How much does an Airbnb cost per night in Seattle, WA, and how full is it? $272 a night (middle half $207 to $371), 73.3% of December open, 40.3% estimated occupancy
Seattle lost more bookable entire homes than most of the 34 US regions in UpRev's September 2026 benchmark: they fell from 5,731 in the June snapshot to 5,267 in September (-8.1%). Its median near-term quote, $272 a night, sits exactly at the 34-region median.
By UpRev, from Inside Airbnb's snapshot of 20 September 2026, collected 21-22 September 2026: 7,657 listings.
Data as of 20 September 2026, collected 21-22 September 2026. Part of UpRev's Airbnb Market Data, a quarterly read of Inside Airbnb's public data.
Airbnb Market Data / Seattle, WA Airbnb Market Data
What stands out in Seattle?
Seattle's largest departure from the 34-region median is the change in supply: its bookable entire homes fell 8.1% between Inside Airbnb's June and September snapshots, the 4th largest fall of the 34 regions, against a median change of -2.3%. Two snapshots are not a trend.
- Seattle had the highest estimated occupancy of the 34 regions since 1 July, 40.3% (median 29.3%), and 86.7% of its bookable homes were reviewed in the last 12 months.
- Its studios had the highest estimated occupancy of Seattle's bedroom classes, 45.9%.
- Between the June and September snapshots Seattle's median near-term quote went from $354 to $272 (-23.2%), across a change of season.
What is the listed nightly price of an Airbnb in Seattle?
The listed nightly price is the asking price of a near-term stay at a bookable entire home, net of host discounts and before taxes and fees: what a guest was quoted, not what a guest paid.
UpRev's count puts the median near-term quoted price of a bookable entire home at $272 a night; the middle half of quotes ran from $207 to $371, and the top tenth started at $503. By size, the median runs from $199 for studios to $483 for homes with 4 or more bedrooms. 1-bedroom homes are the largest group, 36.3% of its 5,267 bookable homes, and 23.5% of its near-term quotes carried a host discount.
| Bedrooms (of 5,267 homes) | Bookable homes | Share of homes | Homes with a near-term quote | Quotes with a discount | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile | 90th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | 421 | 8.0% | 236 | 17.4% | $171 | $199 | $239 | $284 |
| 1 | 1,913 | 36.3% | 994 | 16.6% | $171 | $211 | $262 | $318 |
| 2 | 1,566 | 29.7% | 966 | 23.9% | $230 | $289 | $350 | $434 |
| 3 | 845 | 16.0% | 576 | 33.3% | $287 | $361 | $456 | $550 |
| 4+ | 510 | 9.7% | 343 | 30.3% | $373 | $483 | $665 | $927 |
| All | 5,267 | 100.0% | 3,121 | 23.5% | $207 | $272 | $371 | $503 |
5,267 bookable entire homes, 3,121 with a near-term quote; the percentiles are of that quote's nightly price, net of host discounts and before the quote's tax and fee lines; the All row also counts 12 homes with no bedroom count, fewer than 10 of them with a near-term quote; snapshot of 20 September 2026, collected 21-22 September 2026.
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.
How many nights are still open to book in Seattle?
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.
As Inside Airbnb collected it on 21-22 September 2026, UpRev counts 54.5% of October nights at its bookable homes still open to book, 69.6% of November nights and 73.3% of December nights; a night that is not open may be booked or blocked by the host, and the file does not say which. For December, studios had the most nights open (77.5%) and homes with 4 or more bedrooms the fewest (72.6%).
| Bedrooms (of 5,267 homes) | October nights open | November nights open | December nights open |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | 57.6% | 73.9% | 77.5% |
| 1 | 53.1% | 69.9% | 73.2% |
| 2 | 54.9% | 69.3% | 72.9% |
| 3 | 55.3% | 69.7% | 72.8% |
| 4+ | 54.5% | 65.2% | 72.6% |
| All | 54.5% | 69.6% | 73.3% |
Share of calendar nights open to book at the 5,267 bookable homes, by month ahead, as collected; snapshot of 20 September 2026, collected 21-22 September 2026.
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.
What is the estimated occupancy of an Airbnb in Seattle?
Estimated occupancy is Inside Airbnb's own review-based model, run by UpRev with each region's average stay. It is an estimate built from reviews, not a count of bookings, and it reads low because a review follows check-out.
Inside Airbnb's review-based model, run by UpRev with the 3-night average stay Inside Airbnb sets for the region, gives its bookable homes an estimated occupancy of 40.3% on average over the 81 nights from 1 July to 19 September 2026; the median home sat at 44.4%, 31.9% of homes reached the model's 70% cap, and because reviews follow check-out the figure reads low. By size, studios had the highest estimated occupancy (45.9%) and homes with 4 or more bedrooms the lowest (32.4%).
| Bedrooms (of 5,267 homes) | Bookable homes | Reviews in the window | Estimated occupancy, mean | Estimated occupancy, median | Homes at the 70% cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | 421 | 3,365 | 45.9% | 59.3% | 46.3% |
| 1 | 1,913 | 12,594 | 41.3% | 51.9% | 36.1% |
| 2 | 1,566 | 9,917 | 41.3% | 44.4% | 30.5% |
| 3 | 845 | 4,976 | 38.3% | 44.4% | 26.0% |
| 4+ | 510 | 2,422 | 32.4% | 29.6% | 18.0% |
| All | 5,267 | 33,368 | 40.3% | 44.4% | 31.9% |
Estimated occupancy of the 5,267 bookable homes, 1 July to 19 September 2026 (81 nights): each review in the window counts as two stays of 3 nights, or of the listing's minimum stay if longer, capped at 70%; an estimate, not counted bookings; snapshot of 20 September 2026, collected 21-22 September 2026.
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.
Who runs Seattle's short-term rentals, and on what terms?
Inside Airbnb's snapshot holds 7,657 listings, 81.2% of them entire homes, and UpRev counts 5,267 of those as bookable. 53.7% of these bookable homes are run by hosts with two or more listings in the region; the median minimum stay is 2 nights, 18.3% ask for a minimum stay of 30 nights or more, and 86.7% were reviewed in the last 12 months.
| Snapshot of 20 September 2026 | All listings | Entire homes | Entire-home share | Bookable entire homes | Run by hosts with 2+ listings | Median minimum stay (nights) | Minimum stay of 30 nights or more | Reviewed in the last 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| collected 21-22 September 2026 | 7,657 | 6,221 | 81.2% | 5,267 | 53.7% | 2 | 18.3% | 86.7% |
All 7,657 listings in the snapshot; the shares after the bookable count are of the 5,267 bookable homes, and a host's listing count is the region's own; snapshot of 20 September 2026, collected 21-22 September 2026.
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.
How does Seattle compare with the 34 short-term rental (STR) markets in the data?
UpRev's benchmark sets the region's 5,267 bookable homes beside the median of the 34 US regions Inside Airbnb covers, each read from its own snapshot of 14-30 September 2026; the regions' calendars were read on different days, so the shares of nights open compare calendars at different distances from each month.
| Measure (of 5,267 homes) | Value | Homes | Median of the regions | Lowest region | Highest region | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median near-term quoted nightly price | $272 | 3,121 | $272 | $185 | $663 | 34 |
| Quotes with a host discount | 23.5% | 3,121 | 24.0% | 14.0% | 40.0% | 34 |
| October nights open | 54.5% | 5,267 | 51.2% | 29.7% | 69.4% | 34 |
| December nights open | 73.3% | 5,267 | 74.1% | 55.5% | 82.3% | 34 |
| Estimated occupancy since 1 July, mean | 40.3% | 5,267 | 29.3% | 15.0% | 40.3% | 34 |
| Studios, share of bookable homes | 8.0% | 5,267 | 5.3% | 1.7% | 17.8% | 31 |
| Homes with 4+ bedrooms, share | 9.7% | 5,267 | 12.9% | 3.7% | 29.9% | 34 |
| Entire homes, share of all listings | 81.2% | 7,657 | 77.4% | 50.7% | 91.0% | 34 |
| Run by hosts with 2+ listings | 53.7% | 5,267 | 62.0% | 41.9% | 83.2% | 34 |
| Minimum stay of 30 nights or more | 18.3% | 5,267 | 15.7% | 3.6% | 85.9% | 34 |
| Median minimum stay (nights) | 2 | 5,267 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 34 |
| Change in bookable homes since June | -8.1% | 5,731 | -2.3% | -12.4% | 3.7% | 34 |
The region's value against the median, lowest and highest of the regions, each region from its latest snapshot (14-30 September 2026); Homes: the 5,267 bookable homes, or for the price and discount rows the 3,121 with a near-term quote, or for the entire-home share all listings, or for the change in bookable homes the June count; Regions counts the regions with a value; snapshot of 20 September 2026, collected 21-22 September 2026.
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.
What changed in Seattle since the snapshot before?
Between Inside Airbnb's snapshots of 15 June 2026 and 20 September 2026, UpRev counts bookable entire homes going from 5,731 to 5,267 (-8.1%) and the median near-term quoted price from $354 to $272 (-$82, -23.2%); the June quotes were for stays checking in during June, so the price change crosses seasons: two snapshots, not a trend; the June file leaves most studios without a bedroom count, so June has no studio figure.
| Measure | June snapshot (5,731 homes) | September snapshot (5,267 homes) | Change | Change, relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median near-term quoted nightly price (3,121 quotes in September) | $354 | $272 | -$82 | -23.2% |
| Bookable entire homes | 5,731 | 5,267 | -464 | -8.1% |
| Run by hosts with 2+ listings | 52.5% | 53.7% | 1.2 pts | - |
| Median minimum stay (nights, 5,267 homes in September) | 2 | 2 | 0 | - |
| Minimum stay of 30 nights or more | 17.6% | 18.3% | 0.6 pts | - |
| Estimated occupancy, mean | 27.0% | 40.3% | 13.3 pts | - |
The June snapshot of 15 June 2026 (collected 15 June to 6 July 2026, 5,731 bookable homes, estimated occupancy window 1 April to 14 June 2026) against the September one; changes in shares are from the exact values: see the method page; snapshot of 20 September 2026, collected 21-22 September 2026.
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.
How does UpRev count Seattle?
Bookable entire homes, 5,267 of them, from Inside Airbnb's snapshot of 20 September 2026, collected 21-22 September 2026. Estimated occupancy uses the 3-night average stay Inside Airbnb sets for the region, with which the model reproduces Inside Airbnb's own per-listing estimate on 7,657 of 7,657 listings in this snapshot and 7,769 of 7,769 in its June snapshot of 15 June 2026; every bedroom class has the 30 near-term quotes a price percentile needs, of 3,121 in all. How we count: see the method page.
Can I download the data?
Every table on this page comes from these files, one row per snapshot, bedroom class and measure, each row carrying the source line. They are free to reuse under the same licence, with that credit line. The files hold every snapshot from 15 June 2026 to 20 September 2026.
- availability.csv: nights open to book, by month ahead and bedrooms
- estimated_occupancy.csv: estimated occupancy, by bedrooms
- prices.csv: listed nightly price percentiles and host discounts, by bedrooms
- qoq.csv: the change between snapshots, measure by measure
- supply.csv: listings, entire homes, hosts and minimum stays
Source and licence
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.