Are apartments cheaper than hotels in Karlsruhe?

Yes: in Karlsruhe, apartments and homes on Agoda asked a median €93 a night against €99 for hotels on Agoda, 6% less (latest scan 7 November 2026; priced on a typical night: apartments and homes on Agoda 78, hotels on Agoda 78). Nights measured on both sides: 84, from 13 November 2026 to 4 February 2027, read on 7 November 2026.

Measured by Bed&Market (bedandmarket.com) from 200 places checked, read 7 November 2026 20:53 UTC.

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Hotels and apartments side by side

On a typical night in Karlsruhe, the middle half of asking prices ran from €77 to €124 for hotels on Agoda and from €58 to €153 for apartments and homes on Agoda.

PlacesMedian asking priceLower quarter (p25)Upper quarter (p75)With a price, typical nightNights
Hotels on Agoda€99€77€1247884
Apartments and homes on Agoda€93€58€1537884
All places pooled€98€64€13615784

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 Karlsruhe against Monday to Thursday: -3% for hotels on Agoda and -9% for apartments and homes on Agoda.

PlacesFriday + SaturdayMonday – ThursdayWeekend against Mon–ThuFri + Sat nightsMon–Thu nights
Hotels on Agoda€97€101-3%2448
Apartments and homes on Agoda€90€99-9%2448

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

Month by month

The gap in Karlsruhe was widest in December 2026: €79 for apartments and homes on Agoda against €97 for hotels on Agoda, 18% less.

MonthHotels on AgodaApartments and homes on AgodaDifferenceNightsLatest scan
November 2026€102€99-3%247 November 2026
December 2026€97€79-18%317 November 2026
January 2027€99€96-3%317 November 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 Karlsruhe (New Year's Day), apartments and homes on Agoda asked a median €86 against €93 for hotels on Agoda, 8% less.

NightEvent or holidayHotels on AgodaApartments and homes on AgodaDifferenceWith a price: hotels / apartments
25 December 2026Christmas Day€87€76-13%73 / 70
26 December 2026Second Day of Christmas€90€84-7%74 / 69
1 January 2027New Year's Day€93€86-8%59 / 72

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 Agoda on a typical night in Karlsruhe: 157 in all, 78 of them hotels and 78 apartments and homes.

  • Apartments and homes on Agoda: the places Agoda lists as not a hotel (apartments, B&Bs, holiday lets and private rooms), priced in the same search as its hotels, one night for 2 adults.
  • Hotels on Agoda: the places Agoda files as a hotel; Agoda files many guesthouses, hostels and aparthotels there too, so the apartment count is a floor.
  • A place Agoda gives no kind for is in the pooled row only.
  • Both sides come from the same Agoda search on the same night.

What was measured

Nights measured in Karlsruhe on both sides: 84, from 13 November 2026 to 4 February 2027; each with at least 30 places showing a price on Agoda.

  • Up to 200 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 7 November 2026.
  • Asking prices seen while searching for one night: not prices paid, and not a forecast.

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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