Car hire prices at Azores Pico Airport

Azores Pico Airport car hire typically costs £82 a day for a Compact car like a Renault Captur when booked around a month before your trip in October 2026. A smaller Economy model like a Renault Clio runs to £64 a day, while a Mini is £54. Stepping up to an Intermediate such as a Nissan Qashqai costs around £98 a day. Prices vary heavily across the year, from £40 a day for a Mini in December 2026 to £194 for an Intermediate in August 2027, so check our price checker for your exact dates.

For Azores Pico Airport, booking late saves about 71%, dropping from £94 a day 9 months before your trip to £55 a day 2 weeks before you fly. Waiting until the last month gives you a Compact car at around £63 a day across the year. If you have not booked yet, you have missed nothing, as prices fall steadily toward departure. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for on our sites, half of our customers book within 16 days of pickup.

Europcar is the cheapest company at Azores Pico Airport for a Compact car, averaging £56 a day over the last 12 months. For that price, you must provide a credit card rather than a debit card for the deposit. Sixt averages £109 a day and Hertz scores 85/100, while Ilha Verde costs £79 a day and does not yet have enough reviews for a score. All desks are based inside the airport terminal.

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.

Hertz is the best-reviewed supplier at Azores Pico Airport, scoring 85/100 from 635 reviews with an average desk wait of 24 minutes. Europcar is the cheapest supplier at £56 a day and scores a comparable 84/100 from 1,806 reviews, with a 22-minute wait. Sixt averages 18 minutes at the desk and scores 82/100 from 608 reviews. Ilha Verde does not yet have enough reviews for a 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.

At Azores Pico Airport, deposits held on your payment card range from £428 with Sixt to £1,370 with Europcar. Only 1 of the 4 desks takes a debit card, so plan to bring a credit card in the driver's name. Filter for debit cards on our price checker before comparing offers if you cannot provide a credit card. Any extras charged at the desk appear alongside their price under each vehicle.

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

The main trap at Azores Pico Airport is assuming you can pay your rental deposit with a standard debit card. Three of the 4 counters require a credit card in the lead driver's name, leaving Ilha Verde as the sole option for debit cards. Deposits also run steep, climbing up to £1,370 at Europcar. On an island with a single coast loop, larger cars simply make parking in tight stone villages harder with nowhere extra to drive to.

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

For up to 5 passengers, pick an Economy car like a Renault Clio at Azores Pico Airport, priced around £64 a day in October 2026. It seats 5 people but fits only 2 bags, so larger groups will want a Compact like the Renault Captur with room for 3 bags at £82. Only 26% of cars offered are automatic, and selecting one costs £21 more a day on a Compact car. Electric and hybrid cars are not available at Azores Pico Airport, so every rental will be conventional petrol or diesel.