Car hire prices at Alghero Airport

A good price at Alghero Airport in October 2026 is around £31 a day for a Compact car like a Volkswagen Golf if you book about a month ahead. A Mini such as a Fiat Panda is about £21 a day, while an Economy Opel Corsa is around £25. If you leave booking to the last 2 weeks, a Compact car drops to £24 a day. Over the year, prices swing from £23 a day for a Mini in March 2027 up to £121 for an Audi A4 Estate in July 2027, so check the price checker for your exact dates.

At Alghero Airport, holding out pays off because booking late saves about 107%: £60 a day 9 months before your trip drops to £29 around 2 weeks before. For October 2026, a Compact car is £31 a day booked about a month ahead, and £24 in the last 2 weeks. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 48% of people book within 2 weeks of pickup. If you have not booked your car yet, you have missed nothing.

Italy Car Rentals is the cheapest company at Alghero Airport for a Compact car, averaging £33 a day from 663 prices over the last 12 months. You give up card flexibility, because Italy Car Rentals requires a credit card for its £771 deposit. Noleggiare averages £39 a day from 678 prices, while Alamo averages £64 from 714 prices and scores 86/100 from 359 recent reviews. Italy Car Rentals scores 82/100 from 36 reviews, and all 21 counters are based at the airport.

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, Sixt and Thrifty share the best review score at Alghero Airport at 86/100, though Alamo averages a 21-minute desk wait against Sixt and Thrifty at 19 minutes. Alamo averages £64 a day for a Compact car from 714 prices, while Sixt is dearer at £85 and Thrifty costs £44. The cheapest supplier, Italy Car Rentals, costs £33 a day and scores 82/100 from 36 reviews with an average 10-minute wait. Sicily by Car clears arrivals quickest, averaging 6 minutes at the desk with a score of 79/100 from 41 reviews.

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

Security deposits at Alghero Airport range from under £1 with Locauto to £813 with Ecovia, Autovia and Target, and 4 of the 21 desks accept debit cards. Another 5 desks take a debit card for some cars only, while 12 desks require a credit card. The deposit and card rules are shown beside every car on the results page, so filter for debit cards before you compare quotes. Any desk extras, including child seats or additional drivers, appear with their prices under each offer.

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

Two things catch people out at Alghero Airport: 12 of the 21 desks insist on a credit card for the deposit, and queues at Locauto stretch to 36 minutes. You will not waste time waiting for a shuttle bus, as all 21 desks operate directly at the airport terminal. But picking a large car on an island with narrow town streets means parking is a liability you pay for twice. Make sure your card carries enough credit to cover holds up to £813 before you fly.

Only 92% of prices at Alghero Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

For most couples or small families, pick an Economy car like an Opel Corsa at Alghero Airport, costing around £25 a day for October 2026. It seats 5 but takes 2 bags, so a larger family will need a Compact car like a Volkswagen Golf at £31 a day for 3 bags, while an Intermediate Volkswagen T-Roc takes 4 bags for £44. Automatic cars make up 48% of cars offered and cost £12 more a day than manuals across the year. Electric and hybrid models account for 5% of cars offered, so reserve one early if you want to avoid petrol entirely.