In Petaling Jaya, Default, the average short-term rental earns $2.6K per year and books at a $46 average daily rate.
The average active short-term rental in Petaling Jaya earns $2.6K a year, booking at an average daily rate of $46 per night. Both figures are trailing-twelve-month averages across every active Petaling Jaya listing on Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com.
From May 2025 to May 2026, Petaling Jaya short-term rental revenue is up 207.4% and the average daily rate is down 31.2%.
Petaling Jaya's Revenue Growth subscore is 64 out of 100, one of five inputs to its overall Market Score of 85.
Revenue Growth is the year-over-year change in RevPAR (revenue per available rental), counting only properties booked in both periods so new and delisted listings can't skew it. Petaling Jaya's RevPAR is down 66.8% from May 2025 to May 2026.
It is benchmarked against other short-term rental markets in the same country with at least 15 active listings.
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The average active Petaling Jaya short-term rental earns $2.6K a year.
Petaling Jaya's market-wide average daily rate is $46 per booked night.
Petaling Jaya's average daily rate is down 31.2% from May 2025 to May 2026, now $46 per booked night.
Petaling Jaya short-term rental revenue is up 207.4% from May 2025 to May 2026, averaging $2.6K per active listing.
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