reviews over the last 5 months, with a typical desk wait of 18 minutes. For an Intermediate car over the last 12 months, Europcar averages £95 a day from 1,894 prices, while Budget averages £80, making Europcar £15 more a day. Budget scores 76/100 from 35 reviews over the last 5 months and averages 21 minutes at the desk, so choose between the lower price and the higher review score.

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 Akureyri Airport, deposits range from £249 with Avis or Budget to £569 with Europcar, and all 3 desks require a credit card rather than a debit card. If you only have a debit card, filter for debit-card acceptance before comparing prices; none of these desks takes one. Check the deposit and card rule beside your chosen car, and check the extras charged at the desk, which 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 Akureyri Airport, check your credit card and allow time for collection: all 3 desks are credit-card-only, and Budget's typical desk wait is 21 minutes. Check that your card has room for the deposit: Europcar typically holds £569, while Avis and Budget hold £249. If your onward schedule is tight, compare collection times: Avis averages 10 minutes at the desk and Europcar averages 18 minutes.

Only 87% of prices at Akureyri 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 an Intermediate at Akureyri Airport, the Skoda Octavia Estate or Kia Sorento size at about £72 a day in November 2026. It seats 5 but takes 4 bags, so a full car means soft bags on laps. A couple can save a little with a Compact, a Kia Ceed Estate, at £51 a day, though it takes 3 bags. 68% of hire cars at Akureyri Airport are automatic, at £94 a day against £66 for a manual, so tick automatic when you search rather than assuming. Electric cars are 9% of what is offered and hybrids 9%, so there is usually one free at short notice.