Airbnb Occupancy Rate in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Data & Trends 2026

Over the analysis period August 2025 to July 2026, San Juan ran 62% average occupancy, the higher of the two Puerto Rican markets we track and above the territory average of about 56%, equal to roughly 223 booked nights a year. Its average daily rate of 159 is below the Puerto Rican average of 181, and average monthly revenue of 2,830 sits essentially on the territory average of 2,832.

The shape of that is worth reading. San Juan earns its revenue through volume and consistency rather than through rate, which is what a capital city with year-round demand should look like next to a small-island villa market. The seasonality index of 82 supports the same conclusion. Revenue was down 6% year on year, a softening worth monitoring, though in a market with this breadth of demand sources a single year's move is weaker evidence than it would be in a market dependent on one season.

San Juan is the capital of Puerto Rico and the entry point for almost everyone arriving on the island, which gives it a demand base far broader than a Caribbean beach destination normally has. Its airport is the busiest in the region, it is a major cruise homeport, and the old walled city is one of the most complete colonial centres in the Americas, drawing visitors who would not otherwise book a Caribbean trip.

That mix produces four distinct streams of demand: North American winter travellers escaping the cold, a substantial diaspora visiting family in summer, cruise passengers staying a night either side of a sailing, and a genuine business and government layer that comes with being a capital. Because Puerto Rico is a United States territory, mainland visitors arrive without an international trip's friction, which keeps the market unusually accessible to short-notice and repeat travel. Supply spans colonial apartments in the old city, beachfront condominium towers and residential houses inland.

Old San Juan commands the strongest rates and the most consistent demand, on the strength of the fortifications, the blue cobblestones and a walkable restaurant scene, and it benefits directly from cruise-terminal proximity. Its apartments are small and characterful, and guests are buying the setting rather than a beach.

Condado is the premium beachfront district, a strip of high-rise buildings with ocean views, restaurants and the most reliable year-round leisure demand outside the old city. Ocean Park, immediately east, is lower-rise and more residential, popular with guests who want the beach without the towers, and Isla Verde further east sits beside the airport with the widest sand and the largest hotels. Santurce, inland between them, is the arts and nightlife district and offers noticeably lower entry prices for operators willing to sell a neighbourhood rather than a sea view.