Kota Kinabalu, Sabah short-term rental listings & supply

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

Kota Kinabalu, Sabah has 3,770 active short-term rental listings, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com.

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Total active listings

3,770

+2.7% YoY

Kota Kinabalu, Sabah short-term rental listings

Kota Kinabalu has 3,770 active short-term rental listings as of May 2026, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com. Active supply is up 2.7% from May 2025 to May 2026. Here's how the market breaks down:

By property type: 89.4% entire homes, 9.7% private rooms and 1% shared rooms.
By size: 46.2% 1-bedroom, 38.7% 2-bedroom, 11.1% 3-bedroom, 2.5% 4-bedroom, and 1.5% 5+ bedroom.
By channel: 98% Airbnb-only, 2% cross-listed and 0.1% Vrbo-only.
By availability: 73.8% full-time (271–365), 11.5% most of year (181–270), 9% part-time (91–180 nights), and 5.7% seasonal (1–90 nights).
By minimum stay: 87.4% 30+ nights, 10.9% 2 nights, 1% 3 nights, 0.3% 4–6 nights, 0.3% 7–29 nights, and 0.1% 1 night.
By cancellation policy: 52.8% flexible, 35.8% moderate, 10.5% strict, 0.8% super strict, and 0.1% no refund.

Rental demand score

Rental demand79
Seasonality81
Revenue growth64
Regulation76

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Analyst's take

Kota Kinabalu's Rental Demand score: 79 out of 100.

Kota Kinabalu's Rental Demand subscore is 79 out of 100, one of five inputs to its overall Market Score of 81.

Rental Demand combines two inputs: annual occupancy (47% in Kota Kinabalu) and year-over-year listing growth (active supply up 2.7% 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 →