How do you calculate ADR for an Airbnb?
Divide accommodation revenue by occupied nights for the same property and period. Exclude cleaning fees charged to guests from accommodation revenue so the result measures the nightly accommodation rate. ADR describes the price achieved on sold nights; it does not deduct costs or account for nights left unsold.
Illustrative month: €3,000 accommodation revenue ÷ 20 occupied nights = €150 ADR. Adding €300 in cleaning fees would incorrectly raise this accommodation-only ADR to €165.
ADR is undefined when occupied nights are zero; the calculator dashboard leaves the ratio blank.
Follow the workbook method and instructions →ADR stands for Average Daily Rate. In a short-term rental, it measures the average accommodation revenue generated by each occupied night during a defined period.
It is a pricing metric, not a complete performance score. Its value comes from combining it with availability, costs and profit.
A clear definition of the metric or operating question.
A calculation you can reproduce with your own data.
The limits that prevent the number being misread.
How to calculate ADR
The result means that every sold night produced an average of €120 in accommodation revenue during the period.
€2,400 ÷ 20 nights = €120 ADR.
Do not mix cleaning income into ADR
Use accommodation revenue rather than total revenue including the cleaning fee. Cleaning is charged per stay, so including it can make a property with shorter stays look as if it has stronger pricing simply because it charges cleaning more often.
A high ADR is not always good news
You cannot tell which property works better from ADR alone. Add RevPAR, total revenue and operating profit to understand the balance.
Check how to calculate Airbnb occupancy with blocked nights before comparing the occupancy percentages.
| Property | ADR | Occupancy |
|---|---|---|
| Property A | €180 | 35% |
| Property B | €135 | 75% |
Use ADR to investigate changes
The insight lives in the relationship between metrics, not in chasing an isolated number.
- Has ADR increased versus the equivalent period?
- Did the increase coincide with an excessive occupancy drop?
- Does a lower-ADR property produce more profit per occupied night?
- Are discounts pushing the average rate too far down?
Move from ADR to operating profit
ADR is a revenue metric and includes no costs. A rising ADR can coexist with a falling margin if expenses grow faster.
- ADR
- Occupancy
- RevPAR
- Revenue
- Operating costs
- Operating profit and margin
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Clear answers, without the jargon
What does ADR mean on Airbnb?
It is the average accommodation revenue per occupied night during a period.
Does the cleaning fee belong in ADR?
For a comparable accommodation-rate metric, it is better to calculate ADR using accommodation revenue only.
Is high ADR better than high occupancy?
Neither should be optimised alone. Look for a sustainable combination of price, occupancy and operating profit.
How this guide was prepared
Each example starts with recorded accommodation revenue, completed stays and operating costs. Calculations state their inputs, cleaning income is kept separate where comparability requires it, and no external income benchmark is presented as an expected result.
Hostpartner is an operational analysis tool. It does not calculate VAT, taxes, depreciation, financing or mortgage principal and does not connect to booking platforms, banks or PMS systems.
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