Riyadh, Default short-term rental listings & supply

Name: Riyadh, Default short-term rental supply data
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Updated October 6, 2026By The AirDNA Data Team

Riyadh, Default has 10,019 active short-term rental listings, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com.

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Total active listings

10,019

-58.5% YoY

Riyadh, Default short-term rental listings

Riyadh has 10,019 active short-term rental listings as of September 2026, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com. Active supply is down 58.5% from September 2025 to September 2026. Here's how the market breaks down:

By property type: 98.8% entire homes, 1.2% private rooms.
By size: 75.7% 1-bedroom, 14.6% 2-bedroom, 8.7% 3-bedroom, 0.8% 4-bedroom, and 0.2% 5+ bedroom.
By channel: 99% Airbnb-only, 1% cross-listed and 0.1% Vrbo-only.
By availability: 67.9% full-time (271–365), 13.1% most of year (181–270), 12.1% part-time (91–180 nights), and 6.9% seasonal (1–90 nights).
By minimum stay: 91.7% 30+ nights, 4.8% 2 nights, 1.4% 7–29 nights, 0.9% 3 nights, 0.7% 4–6 nights, and 0.6% 1 night.
By cancellation policy: 81.9% flexible, 16.8% moderate, 1.3% strict, and 0.1% no refund.

Rental demand score

Rental demand49
Seasonality94
Revenue growth74
Regulation66

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Analyst's take

Riyadh's Rental Demand score: 49 out of 100.

Riyadh's Rental Demand subscore is 49 out of 100, one of five inputs to its overall Market Score of 77.

Rental Demand combines two inputs: annual occupancy (42% in Riyadh) and year-over-year listing growth (active supply down 58.5% from September 2025 to September 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 →