Hiring a car at Kos Airport

What this means for your booking

• The cheapest sticker is usually not the cheapest car. With 94% of suppliers charging about €46 for a second driver, two cars advertised a few euro apart can be €46 apart by the time you drive away. We put that fee into every price the moment you say you need one.
• Check your card limit before you travel. The typical hold here is €900 on the main driver's card. It is a pre-authorisation rather than a charge, but it has to fit.
• A month is not four times a week. The median week here is €265 and the median month €1129 — worse per day, which is why back-to-back rentals often beat one long booking on hires of 40 days or more.
• Airport or town desk? We have not measured which is cheaper yet, so we won't guess. We are measuring it now and will publish the numbers. See every pick-up point here.

Getting to the car

If you land late. 80% of the suppliers we priced shut by 22:00, and the typical desk closes at 22:00. A delayed flight is the difference between collecting your car and paying for a night you did not plan. Measured across 117 offers that publish their desk hours; a supplier that does not publish them is not counted as open.

Not every supplier here hands you the keys in the terminal. Across 22 searches, this is how collection splits:

• Outside of terminal 53%
• In terminal 48%
• Meet & Greet 8%
• Car rental center 4%

19 suppliers appeared here across our searches, at several separate pick-up points. See which is nearest you and what each costs.

The fine print, measured

These conditions vary more between airports than most people expect. We measure each of them everywhere we sweep: deposits · debit cards · second-driver fees · desk hours.

Deposit banding, as the suppliers classify it themselves: average deposit 71% · low deposit 12% · high deposit 7% · low deposit option available 6%.

What each supplier actually costs here

19 suppliers appeared in our searches. These are the ones you are most likely to be offered — chosen by how often they came up, then ordered by what they really cost, which is rarely the same order as the advertised price.

Prices are for a one-week hire. Mixing rental lengths would make the column meaningless — a fee charged once per rental is a very different share of a week than of a month — so this table is built from week-long searches only.

Tap a price to search Kos Airport for your own dates.

Deposits vary far more than prices. Budget holds €1,142 on the main driver's card against Keddy's €234. It is released after you return the car, but it has to fit.

"With 2nd driver" is the advertised rental plus that supplier's additional-driver fee — our definition of the total, and the only one we rank on. Full cover is quoted separately and never added in: many travellers hold annual excess insurance or rely on a card, and folding in an assumed purchase is precisely the trick this site exists to expose. Medians across 22 searches; a supplier that does not publish a fee is not counted as free. How we measure this.

How customers rate each supplier at Kos Airport

DiscoverCars customers' scores for each supplier's desk here, out of 10 - only suppliers with at least 30 local reviews. Scores under 6.5 are marked. The slowest pick-ups come first.

Source: DiscoverCars customer reviews of each supplier at this location, as shown with every search; medians across our searches. Scores change as new reviews come in.

Hiring a car at Kos Airport: common questions

How much does car hire cost at Kos Airport?

The median week is €265 and the median month €1,129 (22 searches, last 16 October 2026). Prices move daily, so price your own dates for today's totals.

Can you hire a car at Kos Airport with a debit card?

For a few cars: 20% of the cars we priced accept a debit card for the deposit (22 searches, last 16 October 2026). The rest need a credit card in the main driver's name. Hiring with a debit card →

How much is the car hire deposit at Kos Airport?

Typically €900, pre-authorised on the main driver's card and released after you return the car (22 searches, last 16 October 2026).

Do you pay extra for a second driver at Kos Airport?

Usually: 94% of suppliers here charge for a second driver, typically €46 for the whole rental (22 searches, last 16 October 2026). Second-driver fees →

Is the car hire desk at Kos Airport in the terminal?

Mostly not. For 53% of the cars we priced, the desk is outside the terminal; for 48% of the cars we priced, the desk is in the terminal (22 searches, last 16 October 2026).

Can I pick up a hire car at Kos Airport late at night?

Plan for it: 80% of the suppliers we priced shut by 22:00, and none we priced were open 24 hours (22 searches, last 16 October 2026). If your flight lands late, check the desk's hours before you book. Landing late →

Kos Airport against other airports

Across the 46 airports we measure, a second driver is cheapest at Antalya Airport (typically €25) and dearest at Manchester Airport (€158). All second-driver fees.