Girona vs Mallorca: which is better for Airbnb investment? (2026)

Bottom line

Mallorca edges ahead of Girona on higher occupancy (11.5% vs 8.2%), stronger RevPAR (£39 vs £16).

Head-to-head metrics

	Girona	Mallorca
Median occupancy	8.2%	11.5%
Median daily rate	£140	£247
Median RevPAR	£16	£39
Active listings	14,216	10,469
YoY occupancy	+0 pts	+0 pts
YoY daily rate	+36.9%	+20.7%
Regulation risk	—	—
Annual night cap	None	None
License required	No	No

Full analysis: Girona vs Mallorca

On the money side of this comparison — what a listing actually earns against the nights it has available — Mallorca finishes clearly ahead of Girona. Revenue per available night — rate and occupancy combined, the figure that actually reaches an owner — is 144.1% higher in Mallorca: £39 against £16. Mallorca commands 77.1% more per night, £247 against £140. Those gaps are wide enough to survive a normal year's variance.

Mallorca takes both halves of the yield equation, which is less common than it sounds. It charges more per night — £247 against £140 — and still fills more of the year, 11.5% against 8.2%. 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 £39 against £16.

That verdict needs a caveat, because Girona is not simply the weaker market of the two. Nightly rates are also climbing faster in Girona, +36.9% over the last year against +20.7% in Mallorca. Girona is the deeper market at 14,216 active listings against 10,469, which usually means better comparables going in and a wider buyer pool coming out. If your model leans on that dimension, the ordering above can reasonably flip.

Neither Girona nor Mallorca currently has a verified short-term rental regulation record in our register, so the comparison above is a yield comparison only. Regulation is the single largest source of downside in this asset class — an unverified market is an unpriced risk, not an absent one.

The two calendars also behave differently. Girona peaks in August at 60.4% and bottoms in November at 44.4%; Mallorca runs from 54.1% in October down to 36.3% in April. Both swing by a similar amount across the year, so neither offers meaningfully steadier cash flow than the other.

Who each suits, then. Girona suits buyers who want a conventional, lightly regulated entry. Mallorca answers to the same regulatory profile, so the split between them is operational rather than legal. Every figure above comes from the same Inside Airbnb snapshot pipeline on both sides, dated 2026-09, filtered to listings with at least one booking in the last twelve months. Occupancy medians are drawn from 14,216 active Girona listings and 10,469 in Mallorca.

Frequently asked questions

Is Girona or Mallorca better for Airbnb investment?

Mallorca, on the data we track. It leads on stronger RevPAR (£39 vs £16), a higher nightly rate (£247 vs £140), and higher median annual revenue (£14,076 vs £5,783). Girona is not the weak side of this pair, though — it wins on faster rate growth (+36.9% vs +20.7% year over year).

Which has higher occupancy, Girona or Mallorca?

Mallorca, at 11.5% median occupancy against 8.2% in Girona — a gap of 3.3 points. That is a real but modest edge; a well-run listing in Girona can close most of it. Over the last twelve months Girona was flat and Mallorca was flat, so the gap is closing.

Which has higher nightly rates, Girona or Mallorca?

Mallorca, at £247 a night against £140 in Girona — roughly 77.1% more. Revenue per available night agrees rather than contradicts: £39 in Mallorca against £16, so the rate premium survives contact with the occupancy figures.

Which has stronger year-over-year growth, Girona or Mallorca?

Girona, on occupancy: +0 points over the last twelve months against +0 points in Mallorca. Nightly rates rose 36.9% in Girona and rose 20.7% in Mallorca 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, Girona or Mallorca?

Girona, with 14,216 active listings against 10,469 in Mallorca. 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.

How much can you earn from an Airbnb in Girona vs Mallorca?

Mallorca earns more: roughly £14,076 a year for a median listing against £5,783 in Girona. Those are gross booking revenues before cleaning, management, platform fees, furnishing amortisation and tax — budget for a meaningful share of them, and note that a median listing is a median operator, not a good one.

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