Is Airbnb cheaper than a hotel in Ponta Delgada?

Hotels and apartments side by side

On a typical night in Ponta Delgada, the middle half of asking prices ran from €70 to €148 for hotels on Agoda and from €58 to €112 for Airbnb homes.

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 Ponta Delgada against Monday to Thursday: -2% for hotels on Agoda and +1% for Airbnb homes.

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

Month by month

The gap in Ponta Delgada was widest in January 2027: €83 for Airbnb homes against €114 for hotels on Agoda, 27% less.

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 Ponta Delgada (New Year's Day), Airbnb homes asked a median €105 against €140 for hotels on Agoda, 25% less.

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 Ponta Delgada: 282 in all, 191 on Agoda and 92 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 Ponta Delgada on both sides: 71, from 13 November 2026 to 22 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 25 October 2026.
• Asking prices seen while searching for one night: not prices paid, and not a forecast.
• Airbnb nights read on 25 October 2026.