Miami, Florida Airbnb Market Data 2026

How much does a Miami Airbnb earn, and will the city let you run one in the place you're about to buy?

Well, in Miami the second question comes down to what kind of building you're buying, so I'll start there. Inside the City of Miami, a single-family home or duplex in the T3 or T4-R zones isn't eligible for short-term rental use. A condo or apartment in a zone that allows lodging can qualify, but only through a lodging conversion, and in a condo building the association has to sign off on it. If the deal you had in mind is a house on a quiet residential street, unfortunately that's the version the city turns down, whereas a unit in a building whose association allows short stays is the version it has a process for.

The market you'd be joining had a strong year on price. In the year to August 2026, nightly rates across every listing BNBCalc tracks here rose about 16%, although it's too early to say from this year's figures whether more hosts are now competing for those guests. I'm covering the City of Miami, in Miami-Dade County, Florida, which holds about six in every seven of this market's listings, while the rest sit in places like Doral and Key Biscayne, where Miami's zoning code doesn't apply.

How Much Do Miami Airbnbs Earn in 2026?

When I line Miami's bedroom counts up on gross yield instead of revenue, the one-bedroom stands out. A typical one-bedroom returns roughly twice the gross yield of a studio, a three-bedroom or a four-plus-bedroom home, with two-bedrooms landing in between, so revenue doesn't keep pace with the purchase price as the units get bigger. That lines up with where the listings cluster, too, because the typical listing in Brickell and downtown has one bedroom, and those neighborhoods sit almost entirely in T6, the city's urban core zoning.

Who will you be competing with? A large share of Miami's listings belong to professional hosts, so expect to price against full-time operators from your very first booking. If you'd rather hand that work to someone else, the Miami property management roundup compares local companies, but keep in mind a manager doesn't change what your zone and your building allow.

Miami's best performers, the listings BNBCalc groups into its top tier, take in a little more than twice what the average listing does. I'd treat that group as the ceiling a strong operator can reach, while the plan itself should rest on the typical listing, with anything above it counted as upside.

Is the Miami Airbnb Market Oversaturated?

A plan built on the typical listing still depends on how much competition that listing ends up facing, so the next thing you'll want to know is whether Miami has more hosts than its guests can keep busy.

Metric	Year-over-year change
Average nightly rate	+16%
Purchase price	+1%

BNBCalc data across all listings BNBCalc tracks in the market. Each change compares the twelve months ending August 2026 with the twelve months ending August 2025 and is rounded to a whole percent. I've left Miami's listing count, occupancy and booking lead time out of the table, since this year's numbers don't make clear whether each went up or down, and purchase price follows local home values rather than rentals.

Unfortunately, Miami's last twelve months of data don't settle whether the market is oversaturated. I'd call a market crowded when its listing count climbs while occupancy falls, but neither figure shows clearly which way it moved over the past year, and I'd rather not build an answer on a guess.

Price is the clearer signal, since the average nightly rate rose about 16%, which I'd read as a healthy sign for demand. Still, a rising rate doesn't show whether those bookings are being spread across more listings.

So until that clears up, I'd check crowding closer to home. Pull the occupancy figures for the listings most like the unit you're buying, in the same kind of building and zone, since those are the listings your guests will be weighing against yours, and make sure that occupancy is holding up before you lean on the higher rates. Then look back at those comparable listings every few months, because their calendars will tell you whether the building is getting crowded before any citywide figure does.

When Is Miami's Peak Airbnb Season?

Don't read too much into any one new month, though, because Miami's calendar swings hard over the year, and its peak season runs from December through April, when occupancy stays above 50% every month and nightly rates stay above $300.

Month	Occupancy	Avg nightly rate
Sep 2025	34%	$214
Oct 2025	41%	$236
Nov 2025	46%	$259
Dec 2025	51%	$349
Jan 2026	56%	$318
Feb 2026	55%	$337
Mar 2026	56%	$372
Apr 2026	51%	$309
May 2026	43%	$282
Jun 2026	38%	$342
Jul 2026	40%	$341
Aug 2026	33%	$241

Monthly figures from BNBCalc across all listings BNBCalc tracks in the market. Occupancy and nightly rate are averaged one at a time, so multiplying the two columns won't give you a month's revenue.

March is the high point, since it filled 56% of its nights, the same as January, at a $372 average nightly rate no other month matched. June and July 2026 charged close to winter rates, $342 and $341, while filling only 38% and 40% of their nights. I don't know what pushed summer rates that high, so I wouldn't budget on seeing them again.

The slow stretch runs from late summer into fall. August and September each booked roughly one night in three, 33% and 34%, and September also had the year's lowest nightly rate at $214. What does that mean for your plan? December through April were the year's five fullest months, so make sure your budget can get through August to November, the only four months when the average nightly rate sat below $260, with none of them filling even half their nights.

The week has its own shape as well. In BNBCalc's current all-listing figures, Saturday occupancy runs 25% above the week's average and Friday's 21% above, while Tuesday's sits 19% below and Monday's 17% below. Rates move about half as much, reaching 13% above average on both weekend nights. That gap between how hard demand swings and how little prices follow is the first thing I'd tune on a Miami listing.

Where Should You Buy an Airbnb in Miami?

Pricing only helps on a listing you're allowed to run, though, so before you compare neighborhoods on revenue, you'll want to know which zone a street sits in.

About six in every seven listings in this market sit inside the City of Miami, so I placed the city's measurable listings into its official neighborhood boundaries and ranked the top 15 by median annual revenue. Then I added a last column for the share of each neighborhood's listings in T3 or T4-R zones, where the city says single-family homes and duplexes aren't eligible.

Rank	Neighborhood	Median annual revenue	Median nightly rate	Median occupancy	75th-percentile revenue	Listings in T3 or T4-R zones
1	East Grove (Coconut Grove)	$108,133	$963	32%	$191,809	100%
2	Brentwood	$56,149	$546	31%	$116,835	60%
3	Brickell Village	$54,002	$385	36%	$73,275	0%
4	North Grove (Coconut Grove)	$53,816	$626	31%	$70,069	100%
5	Omni/PAC	$51,420	$435	33%	$64,206	0%
6	Grove Center (Coconut Grove)	$47,585	$331	41%	$69,703	0%
7	Brickell Business District	$45,323	$344	37%	$62,275	0%
8	Baypoint	$43,681	$325	43%	$53,080	8%
9	West Brickell	$41,274	$300	42%	$55,868	0%
10	Edgewater	$40,506	$298	38%	$55,740	0%
11	Midtown	$40,395	$325	38%	$51,277	0%
12	North Sewell Park	$39,453	$479	30%	$53,597	40%
13	Silver Bluff	$39,322	$359	34%	$63,981	86%
14	South Grove Bayside (Coconut Grove)	$37,448	$285	38%	$53,781	13%
15	The Roads	$37,224	$289	38%	$176,855	69%

Medians from BNBCalc listing data for 2026 over a trailing twelve months, placed with the City of Miami's official neighborhood boundaries and zoned with the city's Miami 21 map. The 75th-percentile column marks the revenue a listing needs to reach the top quarter of its neighborhood. Because medians are taken column by column, the columns can't be multiplied together, and a neighborhood without enough listings to measure doesn't get a row.

Start with the zoning column. I'd read the top of that table with some suspicion, because East Grove, Brentwood and North Grove rest on thin samples of three- and four-bedroom homes, and every listing BNBCalc places in East Grove and North Grove sits in T3 or T4-R zoning. I can't tell from listing data which of those homes rent by the month or hold some other approval, but you can't count on converting a house there, so their medians don't describe anything you'd be able to buy and run.

Brickell Village is where I'd start reading the usable part of the table, with a $54,002 median, a typical listing of one bedroom and zoning that's almost entirely T6. Omni/PAC follows at $51,420, and the Brickell Business District, at $45,323, rests on the largest sample of any neighborhood in the city, which makes it the steadiest benchmark on the list. If filling nights matters more to you than rate, Baypoint and West Brickell fill more of their nights than the rest of the top ten, with median occupancy of 43% and 42%.

The Roads is the odd one out, because its 75th-percentile revenue of $176,855 is nearly five times its median, which tells me the top quarter of its listings earn far more than the typical one. Most of its listings sit in T3 or T4-R zones as well, as do most of Silver Bluff's, so check the zoning on any single address in either one before you trust that upside.

Each figure in the occupancy column belongs to one neighborhood's middle listing, so I'd use it to compare neighborhoods with each other and never hold it up against the monthly table.

What about the roughly one listing in seven outside the city? Measured on US Census place boundaries, Key Biscayne posts a $50,245 median against $33,799 for the City of Miami, and Doral comes in lower at $31,852. Neither follows Miami 21, so I wouldn't carry the city's zoning rules across the city line. For what each Miami neighborhood is like to own in, the best Miami neighborhoods for Airbnb goes deeper, and I'd check every name on its list against the zoning column first.

Which Amenities Make the Most Money in Miami?

Once you've found a building the city will let you convert, what comes with the unit moves revenue next.

A pool is the amenity BNBCalc's current model ties most closely to revenue in Miami, at about 23% more for a listing that has one, and it's the only value the public market page prints. Broken out by bedroom count, that figure runs from about 19% on a one-bedroom to 22% on a three-bedroom and 36% on a four-plus-bedroom home, while at two bedrooms a hot tub carries the strongest signal instead. In a condo tower, the pool is part of the building's package rather than something you add to a unit, so I'd count it as one more reason to pick the building carefully.

The model also finds a measurable effect for seven others in Miami: a hot tub, parking, a gym, bicycles, an EV charger, a sauna and lake access. Their Miami percentages are gated, which is why I've listed them as names only. The model deliberately skips a few basics nearly every listing already offers, since those can't tell a strong listing from a weak one.

Cleaning fees round out the picture. Listings that charge one average about $137, and cleaning revenue works out to roughly $1,960 a year per listing when it's averaged across the market. Most of that money goes to the cleaner, so I'd set the fee to cover each turnover rather than count it as profit.

Is Airbnb Legal in Miami?

Yes, as long as both the zone and the building qualify, and I'd settle that before any Miami revenue figure goes into your spreadsheet.

Florida sets the outer limits, and its legislature has already taken two options off every local government's table. Under state law, a local rule can't ban vacation rentals outright or set limits on how long or how often a unit is rented, and only rules local governments had already adopted by June 1, 2011 escape that limit. The state does license them itself, though, and its vacation rental category covers condo and co-op units and houses with one to four units. If you book one of those for stays shorter than 30 consecutive days more than three times a calendar year, or market it as a regular short-stay rental, you'll need a license from the state Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR). Running one without that license is a second-degree misdemeanor.

The city's rules go further. The City of Miami decides where short stays can happen, because it treats a stay of less than 30 days as a lodging use under its Miami 21 zoning code, so it's only allowed in zones where the code permits lodging. The T3 zones, the city's sub-urban single-family and duplex areas, permit no lodging use at all. The city also says single-family homes and duplexes in T3 and T4-R zones aren't eligible for short-term rental or lodging use, and it ties that position to its court case against Airbnb. About a quarter of this market's listings inside the city sit in T3 zones, and since I can't see which of them rent monthly or hold another approval, I'd leave them out of your comparisons.

Apartments and condos in eligible zones can convert, although I'd think of it as a small hotel approval rather than a listing. In a condo, the owner applies for a building permit with an evaluation form that the condo or homeowners association has to certify, confirming its governing documents allow short-term rentals. An operational management plan goes in with it, covering the lobby or front desk, a 24-hour contact, guest access and housekeeping. Once more than 25% of a building's units are used as transient lodging, the entire building has to meet the Florida Building Code's hotel (R-1) occupancy standards, which is why the association has to keep count. After inspections, you'll need a new certificate of occupancy, the state DBPR license, a new certificate of use from the city's Zoning Department and a city business tax receipt. The county adds its own paperwork, a tourist tax account and possibly a county business tax receipt, depending on how many units you rent.

That association sign-off is the gate most Miami condo buyers hit first, and it's the check I'd make ahead of every other one. Under Florida condo law, an amendment that bans rentals or limits how long or how often owners rent binds the owners who agreed to it and anyone who buys after it passes. In other words, the declaration in force on closing day is the one you'll live under. Make sure you read the declaration and every amendment, and ask whether the association will certify the city's form, before you sign a contract.

Approval doesn't end at opening day, either. You'll renew the certificate of use every year, or the city revokes your authorization, and the business tax receipt renews annually too. Code Enforcement and Fire Prevention can inspect without notice, while Code Compliance may check that you're following your management plan, and a neighbor who thinks a unit is running without approval can report it through 311.

As for tax, it lands on the guest's bill, and in the City of Miami it adds up to 13%. That's Florida's 6% sales tax on transient rentals, Miami-Dade's 1% surtax, and three county taxes: a 3% convention development tax, a 2% tourist development tax and a 1% professional sports facilities franchise tax. According to Airbnb's Florida tax page, Miami-Dade guests pay every one of those as part of the reservation on stays of 182 nights or shorter. If you also take bookings on a channel that doesn't collect them, though, keep in mind the county expects anyone collecting its taxes to file a return every month, even a month with nothing due. For the state side, BNBCalc's Florida short-term rental tax guide lays out each layer.

For the paperwork itself, in order and with the office contacts, see the Miami short-term rental regulation guide.

Where Does BNBCalc Get Its Miami Airbnb Data?

You'll find the approvals spelled out in that guide, while every Miami figure I've quoted comes from BNBCalc Markets, the market-comparison side of BNBCalc, where Miami can go head to head with any other market before you commit to it. Inside it, you can save the listings that fit your buy box as a comp set and measure them against the whole market, which matters in a city where a T3 house and a T6 condo tower don't play by the same rules. If you're weighing a unit in a building that permits short stays, make sure your comp set comes from buildings like it rather than from houses the city says aren't eligible.

How Do You Estimate Airbnb Revenue for a Miami Property?

Even a well-built comp set describes a group of units, so how do you get from there to the one condo you're looking at?

The Miami market page is where I'd begin, since it tracks revenue, occupancy and the seasonal swing as new months come in. If Miami isn't settled yet, Florida's top markets ranked by gross yield puts its revenue next to its home prices and lines it up against other Florida cities. When you've got an actual unit in mind, run its real price, financing, association dues and running costs through BNBCalc.

Then run the result past what makes Miami different. Zoning comes first. If the unit's zone or building won't allow a conversion, the only rental you can price is one of 30 days or more, and none of the nightly figures apply. September filled about a third of its nights at $214, while March filled more than half at $372, so a year that looks fine on average can still leave you short from August to November. The 13% gets added to what the guest pays for the rate and the cleaning fee, so set prices with that final total in mind. And I wouldn't underwrite on June and July's rates, which came close to winter levels while only about two in five nights booked.

When the right to host belongs to a building rather than to the person who owns the unit, the neighbors' votes become part of your underwriting, and the association's rulebook deserves as careful a read as the rent figures.

Frequently Asked Questions

What Is the Average Airbnb Income in Miami?

The median City of Miami listing brought in $33,799 over a trailing twelve months of 2026 data, measured on BNBCalc listings within city limits. One-bedrooms return roughly twice the gross yield of studios, three-bedrooms or four-plus-bedroom homes, and the listings in BNBCalc's top tier earn a little more than twice the average listing across the Miami market. Income on a specific unit depends heavily on its zone and building.

Is Airbnb Still Profitable in Miami in 2026?

It can be, in an eligible building. Across all listings BNBCalc tracks, nightly rates were up about 16% over the year to August 2026. It isn't clear yet from BNBCalc's figures which way Miami's listing count and occupancy moved, so occupancy among comparable units in the same building type and zone is the better check on crowding. Profit on a specific unit depends on its price, association dues and running costs.

What Is the Best Month for Airbnb in Miami?

March 2026 was the strongest month in BNBCalc market data, filling 56% of its nights, level with January, at the year's highest average nightly rate of $372. September 2025 had the year's lowest nightly rate at $214 and, like August 2026, filled only about a third of its nights. December through April is the dependable peak, with occupancy above 50% in each of those months, and weekends book best, with Saturday ahead of Friday.

Can You Run an Airbnb in a Single-Family Home in Miami?

Usually not inside the City of Miami. The city treats stays of less than 30 days as a lodging use under its Miami 21 zoning code, and it says single-family homes and duplexes in T3 and T4-R transect zones are not eligible for short-term rental or lodging use. Houses in other zones go through the city's conversion process. Neighboring municipalities such as Doral and Key Biscayne fall outside Miami 21.

Can You Airbnb a Condo in Miami?

Yes, if the building sits in an eligible zone and its association allows it. The City of Miami requires a building permit for the lodging conversion, an evaluation form certified by the condo association, an operational management plan, a new certificate of occupancy, a state DBPR license, a new certificate of use renewed annually and a business tax receipt. If more than 25% of a building's units become transient lodging, the entire building must meet hotel (R-1) building code standards.

Do You Need a License to Run an Airbnb in Miami?

Yes. Florida requires a DBPR license for a vacation rental, a category that covers condo units and houses of up to four units booked more than three times a year for stays under 30 days, and operating without one is a second-degree misdemeanor. In the City of Miami, the Zoning Department needs that state license before it finalizes a certificate of use, which is renewed every year, and hosts also need a city business tax receipt and a Miami-Dade tourist tax account.

Which Miami Neighborhood Is Best for Short-Term Rentals?

East Grove posts the city's highest median revenue, $108,133, but on a thin sample of four-bedroom homes in T3 zoning, where the city says houses are not eligible. Among neighborhoods zoned mostly T6, Brickell Village leads at $54,002, followed by Omni/PAC at $51,420 and the Brickell Business District at $45,323. Figures are medians for 2026, drawn from listings BNBCalc places inside the City of Miami's official neighborhood boundaries.

How Much Is the Airbnb Tax in Miami?

Guests booking a City of Miami short-term rental pay 13% in taxes on top of the stay, made up of Florida's 6% sales tax on transient rentals, Miami-Dade County's 1% discretionary surtax, a 3% convention development tax, a 2% tourist development tax and a 1% professional sports facilities franchise tax. Airbnb's Florida tax page lists all of them for Miami-Dade reservations of 182 nights or shorter. Rentals longer than six months are exempt from the county's 6% with a written lease available.