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

Bottom line

Mallorca edges ahead of Menorca on stronger RevPAR (£39 vs £20).

Head-to-head metrics

	Mallorca	Menorca
Median occupancy	11.5%	11.5%
Median daily rate	£247	£152
Median RevPAR	£39	£20
Active listings	10,469	2,875
YoY occupancy	+0 pts	+0 pts
YoY daily rate	+20.7%	+28.3%
Regulation risk	—	—
Annual night cap	None	None
License required	No	No

Full analysis: Mallorca vs Menorca

On the money side of this comparison — what a listing actually earns against the nights it has available — Mallorca finishes narrowly ahead of Menorca. Revenue per available night — rate and occupancy combined, the figure that actually reaches an owner — is 90.8% higher in Mallorca: £39 against £20. Mallorca commands 63.1% more per night, £247 against £152. The margin is thin enough that a single strong year in Menorca would close it, so treat the ordering as a lean rather than a verdict.

Mallorca takes both halves of the yield equation, which is less common than it sounds. It charges more per night — £247 against £152 — and still fills more of the year, 11.5% against 11.5%. 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 £20.

That verdict needs a caveat, because Menorca is not simply the weaker market of the two. Nightly rates are also climbing faster in Menorca, +28.3% over the last year against +20.7% in Mallorca. Menorca is the less crowded of the two — 2,875 active listings to 10,469 — so a well-run property has fewer near-identical rivals to out-rank. If your model leans on that dimension, the ordering above can reasonably flip.

Neither Mallorca nor Menorca 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. Mallorca peaks in October at 54.1% and bottoms in April at 36.3%; Menorca runs from 67.5% in January down to 50.6% in October. Both swing by a similar amount across the year, so neither offers meaningfully steadier cash flow than the other.

Who each suits, then. Mallorca suits buyers who want a conventional, lightly regulated entry and who can hold rate through the shoulder season rather than discounting to fill the calendar. Menorca answers to the same regulatory profile, so the split between them is operational rather than legal: it is the market for an owner whose economics survive high turnover — more bookings, more cleans, more guest contact per pound of revenue. 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 10,469 active Mallorca listings and 2,875 in Menorca.

Frequently asked questions

Is Mallorca or Menorca better for Airbnb investment?

Mallorca, on the data we track. It leads on stronger RevPAR (£39 vs £20), a higher nightly rate (£247 vs £152), and higher median annual revenue (£14,076 vs £7,390). Menorca is not the weak side of this pair, though — it wins on faster rate growth (+28.3% vs +20.7% year over year).

Which has higher occupancy, Mallorca or Menorca?

Effectively neither — they are level. Mallorca sits at 11.5% and Menorca at 11.5%, a 0-point difference that is inside the noise of a median drawn from a listings snapshot. Over the last twelve months Mallorca was flat and Menorca was flat, so the gap is closing.

Which has higher nightly rates, Mallorca or Menorca?

Mallorca, at £247 a night against £152 in Menorca — roughly 63.1% more. Revenue per available night agrees rather than contradicts: £39 in Mallorca against £20, so the rate premium survives contact with the occupancy figures.

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

Mallorca, on occupancy: +0 points over the last twelve months against +0 points in Menorca. Nightly rates rose 20.7% in Mallorca and rose 28.3% in Menorca 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, Mallorca or Menorca?

Mallorca, with 10,469 active listings against 2,875 in Menorca. 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 Mallorca vs Menorca?

Mallorca earns more: roughly £14,076 a year for a median listing against £7,390 in Menorca. 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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