Car hire prices at Granada Airport

A good price at Granada Airport for October 2026 is around £37 a day for a Compact car like a Ford Focus, £34 for an Economy and £29 for a Mini, booked about a month before your trip. An Intermediate car like a Nissan Qashqai is about £44 a day. Leave it to the last 2 weeks before pickup and the Compact price climbs to £43. Across the year, prices swing between £28 a day for a Mini in November 2026 and £84 for an executive car in August 2027. If your quote is well over these figures, check your exact dates with the price checker.

At Granada Airport, booking late saves about 40%: across the year, a Compact car drops from £42 a day 9 months before your trip to £30 2 weeks before pickup. For October 2026, booking a Compact car about a month before travel costs around £37 a day, compared to £43 in the final 2 weeks. If you have not booked months in advance, you have missed nothing. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for on our sites, 48% of people book within 14 days of travel.

Goldcar is the cheapest company at Granada Airport for a Compact car, averaging £27 a day over the last 12 months, but requires a £1,199 card deposit. Europcar costs £35 a day from 552 prices and holds an 82/100 score from customer reviews, whereas Goldcar does not yet have enough reviews for a score. Alamo, Enterprise and Avis all score 84/100 and hold a lower £171 deposit, starting from £36 a day with Avis. Every rental counter sits directly at 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.

Alamo, Enterprise, National and Avis are the best-reviewed companies at Granada Airport, each scoring 84/100 from customer reviews, with National averaging the shortest desk wait at 14 minutes. Enterprise and Alamo average 20 minutes at the counter, while Avis averages 19 minutes. Goldcar is the cheapest supplier at £27 a day, but it does not yet have enough reviews for a score. Avis is the lowest priced among the top-rated desks, averaging £36 a day for a Compact car over the last 12 months.

Review scores are CarTrawler customers' own, from the last five months; the score and the desk wait sit beside each car in the results.

Granada Airport deposits range from £171 with Alamo, Enterprise or National to £1,670 with OK Mobility, and only 1 of the 8 desks accepts a debit card unconditionally. Goldcar accepts a debit card, while 2 counters accept one for specific car classes and 5 desks insist on a credit card. Filter for a debit card before comparing prices rather than after, so you see only cars you can collect. Extras charged at the desk appear 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.

Deposits at Granada Airport reach £1,670 on a credit card, while most counters refuse to accept debit cards at all. Five of the 8 rental desks refuse debit cards outright, and 2 take them only for certain models. You avoid shuttle buses because all 8 counters sit inside the terminal, but desk queues reach 20 minutes with Enterprise and Alamo. If you arrive late with only a debit card in hand, five desks will not release a car.

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

Granada Airport car hire starts at £37 a day for a Compact car like a Ford Focus in October 2026, which gives enough power for hill driving. A Compact car seats 5 people but holds 3 bags, so packing heavily will leave soft luggage on laps. An Intermediate car such as a Nissan Qashqai provides 4 bags of boot space for £44 a day, while a smaller Economy car like a Toyota Yaris costs £34 but manages only 2 bags. Automatic gearboxes make up 50% of cars offered and cost £5 more a day, while hybrid cars are 6% of what is offered, so you need to book early if you prefer one.