Car hire prices at Azores Ponta Delgada Airport

Azores Ponta Delgada Airport averages £36 a day in October 2026 for a Compact car like a Ford Focus when you book around a month ahead. An Economy car, such as a Renault Clio, is around £25 a day, while an Intermediate like a Nissan Qashqai is about £63. Leaving it to the last 2 weeks drops the Compact price to £34 a day. Over the year, prices swing between £24 a day for a Mini in March 2027 and £222 a day for an Executive car in August 2027. Check our price checker for your exact dates.

At Azores Ponta Delgada Airport, you save money by booking late: across the year, a Compact car averages £35 a day booked 2 weeks before pickup, compared to £56 around 9 months before your trip. Booking 9 months before your trip would mean paying about 60% more, so waiting does not penalise you. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for on our sites, 48% of bookings happen within 2 weeks of pickup and 64% within a month. For October 2026, a Compact drops from £36 a day a month before travel to £34 in the final 2 weeks.

Drive On Holidays is the cheapest company at Azores Ponta Delgada Airport for a Compact car, averaging £39 a day, but it takes credit cards only and has no review score. Wayzor is £40 a day and scores 93/100 from 33 reviews, while Guerin averages £45 a day over the last 12 months from 664 prices. Every supplier has a counter at the airport terminal, but 11 of the 12 require a credit card for the deposit. If you must use a debit card, Ilha Verde accepts them at £52 a day.

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.

Wayzor is the best-reviewed company at Azores Ponta Delgada Airport, scoring 93/100 from 33 reviews with an average desk wait of 21 minutes, while charging £40 a day for a Compact car. Enterprise scores 87/100 from 74 reviews and averages £53 a day, while Ilha Verde scores 86/100 from 99 reviews with a 26-minute wait and costs £52 a day. The cheapest supplier over the last 12 months, Drive On Holidays at £39 a day, does not yet have enough reviews for a score and has a 33-minute wait. Hertz is fastest at the counter, averaging 19 minutes, and Hertz costs £61 a day.

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 Azores Ponta Delgada Airport, security deposits held on your card range from £171 with Avis to £1,798 with Ilha Verde, and only 1 of the 12 companies takes a debit card. Ilha Verde is the sole supplier accepting debit cards; the other 11 require a credit card in the main driver's name. The deposit and card rule for each car are shown beside it in the results, so filter for debit cards before comparing quotes. Optional extras settled at pickup, like child seats or additional drivers, are listed under each vehicle.

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 Azores Ponta Delgada Airport: desks that accept credit cards only, and queues that take over half an hour at pickup. Eleven of the 12 counters refuse debit cards entirely, leaving unprepared renters stranded at the terminal. Europcar and Drive On Holidays both average a 33-minute wait at pickup, and Sixt averages 32 minutes. On an island where driving is leisurely and parking in town is tight, waiting longer for a car than it takes to cross the island is easily avoided by picking a faster desk.

Only 86% of prices at Azores Ponta Delgada Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

A Compact car like a Ford Focus at Azores Ponta Delgada Airport costs £36 a day for October 2026, giving you 5 seats and 3 bags of luggage room. It seats 5 but takes 3 bags, so a full car means soft bags on laps. A couple can book an Economy car like a Renault Clio for £25 a day and fit 2 bags, or step up to an Intermediate like a Nissan Qashqai with space for 4 bags at £63. Automatic cars make up 31% of cars offered and cost £72 a day across the year, £21 more a day than a manual at £51. Electric and hybrid cars are 2% of cars offered, so you must book early to secure one.