Hiring a car at Malaga Airport

What this means for your booking

• The cheapest sticker is usually not the cheapest car. With 85% of suppliers charging about €70 for a second driver, two cars advertised a few euro apart can be €70 apart by the time you drive away. We put that fee into every price the moment you say you need one.
• A month is not four times a week. The median week here is €296 and the median month €1429 — 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. Only 42% of the suppliers we priced shut by 22:00, and the typical desk closes at 23:00 — a late arrival is less risky here than at most airports. Measured across 908 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 77 searches, this is how collection splits:

• Free shuttle service 59%
• In terminal 36%
• Car rental center 6%
• Meet & Greet 4%

Budget time for a shuttle. 59% of suppliers here are off-airport, which is usually why they are cheaper. It is a real cost in minutes at both ends, and worth weighing against the saving.

37 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: low deposit 34% · average deposit 26% · deposit-free option available 14% · no deposit 10% · high deposit 9% · low deposit option available 8%.

What each supplier actually costs here

37 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 Malaga Airport for your own dates, or a deposit to see every supplier's deposit.

Deposits vary far more than prices. Delpaso holds €1,600 on the main driver's card against Malco Rent a Car's €100. 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 77 searches; a supplier that does not publish a fee is not counted as free. How we measure this.

What a rental costs at Malaga Airport

Per day, from the searches we have run here. Cheapest found is the single cheapest car, at the price shown when booking (it appears once enough searches record it; the deposit and any desk charges are on each car in the search). Low end: only 1 car in 10 costs less than this. Middle is the typical car. + second driver and + full cover add each car's own quoted fee and DiscoverCars' Full Coverage price - only cars that quote them count, never as free; those rows appear as searches record them (from 27 September). The rental price only: a second driver, cover and fuel come on top, and prices move daily, so check your own dates.

Trip	Includes	Cheapest found / day	Low end / day	Middle / day
A week October 2026 13 searches · 20 September – 16 October 2026 price these dates	Rental only	€6.95 Fiat 500 · Carzoco	€18.72	€41.95
	+ second driver	€16.91	€31.58	€55.90
	+ full cover	€14.03	€27.05	€49.32
	+ driver and full cover	€22.83	€34.58	€56.78
A week November 2026 10 searches · 20 September – 5 October 2026 price these dates	Rental only	€3.71 Toyota Aygo · NIZACARS	€8.11	€28.60
	+ second driver	€5.07	€16.48	€36.14
	+ full cover	€10.62	€15.04	€35.84
	+ driver and full cover	€11.97	€23.82	€44.90
A month (28-30 days) November 2026 10 searches · 20 September – 5 October 2026 price these dates	Rental only	€8.60 Toyota Aygo · NIZACARS	€16.99	€38.64
	+ second driver	€11.66	€17.93	€37.68
	+ full cover	€12.18	€20.86	€44.74
	+ driver and full cover	€15.63	€22.48	€43.54

How customers rate each supplier at Malaga 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 Malaga Airport: common questions

How much does car hire cost at Malaga Airport?

The median week is €296 and the median month €1,429 (77 searches, last 16 October 2026). Prices move daily, so price your own dates for today's totals.

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

Yes, more often than at most airports: 41% of the cars we priced accept a debit card for the deposit (77 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 Malaga Airport?

Typically €500, pre-authorised on the main driver's card and released after you return the car (77 searches, last 16 October 2026). 24% of cars had no deposit or a deposit-free option.

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

Usually: 85% of suppliers here charge for a second driver, typically €70 for the whole rental (77 searches, last 16 October 2026). Second-driver fees →

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

Mostly not. For 59% of the cars we priced, a free shuttle takes you to the desk; for 36% of the cars we priced, the desk is in the terminal (77 searches, last 16 October 2026).

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

Plan for it: 42% of the suppliers we priced shut by 22:00, and none we priced were open 24 hours (77 searches, last 16 October 2026). If your flight lands late, check the desk's hours before you book. Landing late →

Malaga 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.