Cardiff By The Sea, California short-term rental revenue & daily rates

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In Cardiff By The Sea, California, the average short-term rental earns $84.8K per year and books at a $416 average daily rate.

Annual revenue
$84.8K
+42.5% YoY
Average daily rate
$416
-23.9% YoY
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Cardiff By The Sea, California short-term rental revenue and daily rates

The average active short-term rental in Cardiff By The Sea earns $84.8K a year, booking at an average daily rate of $416 per night. Both figures are trailing-twelve-month averages across every active Cardiff By The Sea listing on Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com.

From August 2025 to August 2026, Cardiff By The Sea short-term rental revenue is up 42.5% and the average daily rate is down 23.9%.

Analyst's take

Cardiff By The Sea's Revenue Growth score: 77 out of 100.

Cardiff By The Sea's Revenue Growth subscore is 77 out of 100, one of five inputs to its overall Market Score of 71.

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. Cardiff By The Sea's RevPAR is down 16.3% from August 2025 to August 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

Annual revenue
Annual revenue is the trailing-twelve-month earnings of a typical active listing before host expenses, including booked nightly rates plus cleaning and other guest fees.How AirDNA calculates revenue
Average daily rate (ADR)
ADR is the average nightly price guests actually paid across booked nights in the trailing 12 months. Nights that didn't book are excluded.How AirDNA calculates ADR
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How a typical listing's monthly revenue rises and falls across the year.

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Average daily rate over timeIllustrative preview

How nightly rates move month to month, with entire-place, pro-managed, and luxury segment cuts.

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