Is Airbnb cheaper than a hotel in Berlin?

About the same: in Berlin, Airbnb homes asked a median €96 a night against €95 for hotels on Agoda, 1% more (latest scan 24 October 2026; priced on a typical night: Airbnb homes 93, hotels on Agoda 197). Nights measured on both sides: 70, from 13 November 2026 to 21 January 2027, read on 24 October 2026.

Measured by Bed&Market (bedandmarket.com) from 208 places checked, read 24 October 2026 23:30 UTC.

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Hotels and apartments side by side

On a typical night in Berlin, the middle half of asking prices ran from €75 to €116 for hotels on Agoda and from €82 to €115 for Airbnb homes.

PlacesMedian asking priceLower quarter (p25)Upper quarter (p75)With a price, typical nightNights
Hotels on Agoda€95€75€11619770
Airbnb homes€96€82€1159370
All places pooled€95€78€11628970

Each night's figure is the median (or quarter) of that night's asking prices for one night; each figure here is the median of those nights. The pooled row puts every asking price of a night into one list.

Friday and Saturday nights on each side

Friday and Saturday nights in Berlin against Monday to Thursday: +11% for hotels on Agoda and +10% for Airbnb homes.

PlacesFriday + SaturdayMonday – ThursdayWeekend against Mon–ThuFri + Sat nightsMon–Thu nights
Hotels on Agoda€105€95+11%2040
Airbnb homes€106€96+10%2040

Medians of the nightly medians; Sunday nights sit in neither group.

Month by month

The gap in Berlin was widest in January 2027: €80 for Airbnb homes against €86 for hotels on Agoda, 7% less.

MonthHotels on AgodaAirbnb homesDifferenceNightsLatest scan
October 2026€118€114-3%3124 October 2026
November 2026€106€105-1%3024 October 2026
December 2026€96€98+2%3124 October 2026
January 2027€86€80-7%2124 October 2026

Each month is the median of its nightly medians over the nights read on both sides; the month links to its own page.

On event and holiday nights

On 1 January 2027 in Berlin (New Year's Day), Airbnb homes asked a median €110 against €113 for hotels on Agoda, 2% less.

NightEvent or holidayHotels on AgodaAirbnb homesDifferenceWith a price: hotels / Airbnb
25 December 2026Christmas Day€85€94+11%196 / 91
26 December 2026Second Day of Christmas€87€96+10%197 / 95
1 January 2027New Year's Day€113€110-2%198 / 94

Each event is printed beside the night it fell on; the prices are that night's asking prices and do not say what moved them.

What counts as a hotel and an apartment here

Places with a price on a typical night in Berlin: 289 in all, 197 on Agoda and 93 on Airbnb.

  • Airbnb homes: the listings Airbnb's search showed with a price for one night for 2 guests, whole apartments, B&Bs and private rooms alike.
  • Hotels on Agoda: every place Agoda's search showed with a price for one night for 2 adults: hotels, guesthouses, hostels and the apartments Agoda itself lists.
  • A listing missing from a night's Airbnb search is unknown that night, not sold out.
  • The two sites may count fees and taxes differently; each figure is the price its search showed.

What was measured

Nights measured in Berlin on both sides: 70, from 13 November 2026 to 21 January 2027; each with at least 30 places showing a price on Agoda.

  • Up to 208 places checked per night on Agoda; a place with no price that night (sold out or closed) is counted but carries no price.
  • Prices in EUR, as shown on the day each night was read on Agoda, on 24 October 2026.
  • Asking prices seen while searching for one night: not prices paid, and not a forecast.
  • Airbnb nights read between 23 September 2026 and 24 October 2026.

Source: asking prices for one night, read from public search results on the scan date; not prices paid, and not a forecast. How we measure →

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