Car hire prices at Reykjavik Domestic Airport

For November 2026, booked about a month ahead, a good price for a hire car at Reykjavik Domestic Airport is around £69 a day for an Intermediate (a Kia Sportage-sized car). A Compact is £51 a day. In the last 2 weeks before pickup an Intermediate is nearer £69. If your quote is well over these, the price checker will tell you for your exact dates.

For November 2026 at Reykjavik Domestic Airport, timing barely matters: an Intermediate car, such as a Kia Sportage, averages £69 a day both around a month before your trip and in the last 2 weeks. You can book now without waiting for a lower last-minute benchmark. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 65% of our customers book within a month of pickup, so booking within that window is common rather than unusually late.

Ras is the cheapest company at Reykjavik Domestic Airport for an Intermediate car, such as a Kia Sportage, averaging £54 a day over the last 12 months, but it requires a credit card. Ras has an airport desk, holds around £1,131 as a deposit and does not yet have enough reviews for a score, so check your available credit before choosing it. If you want a company with a review score, Europcar scores 88/100 from 59 reviews. Europcar averages £95 a day for an Intermediate car over the last 12 months, from 1,912 prices, which is £41 more a day than Ras.

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.

Choose Europcar if reviews guide your booking at Reykjavik Domestic Airport: it is the best-reviewed company, scoring 88/100 from 59 reviews in the last 5 months, with an average desk wait of 18 minutes. Europcar is not the cheapest: for an Intermediate car, such as a Kia Sportage, Europcar averages £95 a day over the last 12 months, from 1,912 prices. Ras averages £54 a day for an Intermediate car over the same period but does not yet have enough reviews for a score, so choose between the lower rate and an established 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.

You need a credit card at Reykjavik Domestic Airport because all 5 desks refuse debit cards, with deposits ranging from around £311 at Dollar and Thrifty to £1,571 at Hertz. If you only have a debit card, filter for debit-card acceptance before comparing prices; these 5 desks will not meet that requirement. Check the deposit and card rule beside each car against your available credit, and check extras charged at the desk 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 Reykjavik Domestic Airport, check your credit-card limit and allow time for collection, because credit-only deposits and desk waits can delay your departure. All 5 desks require a credit card, so do not arrive relying on a debit card. Hertz holds around £1,571 and Ras around £1,131, so check that your available credit covers the deposit before booking. Dollar's desk wait averages 23 minutes, so leave room for collection before any timed commitment.

Only 91% of prices at Reykjavik Domestic 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 Reykjavik Domestic Airport, the Kia Sportage or Toyota Corolla size at about £69 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 Volkswagen Golf, at £51 a day, though it takes 3 bags. 64% of hire cars at Reykjavik Domestic Airport are automatic, at £93 a day against £66 for a manual, so tick automatic when you search rather than assuming. Electric cars are 6% of what is offered and hybrids 10%, so there is usually one free at short notice.