Car hire prices at Reggio Calabria Airport

A good price at Reggio Calabria Airport in October 2026 is around £47 a day for a Compact car, like a Volkswagen T-Cross, when you book about a month ahead. An Economy car such as an Opel Corsa is around £36 a day, while a Mini runs about £30. An Intermediate, like a Peugeot 3008, costs around £59 a day, but leaving booking to the last 2 weeks drops the Compact to £41. Over the year, the highest price is in August 2027 at £114 a day for a larger car, compared to £42 in March 2027 for a Mini, so check the price checker for your travel dates.

At Reggio Calabria Airport, booking late saves about 56%, with a Compact car dropping from £67 a day 9 months before your trip to £43 in the final 2 weeks. For October 2026 specifically, a Compact is £47 a day booked a month before pickup and drops to £41 in the last 2 weeks. Booking 9 months ahead offers no benefit at this airport, so waiting works in your favour. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 48% of our customers book within 16 days of pickup.

Locauto is the cheapest company at Reggio Calabria Airport for a Compact car, averaging £52 a day over the last 12 months from 789 prices. Locauto has a desk in the terminal and accepts debit cards, but does not yet have enough reviews for a score. Dollar matches the £52 rate across all prices and scores 84/100, though its desk requires a credit card. If you want a top-rated desk, Sicily by Car averages £60 a day and scores 89/100, but its desk average wait time is 36 minutes.

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.

Sicily by Car is the best-reviewed company at Reggio Calabria Airport, scoring 89/100 from 37 reviews, but its counter averages a 36-minute wait. Locauto is the cheapest supplier for a Compact car at £52 a day, but does not yet have enough reviews for a score. For faster service with high ratings, Alamo and Sixt both score 86/100 with desk waits of 21 and 19 minutes. Flizzr offers the shortest wait of the scored companies at 14 minutes, scoring 83/100.

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 Reggio Calabria Airport, deposits held on your card range from £0 with Locauto to £642 with Dollar and Thrifty, and only 1 of the 13 desks accepts a debit card. Hertz takes a debit card for some cars, while the other 11 suppliers require a credit card in the driver's name. You should filter for a debit card before comparing prices if you do not carry a credit card. Any extra fees charged at the desk are listed under each vehicle before you book.

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

The main catches at Reggio Calabria Airport are credit-card-only deposit rules and long counter queues, with Sicily by Car's desk averaging 36 minutes at pickup. 11 of the 13 desks refuse debit cards for the security deposit, so arriving without a credit card in the main driver's name will leave you stranded. All suppliers are located at the airport, so there are no shuttle buses to catch. Every desk runs a full-to-full fuel policy, meaning you can avoid costly refuelling penalties simply by returning the tank full.

Fuel is full tank out, full tank back on 100% of prices at Reggio Calabria Airport, so there is no fuel charge to be surprised by.

For touring from Reggio Calabria Airport, choose a Compact car like a Volkswagen T-Cross, which costs around £47 a day for October 2026 and handles steep mountain climbs well. It seats 5 people but holds only 3 bags, so a larger group will need to step up to an Intermediate like a Peugeot 3008, which fits 4 bags at £59 a day. Stepping down to an Economy car like an Opel Corsa costs £36 a day and holds 2 bags. Automatic gearboxes make up 53% of cars offered and cost £9 more a day, while hybrids are just 1% of the fleet, meaning you will almost certainly drive petrol or diesel.