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Nightly price calculator

Estimate a break-even nightly rate and the rate that meets a profit target, using only the costs and fees you enter.

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The result uses only the numbers on this page. It is not a market rate, a comparable listing, or a price a booking platform publishes. Host-fee defaults match the Airbnb fee calculator: 15.5% on the host-only fee and 3% for the host share of the split fee. The guest fee starts at 14.1%, the low end of the 14.1% to 16.5% range, because Airbnb does not publish one typical guest rate. Source: https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/1857, checked on 26 October 2026. Those figures are service fees, not nightly rates. This page does not call Airbnb, and it does not give tax, legal, or pricing advice.

Monthly fixed costs

Example costs are filled in so the math is visible. Replace them with yours. They are not market rates, comparable listings, or a suggested price.

Currency

This changes labels only; it does not convert exchange rates.

Mortgage or rent

The monthly housing payment you want this rate to cover.

Utilities

Power, water, internet, and other monthly utility bills.

Insurance

Software

Channel managers, locks, and other monthly subscriptions.

Other monthly fixed costs

Anything else you pay whether or not the place is booked.

Per-stay costs

These are costs you pay for a turnover. This estimate folds them into the nightly rate. It does not add a separate cleaning fee for the guest.

Cleaning

Laundry

Supplies

Other per-stay costs

Average nights per stay

Used to spread the per-stay costs across nights. A fractional average is fine.

Booked nights

A month in this tool is 365 ÷ 12 nights, about 30.42, the same month length as the break-even calculator. The result uses the method selected here.

Occupancy percentageSelectedBooked nights are 365 ÷ 12 multiplied by this percentage.Booked nights per monthEnter the nights you expect to book. A higher number than a full month is treated as a full month.

Expected occupancy

Your assumption. When a rate can be calculated, the table further down also tries 10 and 20 points around it.

Profit target

Margin is operating profit divided by the host payout. Monthly profit is the amount you want left after the costs above.

Target profit marginSelectedA margin of 100% has no finite nightly rate. Zero margin matches the break-even rate.Target monthly profitThe profit is spread across the booked nights, then added to the cost per night.

Target margin

Entered as a percent of the host payout, after the host fee and your costs.

Fee structure for the main result

The nightly rate depends on the host fee. The guest fee changes what a guest pays on top and does not change the nightly rate. The main result starts on the host-only fee because Airbnb's help page says home hosts are moving to that single fee. The comparison below shows both.

Host-only feeSelectedYou pay one percentage. The guest service fee in this estimate is zero. Airbnb calls this the single fee.Split feeYou pay a host percentage, and the guest pays a separate service fee.

Service fee percentages

Every percentage is editable. Starting figures were checked on 26 October 2026. They are service fees, not nightly rates. Confirm them in your Airbnb account.

Host-only fee

Airbnb says most hosts pay 15.5% under the single fee. Others typically pay 14% to 16%, and listings in Brazil and Mexico pay 16%.

Split fee, host share

Airbnb says most hosts pay 3%. Listings in Brazil and Mexico pay 4%, and some hosts pay more.

Split fee, guest service fee

Airbnb does not publish one typical guest rate. 14.1% is the low end of the stated 14.1% to 16.5% range. This percentage does not change the nightly rate.

Nightly rate for your target · Host-only fee

$250.70

Break-even is $188.03 per night. A guest pays $250.70 per night before any separate cleaning fee or tax.

Uses only the costs, occupancy, target, and fee percentages on this page. It is not a market rate, a comparable listing, or a price a platform publishes. Planning estimate, not financial, tax, legal, or pricing advice.

Break-even / night: $188.03
Cost / booked night: $158.88
Host fee: 15.5%
Payout / booked night: $211.84
Guest pays / night: $250.70
Monthly operating profit: $966.53

What goes into the rate

Host-only fee, with a host fee of 15.5% and a guest fee of 0%. Figures are the exact formula amounts, shown to the nearest hundredth. This page does not round a stay the way the Airbnb fee calculator does.

Monthly fixed costs: $2,200.00
Per-stay costs: $115.00
Booked nights / month: 18.25 nights
Occupancy used: 60%
Stays / month: 6.08 stays
Fixed cost / booked night: $120.55
Per-stay cost / booked night: $38.33
Cost / booked night: $158.88
Monthly operating cost: $2,899.58
Break-even nightly rate: $188.03
Target nightly rate: $250.70
Host payout / booked night: $211.84
Guest pays / night: $250.70
Monthly host payout: $3,866.11
Monthly operating profit: $966.53
Margin on host payout: 25%

Split fee and host-only fee

Both columns use your costs, occupancy, and target. Only the fee percentages change. The guest percentage does not change the nightly rate.

Break-even rate, target rate, guest payment, and monthly profit for the split fee and the host-only fee. The host-only fee column is selected.
Amount	Split feeHost 3% · Guest 14.1%	Host-only feeHost 15.5% · Guest 0%Selected
Break-even nightly rate	$163.80	$188.03
Target nightly rate	$218.39	$250.70
Guest pays per nightBefore a separate cleaning fee or tax	$249.19	$250.70
Monthly operating profit	$966.53	$966.53

Same costs at other occupancy levels

Each row keeps your costs, stay length, profit target, and host-only fee. It changes occupancy by 10 or 20 percentage points, and it drops levels outside 0 to 100 percent. The marked row is the occupancy you entered. These rows are not market occupancy, and the rates are not listing prices.

Break-even and target nightly rates at occupancy levels around the occupancy you entered, using only your costs and selected fee. Not market rates.
Occupancy	Booked nights	Break-even / night	Target / night
40%	12.17	$259.36	$345.81
50%	15.21	$216.56	$288.74
60%Your entry	18.25	$188.03	$250.70
70%	21.29	$167.65	$223.53
80%	24.33	$152.36	$203.15

JavaScript is off, so the cost fields cannot be edited. The method below still describes how a nightly rate is calculated from costs you would enter.

Turnover costs are included in the nightly rate here. A separate guest cleaning fee is not. The cleaning fee calculator builds that fee from labor and supplies, and the Airbnb fee calculator applies cent rounding to one stay. The break-even calculator estimates how long an upfront investment takes to recover at a nightly rate you already have. How to set an Airbnb nightly price from your costs walks through a made-up cost-plus-margin example on this page and in the fee calculator. How to estimate Airbnb ROI and break-even walks through this rate together with the fee, ROI, and break-even calculators. The figures there are an illustrative example.

Method

What the result means

Core formula

target nightly rate = required host payout per booked night ÷ (1 − host fee rate)

Monthly fixed costs add mortgage or rent, utilities, insurance, software, and any other monthly amount you enter. A month is 365 ÷ 12 days, the same month as the break-even calculator. Booked nights above that are treated as a full month.
Per-stay costs add cleaning, laundry, supplies, and other turnover amounts, then divide by the average nights per stay. That amount is added to the fixed cost carried by each booked night.
The host keeps 1 minus the host fee rate of the nightly rate. The break-even nightly rate is the cost per booked night divided by that share. At break-even, operating profit is zero.
For a margin below 100%, the required host payout is the cost per booked night divided by 1 minus the margin. For a monthly profit target, the required payout is the cost per booked night plus that profit divided by booked nights. The target nightly rate divides the required payout by the host share.
The guest fee changes what a guest pays on top of the nightly rate. It does not change either rate. The occupancy rows repeat your costs, stay length, target, and selected fee at 10 and 20 points around the occupancy you entered, inside 0 to 100 percent.

These are planning estimates, not financial, tax, legal, or market advice. Test conservative scenarios and verify important assumptions independently.

Questions

Before you use the result

Does this use market rates or comparable listings?

No. Both rates are calculated from the costs, occupancy, profit target, and fee percentages you enter on this page. The tool does not look up listings, demand, or a platform price. A guest may not book at the result.

What is the difference between the break-even rate and the target rate?

The break-even rate is the nightly rate at which the host payout equals the costs you entered, so operating profit is zero. The target rate is the nightly rate that also hits the margin or monthly profit you entered, after the host fee. A margin of zero, or a monthly profit of zero, makes the two rates the same.

Why do booked nights change the nightly rate?

Monthly fixed costs are divided by the booked nights you entered. Fewer booked nights give each night more of those costs, so both rates rise. Per-stay costs are divided by the average stay length instead. The occupancy table repeats your costs at 10 and 20 percentage points around the occupancy you entered. It is not a set of market occupancy rates.

How does the split fee differ from the host-only fee?

The nightly rate depends on the host fee. Under the split fee, that is the host percentage you enter, and the guest percentage is added on top of what a guest pays. Under the host-only fee, the guest percentage in this estimate is zero and the host percentage is the one you entered for that structure. Starting percentages match the Airbnb fee calculator, from https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/1857, checked on 26 October 2026. This page does not call Airbnb. A specific stay's cent rounding is left to that fee calculator.

Why is a rate missing?

There is no nightly rate when booked nights are zero, when a per-stay cost has an average stay length of zero, or when the host fee is 100% and the payout is zero at every rate. A margin of 100% or more has no target rate, because the payout would have to cover no costs. The break-even rate can still appear in that margin case. Amounts below zero are treated as zero.

Can I use another currency?

Yes. Choose USD, EUR, GBP, CAD, AUD, or DOP, then enter every amount in that currency. The selector changes labels and formatting only. It does not convert exchange rates.

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