Car hire prices at Sicily Palermo Airport

For November 2026 at Sicily Palermo Airport, use £28 a day as your benchmark for a Compact, the Jeep Avenger size, booked around a month before your trip. An Economy car, such as an Opel Corsa, averages £21 a day, while a Mini, such as a Fiat 500, averages £18. In the last 2 weeks before pickup in November 2026, a Compact car averages £25 a day, £3 less a day. Use the price checker to compare your quote for your exact dates.

For November 2026 at Sicily Palermo Airport, waiting until around 2 weeks before your trip brings a Compact car to £25 a day on average, against £28 around a month before. Across the year, a Compact car averages £65 a day around 9 months before your trip against £36 around 2 weeks before, so you have not missed the cheaper booking window by leaving it late. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 65% of people booking through our sites booked within a month of pickup.

Target is the cheapest company at Sicily Palermo Airport for a Compact car over the last 12 months, averaging £35 a day, but you need a credit card at its airport desk. Target scores 62/100 from 45 recent reviews and holds a typical £811 deposit, so check your available card balance before choosing it. Compare Noleggiare: its Compact cars average £38 a day over the last 12 months from 675 prices, £3 more a day, and it scores 70/100 from 354 reviews.

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 Locauto if reviews matter most at Sicily Palermo Airport: it is the best-reviewed company, scoring 95/100 from 82 recent reviews, with an average desk wait of 7 minutes. Locauto is not the cheapest: its Compact cars average £78 a day over the last 12 months from 751 prices. Target is cheapest for Compact cars over the same period at £35 a day, £43 less a day, but scores 62/100 from 45 reviews, so compare that saving against the review scores before you book.

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 Sicily Palermo Airport, typical deposits range from £0 with Locauto to £1,110 with Centauro, but only 7 of the 27 counters accept a debit card, so check eligibility before comparing prices. Another 4 counters accept debit cards for some cars only, while 16 require a credit card. If you plan to use a debit card, filter for it before comparing prices and check the deposit and card rule beside your chosen car. Extras charged at the desk 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 Sicily Palermo Airport, check card eligibility and allow time for collection, because credit-only deposits and long desk waits can disrupt your plans. 16 of the 27 counters require a credit card, so do not arrive relying only on a debit card unless your chosen car explicitly accepts one. Centauro holds a typical £1,110 deposit, so check that your card has enough available balance. Budget averages a 36-minute desk wait and Europcar 35 minutes, so leave room for collection before your next appointment.

Only 87% of prices at Sicily Palermo 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 a Compact at Sicily Palermo Airport, the Jeep Avenger or Volkswagen Golf size at about £28 a day in November 2026. It seats 5 but takes 3 bags, so a full car means soft bags on laps. A couple can save a little with a Mini, a Fiat 500, at £18 a day, though it takes 2 bags. An Intermediate, the Volkswagen T-Roc size, takes 4 bags and is £37 a day. 50% of hire cars at Sicily Palermo Airport are automatic, at £64 a day against £54 for a manual, so tick automatic when you search rather than assuming. Electric cars are 1% of what is offered and hybrids 9%, so there is usually one free at short notice.