Is Airbnb cheaper than a hotel in Valletta?

Hotels and apartments side by side

On a typical night in Valletta, the middle half of asking prices ran from €113 to €220 for hotels on Agoda and from €55 to €111 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 Valletta against Monday to Thursday: +1% 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 Valletta was widest in November 2026: €75 for Airbnb homes against €162 for hotels on Agoda, 54% 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 Valletta (New Year's Day), Airbnb homes asked a median €96 against €203 for hotels on Agoda, 53% 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 Valletta: 283 in all, 196 on Agoda and 90 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 Valletta 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 207 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.