Car hire prices at Azores Ilha Terceira Airport

For November 2026 at TER, use £56 a day as your benchmark for a Compact car such as a Ford Focus, booked around a month before your trip. For November 2026, an Economy car such as a Renault Clio averages £42 a day, while an Intermediate car such as a Nissan Qashqai averages £64. Across the year, booking around 2 weeks before pickup averages £41 a day, so leaving it later can reduce the price. Check the price checker for your exact dates before accepting a quote.

At TER, waiting until around 2 weeks before your trip has been cheapest across the year for a Compact car, averaging £41 a day versus £50 around a month before. Across the year, a Compact car averaged £89 a day around 9 months before your trip, so waiting has tended to cost less. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 65% of our customers booked within a month of pickup, so compare your dates in the price checker rather than assuming you need to book months ahead.

Start with Ilha Verde at TER for a Compact car: it was cheapest over the last 12 months at £58 a day on average, but you need room for a £1,366 deposit. Ilha Verde has an airport desk and accepts debit cards, but does not yet have enough reviews for a score. Hertz averaged £86 a day for a Compact car over the same 12 months and scores 85/100 from 653 reviews, but requires a credit card. Compare the deposit as well as the daily price before you choose.

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 company at TER, scoring 85/100 from 653 reviews, but you should allow for an average desk wait of 24 minutes. Hertz is not the cheapest: over the last 12 months, Hertz averaged £86 a day for a Compact car, compared with £58 at Ilha Verde. Ilha Verde does not yet have enough reviews for a score, although its desk wait averages 9 minutes. Wayzor and Goldcar do not yet have enough reviews for a score either. If you choose Hertz for its review score, bring a credit card for the deposit.

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 TER, deposits range from £768 with Hertz to £1,366 with Ilha Verde or Wayzor, and 2 of the 4 companies accept debit cards, so check your card before choosing. Ilha Verde and Goldcar accept debit cards; Hertz and Wayzor require credit cards. If you need to use a debit card, filter for that before comparing prices, then check the deposit shown beside each car. Extras charged at the desk, such as a child seat or an additional driver, are listed under each car with their price.

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

At TER, credit-only deposits and desk waits can disrupt pickup, so check the card rule and leave time before your first drive. Hertz and Wayzor require credit cards, and Wayzor holds a typical £1,366 deposit, so make sure your available credit can cover it. Hertz averages 24 minutes at the desk and Wayzor 21 minutes, compared with 9 minutes at Ilha Verde, so factor the collection time into your arrival plans.

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

For a family at TER, choose a Compact car such as a Ford Focus if 3 bags are enough; a Compact car averages £78 a day across all batches, from 2,044 prices. A Compact car seats 5 but takes 3 bags; a couple with 2 bags can step down to an Economy car such as a Renault Clio, which also seats 5. If you need 4 bags, step up to an Intermediate car such as a Nissan Qashqai, which seats 5 but cannot take a bag for everyone when full. Only 17% of cars offered over the last 12 months are automatic, so filter for one first; across all batches, an automatic Compact car averages £74 a day, £7 less a day than a manual Compact car. Electric and hybrid cars were not offered over the last 12 months, so do not plan your choice around one.