Kota Bharu, Kelantan short-term rental listings & supply

Name: Kota Bharu, Kelantan short-term rental supply data
Creator: AirDNA
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Updated June 9, 2026By The AirDNA Data Team

Kota Bharu, Kelantan has 1,317 active short-term rental listings, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com.

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Total active listings

1,317

+24.4% YoY

Kota Bharu, Kelantan short-term rental listings

Kota Bharu has 1,317 active short-term rental listings as of May 2026, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com. Active supply is up 24.4% from May 2025 to May 2026. Here's how the market breaks down:

By property type: 83.8% entire homes, 16.1% private rooms and 0.2% shared rooms.
By size: 38.2% 1-bedroom, 31.2% 3-bedroom, 16.2% 2-bedroom, 10.9% 4-bedroom, and 3.5% 5+ bedroom.
By channel: 97.2% Airbnb-only, 2.5% cross-listed and 0.3% Vrbo-only.
By availability: 70.8% full-time (271–365), 10.8% most of year (181–270), 10.7% part-time (91–180 nights), and 7.7% seasonal (1–90 nights).
By minimum stay: 93.2% 30+ nights, 5.4% 2 nights, 0.6% 7–29 nights, 0.5% 3 nights, 0.2% 1 night, and 0.1% 4–6 nights.
By cancellation policy: 73.7% flexible, 23.1% moderate and 3.2% strict.

Rental demand score

Rental demand60
Seasonality95
Revenue growth60
Regulation65

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Analyst's take

Kota Bharu's Rental Demand score: 60 out of 100.

Kota Bharu's Rental Demand subscore is 60 out of 100, one of five inputs to its overall Market Score of 56.

Rental Demand combines two inputs: annual occupancy (32% in Kota Bharu) and year-over-year listing growth (active supply up 24.4% 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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Key definitions

How AirDNA defines these metrics

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 →