Airbnb Occupancy Rate Calculator
Work out true occupancy, ADR and RevPAN for a short-term rental — including blocked nights.
Occupancy vs nights listed
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Occupancy vs whole calendar
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ADR (per booked night)
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RevPAN (per available night)
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Annualised revenue at this rate
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Updates as you type. Nothing is sent anywhere — the maths runs in your browser.
Formula
Occupancy = Nights booked ÷ Nights available × 100
RevPAN = Total revenue ÷ Nights available
How to read it
Occupancy looks like the simplest number in short-term rental and is the one most often quoted wrongly. The platforms report it against nights you made available, so blocking a fortnight for your own use makes your occupancy go up. That flatters the listing and tells you nothing about whether the property is earning. This calculates it both ways so you can see the gap.
- Nights available means nights the listing was bookable. Blocking dates removes them from the denominator, which is why platform-reported occupancy always reads higher than calendar occupancy.
- Compare against calendar occupancy when you are judging the asset, and against listed occupancy when you are judging the pricing.
- A 70% occupancy at a weak nightly rate can earn less than 50% at a strong one — RevPAN is the number that settles it, because it moves with both.
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Frequently asked
+What is a good Airbnb occupancy rate?
There is no single figure, and any source quoting one is guessing. Occupancy is driven by market, season, property type and minimum-stay settings — a ski chalet at 45% annual occupancy can out-earn a city studio at 80%. Judge it against your own previous year and against comparable listings in your market, not an industry average.
+Does Airbnb count blocked nights in occupancy?
No. Airbnb reports occupancy against nights your calendar was open for booking, so blocking dates raises the percentage without earning anything. Use calendar occupancy — booked nights divided by every night in the period — when you want to know how the asset actually performed.
+Is occupancy or nightly rate more important?
Neither on its own. Chasing occupancy by cutting rate adds cleaning, laundry, utilities and wear for every extra stay, so revenue can rise while profit falls. RevPAN combines both into one figure and is the better target.