Car hire prices at Santiago De Compostela Airport

For November 2026 at SCQ, use £25 a day as your benchmark for a Compact, the Seat Leon size, booked around a month before your trip. At the same lead time, a Mini, the Fiat 500 size, averages £17 a day, and an Economy, the Peugeot 208 size, averages £21. In the last 2 weeks before pickup, the Compact car averages £21 a day, £4 less a day. Use the price checker to compare your quote for your exact dates.

For November 2026 at SCQ, waiting until the last 2 weeks brings a Compact car to £21 a day on average, compared with £25 around a month before your trip. Across the year, a Compact car averages £40 a day around 9 months before pickup against £26 in the last 2 weeks, so you have not missed the lower prices by leaving booking late. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 65% of our customers book within a month of pickup.

Compare Drivalia first at SCQ: it is the cheapest company for a Compact car over the last 12 months, averaging £19 a day, but does not yet have enough reviews for a score. GoByCar averages £24 a day for a Compact car over the same 12 months, from 664 prices, and scores 86/100 from 75 reviews in the last 5 months. If you prefer that reviewed option, bring a credit card: GoByCar does not accept debit cards and holds £845 on average.

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.

Choose Hertz at SCQ if the review score matters most to you: it leads with 88/100 from 33 reviews in the last 5 months, and its desk wait averages 20 minutes. Hertz is not the cheapest: its Compact cars average £35 a day over the last 12 months. Drivalia averages £19 a day for a Compact car over the same period, £16 less a day, but 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 SCQ, deposits range from £171 with Alamo to £1,665 with OK Mobility, while only 3 of the 15 desks accept debit cards, so check your card before choosing a car. Avis and Budget accept debit cards for some cars only; 10 desks require a credit card. Filter for debit-card acceptance before comparing prices, then check the deposit and card rule beside each car. Extras charged at the desk 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 SCQ, watch out for credit-card-only deposits and desk waits, because either can hold up your departure after landing. 10 of the 15 desks require a credit card, so check the card rule before booking rather than relying on your debit card. Allow for Sixt's average 39-minute desk wait before arranging anything immediately after collection. Check your available card balance too: OK Mobility holds £1,665 on average.

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

Choose a Compact, the Seat Leon size, at SCQ if you need space for 3 bags: Compact cars average £25 a day in November 2026 when booked around a month before your trip. A Compact car seats 5 but takes 3 bags, so check luggage before filling every seat; stepping down to an Economy, the Peugeot 208 size, costs £21 a day in November 2026 at the same lead time but leaves room for only 2 bags. An Intermediate, the Nissan Qashqai size, seats 5 but takes 4 bags and averages £30 a day in November 2026 at the same lead time. 51% of cars offered over the last 12 months are automatic, so filter for one if you need it; across all batches to date, automatic Compact cars average £39 a day against £35 for manual Compact cars, £4 more a day. Hybrids account for just 1% of cars offered over the last 12 months and electric cars are absent, so check availability before making either a requirement.