Colombo, Default short-term rental listings & supply

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Colombo, Default has 1,487 active short-term rental listings, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com.

Total active listings
1,487
+11.0% YoY
Most popular size
2BR
38.7% of all active listings
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Colombo, Default short-term rental listings

Colombo has 1,487 active short-term rental listings as of June 2026, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com. Active supply is up 11.0% from June 2025 to June 2026. Here's how the market breaks down:

  • By property type: 77.4% entire homes, 21.5% private rooms and 1.1% shared rooms.
  • By size: 38.7% 2-bedroom, 34.9% 1-bedroom, 22.2% 3-bedroom, 2.6% 4-bedroom, and 1.5% 5+ bedroom.
  • By channel: 91.1% Airbnb-only, 7.9% cross-listed and 1% Vrbo-only.
  • By availability: 66% full-time (271–365), 13.2% most of year (181–270), 12.6% part-time (91–180 nights), and 8.2% seasonal (1–90 nights).
  • By minimum stay: 53.8% 30+ nights, 26.6% 2 nights, 11.1% 3 nights, 4.4% 4–6 nights, 3.4% 7–29 nights, and 0.6% 1 night.
  • By cancellation policy: 64.8% flexible, 33.5% moderate and 1.7% strict.
Analyst's take

Colombo's Rental Demand score: 66 out of 100.

Colombo's Rental Demand subscore is 66 out of 100, one of five inputs to its overall Market Score of 99.

Rental Demand combines two inputs: annual occupancy (54% in Colombo) and year-over-year listing growth (active supply up 11.0% from June 2025 to June 2026).

It is benchmarked against other short-term rental markets in the same country with at least 15 active listings.

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Key definitions

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Active listings
Active listings are the short-term rentals on Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com that were available or booked in the trailing 12 months. AirDNA de-duplicates the same home across channels, and the count refreshes monthly.How AirDNA counts active listings
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Active listings over timeIllustrative preview

How Colombo's active short-term rental supply has trended over the past year.

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Listing mix

Four ways to slice Colombo's 1,487 listings

Property type

Entire home leads at 77.4%

  • Entire home77.4%
  • Private room21.5%
  • Shared room1.1%

Bedrooms

2BR leads at 38.7%

  • 1BR34.9%
  • 2BR38.7%
  • 3BR22.2%
  • 4BR2.6%
  • 5BR+1.5%

Channel

Airbnb only leads at 91.1%

  • Airbnb only91.1%
  • Vrbo only1%
  • Multi-platform7.9%

Availability

Full-time (271–365) leads at 66%

  • Seasonal (1–90 nights)8.2%
  • Part-time (91–180 nights)12.6%
  • Most of year (181–270)13.2%
  • Full-time (271–365)66%

Listings by minimum stay

Share of Colombo active supply by host-set minimum stay

1 night
0.6%
2 nights
26.6%
3 nights
11.1%
4–6 nights
4.4%
7–29 nights
3.4%
30+ nights
53.8%

Listings by cancellation policy

Share of Colombo active supply by host cancellation policy

Flexible
64.8%
Moderate
33.5%
Strict
1.7%

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