How do hotel prices in Penang change by month?

Median asking price, month by month

Across the 3 months measured in Penang, the monthly median asking price runs from $66 to $86 a night, over 91 measured nights.

• Each month shows what places asked on the days in its Read column; a month already past was read before its nights, so months read at different times are compared as read.

A month's figure is the median of its nightly medians, and a night's the median asking price for one night. A month is listed once it has at least 15 measured nights, each with at least 30 places showing a price.

Cheapest to priciest month

The median asking price in Penang is $86 a night in the priciest month (December 2026) against $66 in the cheapest (November 2026): a gap of $20, or +31%.

Friday and Saturday against Monday to Thursday, by month

Across the 3 months measured in Penang with at least 3 nights on each side, Friday and Saturday nights asked from +3% to +19% against Monday to Thursday.

Each side is the median of its nightly medians; Sunday nights sit in neither group. A month with fewer than 3 nights on either side is left out.

Hotels against B&Bs, guesthouses and apartments, by month

Across the 3 months measured in Penang with hotels and homes both read, the whole market asked a median from $60 to $72 a night.

Medians per night. The whole market pools every price both halves showed that night; a night counts only when both were read, and a month only with enough such nights.

Places with no price, by month

In each of the 3 months measured in Penang, the median night had 6% of checked places showing no price (sold out or closed).

Counted place by place: a checked place with no price that night is sold out or closed. A month already past shows what had no price when it was read.

Event nights, by month

Months with published events in Penang: 1 of the 3 measured (events in all: 1); the highest night against comparable nights was 25 December 2026 (Christmas Day), +17%.

Each percentage compares that night's median with measured nights of the same kind (weekday or weekend) within a week either side. It describes the night; it does not say the event moved the price.

What was measured

Nights measured in Penang: 91 in 3 months, from 1 November 2026 to 31 January 2027; each with at least 30 places showing a price.

• Up to 208 places checked per night; a place with no price that night (sold out or closed) is counted but carries no price.
• Prices in USD, as shown on the day each night was read, between 26 October 2026 and 7 November 2026.
• A month is listed once it has at least 15 measured nights; nights priced in another currency are left out.
• Asking prices seen while searching for one night: not prices paid, and not a forecast.