Balearic Islands yacht & catamaran charter: prices, season and licence

• Mallorca: €4,170 to €9,602 per week (cheapest month January, most expensive July) (12 Knots, checked 27 Oct 2026)
• Ibiza: €6,439 to €11,687 per week (cheapest month February, most expensive July) (12 Knots, checked 27 Oct 2026)
• Catamarans listed: 109 in Mallorca, 72 in Ibiza on 12 Knots (bareboat or crewed)

Source: 12 Knots: Catamaran charter in Mallorca; 12 Knots: Catamaran charter in Ibiza, checked 27 Oct 2026. 12 Knots calculates each monthly figure from all qualifying weekly price records (74 unique boats in Mallorca, 52 unique boats in Ibiza) for departures in the current and following calendar year. Asking prices before discounts and extras.

Catamarans are our flagship, and the only type with a monthly public price series. For the others we show what we can verify and say so when we can't.

• Catamaran (bareboat or crewed): see the monthly table above.
• Sailing yacht / monohull: We have not yet found a public, dated monohull average for the Balearic Islands that we can verify, so we don't show one. Monohulls are generally cheaper than catamarans of similar length; see catamaran vs monohull.
• Motor yacht: we have no verified price average for the Balearic Islands. What we can source is the cost structure: Helm puts the APA at around 35–40% of the charter fee for motor yachts (Helm, checked 27 Oct 2026). See catamaran vs monohull vs motor yacht.
• Gulet: we have no verified price average for the Balearic Islands. Ask operators for a fully inclusive quote.
• Skippered: add a skipper at roughly €150–300 per day depending on destination (The Globe Sailor, checked 28 Oct 2026), i.e. about €1,050–€2,100 for 7 days, plus the skipper's meals. See bareboat vs skippered.
• Crewed (skipper + cook/host): usually quoted with an Advance Provisioning Allowance (APA) of around 25–35% of the charter fee for sailing yachts and catamarans (Helm, checked 27 Oct 2026), and a customary crew gratuity of 10–20% (Worth Avenue Yachts, checked 27 Oct 2026).

Both islands peak in July and August. 12 Knots publishes Mallorca and Ibiza separately (no combined Balearics figure), so we show both. Monthly figures are 12 Knots' published "average weekly cost" for catamarans in Mallorca and Ibiza. They mix bareboat and crewed listings and all boat sizes, and they are asking prices, not final transaction prices.

Cheapest months to go: January, February, March. Compare every destination month by month: where to sail by month.

The RYA lists a qualification as required in Spain and recommends the ICC. It also notes that the basis for accepting UK certificates on Spanish-flagged pleasure boats ended with 2020 and that "revised legislation has come into force" (RYA, checked 28 Oct 2026). Check with your operator which certificates they accept.

Full comparison: sailing licence requirements by country.

The Globe Sailor's September 2026 figures for a catamaran in the Balearic Islands (The Globe Sailor, checked 28 Oct 2026):

The source's table does not state a period for every column: fuel per week and port fee per night are our reading, based on the article text. Plug these into the cost calculator to get a full weekly budget.