Which US city has the most Airbnb nights still open to book? Columbus, OH at 82.3%, against 74.1% in the median of 34 US markets
UpRev ranks 34 US short-term rental markets by share of December nights still open to book from Inside Airbnb's public September 2026 snapshots: Columbus, OH is highest at 82.3% and Hawaii lowest at 55.5%, against 74.1% in the median market.
By UpRev. Data as of September 2026: Inside Airbnb's latest snapshots of the 34 US regions it covers, dated 14-30 September 2026, each compared with the region's June 2026 snapshot.
The benchmark is quarterly. The next issue, from the December 2026 snapshots, follows in February 2027.
Airbnb Market Data / Airbnb Market Comparison / Airbnb Open Nights by City, September 2026
How do the short-term rental (STR) markets rank on share of December nights still open to book?
| Market | December nights open | Bookable entire homes | Snapshot |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus, OH | 82.3% | 2,161 | 22 September 2026 |
| Dallas, TX | 82.1% | 5,151 | 19 September 2026 |
| Fort Worth, TX | 80.0% | 1,663 | 17 September 2026 |
| Chicago, IL | 79.6% | 5,740 | 19 September 2026 |
| Washington, D.C. | 79.3% | 4,518 | 19 September 2026 |
| Albany, NY | 78.8% | 332 | 14 September 2026 |
| Boston, MA | 78.8% | 2,391 | 19 September 2026 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 77.9% | 27,174 | 14 September 2026 |
| Rochester, NY | 77.9% | 661 | 21 September 2026 |
| Nashville, TN | 77.7% | 8,542 | 19 September 2026 |
| Twin Cities, MN | 76.9% | 3,781 | 20 September 2026 |
| Cambridge, MA | 76.0% | 528 | 23 September 2026 |
| New Orleans, LA | 75.9% | 4,901 | 16 September 2026 |
| Austin, TX | 75.6% | 8,394 | 17 September 2026 |
| Salem, OR | 74.6% | 223 | 21 September 2026 |
| Broward County, FL | 74.3% | 13,798 | 22 September 2026 |
| Las Vegas (Clark County, NV) | 74.1% | 12,429 | 20 September 2026 |
| Portland, OR | 74.0% | 2,931 | 14 September 2026 |
| Santa Cruz County, CA | 73.9% | 1,322 | 28 September 2026 |
| Asheville, NC | 73.8% | 2,308 | 19 September 2026 |
| Newark, NJ | 73.6% | 910 | 28 September 2026 |
| Santa Clara County, CA | 73.3% | 2,934 | 21 September 2026 |
| Seattle, WA | 73.3% | 5,267 | 20 September 2026 |
| San Mateo County, CA | 72.3% | 1,829 | 21 September 2026 |
| New York City, NY | 71.6% | 10,111 | 14 September 2026 |
| San Diego, CA | 71.6% | 9,764 | 20 September 2026 |
| Denver, CO | 70.4% | 3,624 | 25 September 2026 |
| Bozeman, MT | 69.7% | 443 | 16 September 2026 |
| Jersey City, NJ | 69.5% | 1,438 | 21 September 2026 |
| Oakland, CA | 69.1% | 1,340 | 20 September 2026 |
| Pacific Grove, CA | 69.0% | 170 | 30 September 2026 |
| Rhode Island | 61.4% | 3,999 | 28 September 2026 |
| San Francisco, CA | 59.6% | 3,231 | 14 September 2026 |
| Hawaii | 55.5% | 31,117 | 17 September 2026 |
| Median market | 74.1% | - | - |
The 34 markets, highest first, each from its own snapshot; the median market is the median of the markets' printed values, as the method page sets out.
Source: Inside Airbnb (https://insideairbnb.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Aggregated and summarised by UpRev; the figures are UpRev's, not Inside Airbnb's.
The five highest: Columbus, OH (82.3%), Dallas, TX (82.1%), Fort Worth, TX (80.0%), Chicago, IL (79.6%) and Washington, D.C. (79.3%). The five lowest: Hawaii (55.5%), San Francisco, CA (59.6%), Rhode Island (61.4%), Pacific Grove, CA (69.0%) and Oakland, CA (69.1%).
What does the figure count?
Open nights are the calendar nights a host still offers to book, as Inside Airbnb collected them. A night that is not open may be booked or blocked by the host, and the calendar does not say which, so a low share open is not proof of demand on its own.
Nights open: the calendar's open-to-book flag for each night ahead, as collected. A night that is not open may be booked or blocked by the host.
How should the ranking be read?
Read the ranking as a snapshot of calendars months ahead of the stay. A market far from December when it was collected shows more nights open simply because less time had passed, so the collection days matter as much as the share.
What does the ranking not say?
It does not separate booked nights from nights a host blocked, and it is not a measure of demand on its own: a host who closes a calendar lowers the share open as surely as a guest who books it.
Which markets are left out of a cell?
Floors: every figure of a cell over fewer than 10 homes is left blank, its counts included. A price percentile needs at least 30 homes with a near-term quote; a smaller class shows "too few".
Why do the collection days matter?
Inside Airbnb collects each region on its own days, so the regions' calendars were read at different distances from each month ahead, and a gap in open nights between two regions partly reflects the days each was collected. Every row carries its own snapshot date, and the method page sets out the rest.
What can this data not show?
- Prices by month ahead: the calendar files carry no prices, only one quote per listing.
- Year-on-year change: the earliest snapshot Inside Airbnb offers free for any of the regions is from December 2025.
- Booked against blocked nights: the calendar does not separate them.
- Paid rates or revenue: the prices are quoted rates, and this benchmark makes no revenue estimate.
- Earlier quarters: each region is compared with its June 2026 snapshot only.
- Causes: the figures describe listings, not the rules, events or seasons behind them.