Amsterdam vs The Hague: which is better for Airbnb investment? (2026)

Bottom line

Amsterdam edges ahead of The Hague on higher occupancy (30% vs 24%), stronger RevPAR (£33 vs £18).

Head-to-head metrics

	Amsterdam	The Hague
Median occupancy	30%	24%
Median daily rate	£241	£174
Median RevPAR	£33	£18
Active listings	6,477	992
YoY occupancy	+0 pts	+0 pts
YoY daily rate	+29%	+19.9%
Regulation risk	banned	—
Annual night cap	30	None
License required	Yes	No

Full analysis: Amsterdam vs The Hague

On the money side of this comparison — what a listing actually earns against the nights it has available — Amsterdam finishes clearly ahead of The Hague. Revenue per available night — rate and occupancy combined, the figure that actually reaches an owner — is 79.6% higher in Amsterdam: £33 against £18. Amsterdam commands 38.4% more per night, £241 against £174. Those gaps are wide enough to survive a normal year's variance.

Amsterdam takes both halves of the yield equation, which is less common than it sounds. It charges more per night — £241 against £174 — and still fills more of the year, 30% against 24%. A market that leads on price and utilisation at once is normally one where demand has outrun supply, rather than one where hosts are discounting to keep the calendar busy. RevPAR reflects the double advantage at £33 against £18.

That verdict needs a caveat, because The Hague is not simply the weaker market of the two. The Hague is the less crowded of the two — 992 active listings to 6,477 — so a well-run property has fewer near-identical rivals to out-rank. The Hague sits at the cheaper end at £174 a night against £241, which lowers the bar for filling shoulder-season dates and usually tracks a lower purchase price too. If your model leans on that dimension, the ordering above can reasonably flip.

We hold a verified regulation record for only one side of this pairing. Amsterdam caps entire-home letting at 30 nights a year, requires a licence, and treats letting as a change of use needing planning permission, on a banned risk rating. The Hague should be read as unverified rather than unregulated: check the local authority's own register before you underwrite anything there.

The two calendars also behave differently. Amsterdam peaks in June at 79.3% and bottoms in February at 69.9%; The Hague runs from 73.6% in July down to 53.3% in March. Amsterdam is the steadier of the two at 9.4 points peak-to-trough against 20.3 — easier to underwrite against a mortgage — while The Hague concentrates its return into a shorter window and rewards operators who price the peak aggressively instead of holding a flat rate all year.

Who each suits, then. Amsterdam suits buyers who already hold compliant, grandfathered stock — not new entrants. The Hague suits buyers who want a conventional, lightly regulated entry. Every figure above comes from the same Inside Airbnb snapshot pipeline on both sides, dated 2026-06, filtered to listings with at least one booking in the last twelve months. Occupancy medians are drawn from 4,895 active Amsterdam listings and 790 in The Hague.

Frequently asked questions

Is Amsterdam or The Hague better for Airbnb investment?

Amsterdam, on the data we track. It leads on stronger RevPAR (£33 vs £18), a higher nightly rate (£241 vs £174), and higher occupancy (30% vs 24%). The Hague is not the weak side of this pair, though — it wins on a thinner competitive field (992 vs 6,477 active listings).

Which has higher occupancy, Amsterdam or The Hague?

Amsterdam, at 30% median occupancy against 24% in The Hague — a gap of 6 points. That is a real but modest edge; a well-run listing in The Hague can close most of it. Over the last twelve months Amsterdam was flat and The Hague was flat, so the gap is closing.

Which has higher nightly rates, Amsterdam or The Hague?

Amsterdam, at £241 a night against £174 in The Hague — roughly 38.4% more. Revenue per available night agrees rather than contradicts: £33 in Amsterdam against £18, so the rate premium survives contact with the occupancy figures.

Is Amsterdam or The Hague riskier for Airbnb regulation?

We hold a verified regulation record for Amsterdam only, so we will not rank the two. Amsterdam caps entire-home letting at 30 nights a year, requires a licence, and treats letting as a change of use needing planning permission, and it is rated banned risk. Treat The Hague as unverified rather than unregulated, and check the local authority directly before committing.

Which has stronger year-over-year growth, Amsterdam or The Hague?

Amsterdam, on occupancy: +0 points over the last twelve months against +0 points in The Hague. Nightly rates rose 29% in Amsterdam and rose 19.9% in The Hague over the same window. One year of movement is a direction, not a trend — weigh it against the regulation picture before treating it as momentum.

Which is the bigger Airbnb market, Amsterdam or The Hague?

Amsterdam, with 6,477 active listings against 992 in The Hague. Size cuts both ways: a deep market gives you comparables, contractors and an exit, while a thinner one means fewer near-identical rivals competing for the same search results.

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