Airbnb Occupancy Rate in Córdoba, Spain, Data & Trends 2026

Over June 2025 to May 2026, Córdoba ran just 52% average occupancy across about 188 booked nights a year, sitting 11 points below the 63% Spanish national average and among the lower performers of the 28 Spanish cities ListingOK tracks. Its 107 euro average daily rate is solid for a mid-size inland city, producing 1,626 euros average monthly revenue, but the thin 188 nights and a flat -1% year-on-year revenue change reveal a market constrained by its calendar rather than its pricing.

The 117% seasonality index is the key to reading these numbers: this is a market that earns its money in a narrow spring window and gives much of it back during a heat-suppressed summer and quiet winter. With 289 active listings, supply is relatively plentiful for the demand available, which helps explain why occupancy lags the national figure despite strong individual-monument appeal. Pricing discipline around the May peak matters more here than almost anywhere.

Córdoba's short-term rental market is built almost entirely on heritage tourism. The Mezquita-Catedral, a UNESCO World Heritage mosque-cathedral, is the magnet that defines visitor flows, surrounded by the whitewashed lanes of the Judería (old Jewish quarter), the Roman Bridge over the Guadalquivir, the Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos and Medina Azahara on the city's edge. Most guests are short-stay cultural travellers, often pairing Córdoba with Seville and Granada on an Andalusian circuit, which keeps trips brief and concentrated near the monumental core.

The city's signature event is the Patios Festival each May, when courtyards across the San Basilio and Santa Marina quarters open to the public in a UNESCO-listed competition that floods the city with visitors. The Feria de Córdoba and Cruces de Mayo reinforce that spring concentration. Crucially, Córdoba's brutal summer heat, regularly the hottest in mainland Spain, suppresses July and August demand and shapes the entire seasonal profile of the market.

The Judería, the historic quarter wrapped around the Mezquita-Catedral, is the highest-converting area: its labyrinth of flowered patios and proximity to every major monument commands the best rates and the steadiest bookings. San Basilio, just southwest, is the heart of the Patios Festival and trades heavily on that May spotlight while staying walkable to the cathedral.

San Andrés-San Pablo and the broader Centro around Plaza de las Tendillas offer a more local, residential feel with good transport and slightly softer pricing, suiting guests who want value without losing centrality. Santa Marina and the Axerquía, the eastern old town near the Cristo de los Faroles, blend authentic Cordobés atmosphere with patios of their own. Across all areas, the binding constraint is Andalusian registration and homeowners'-community authorisation rather than postcode.