UPM-BRI-STATS-2026
Bristol Airbnb and short let statistics
A dated evidence summary for Bristol's short let market, drawn from our availability observations and the published reports that sit behind each figure.
Market snapshot
720
Bristol short lets in sample
Dated city sample · 24 July
44%
6 November 2026 to 4 February 2027
12 to 376 homes per date
68%
Friday and Saturday unavailable
6 November to 6 December 2026
376
Homes per near term date
31 of 31 dates cleared the sample gate
What the latest reading shows
What the Bristol figures actually measure
The November 2026 index is the latest city reading. The July area cuts and August professional rates below retain their original dates and samples. This edition reports calendar availability and does not publish a nightly rate.
Bristol availability evidence
The November sample contains 376 homes, compared with 262 in October. Changes are not a like for like measure of market demand.
- City demand sample
- 72024 July report · 10 km radius
- November 2026 homes per date
- 3766 November 2026
- Neighbourhoods in the July report
- 1124 July reading
- Index dates clearing the gate
- 31/3111,656 home nights observed
Professional price and calendar evidence
Rates and historical calendar unavailability come from professionally tracked portfolios and are not relabelled as the whole market.
- August forward median nightly rate
- £1053 August through day 30
- Historical calendar unavailability
- 72–75%June and July 2026 observations
- Operator direct unavailability
- 64%Next 90 nights · 24 July
- Marketplace unavailability
- 43%Same horizon and observation date
Published Bristol figures
Every value is tied to an observation date and a source publication. Availability percentages describe observed calendar unavailability and cannot distinguish bookings from owner blocks. £ figures refer only to professionally priced portfolios.
| Figure | Finding | Observed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 720 | Short lets in the dated Bristol city sample from Upgraded Intelligence. | 24 July 2026 | Bristol Short Let Demand Report |
| 57% | Central Bristol calendar dates unavailable from 6 November to 6 December 2026 inclusive in the latest index reading. | 6 November 2026 | Bristol Short Let Index |
| 44% | Central Bristol calendar dates unavailable from 6 November 2026 to 4 February 2027 inclusive. Daily coverage ranges from 12 to 376 homes. | 6 November 2026 | Bristol Short Let Index |
| 376 | Homes represented on every near term date in the latest index reading. The sample differs from earlier months. | 6 November 2026 | Bristol Short Let Index |
| 72–75% | Historical calendar unavailability across professionally tracked Bristol short lets in June and July 2026. This can include owner blocks. | July 2026 | Bristol Short Let Market Report |
| 64% vs 43% | Future calendar unavailability in the operator direct cohort versus the wider marketplace cohort over the next 90 nights. | 24 July 2026 | Bristol Short Let Demand Report |
| 71% | Next 90 calendar nights unavailable in the Easton and Greenbank sample. | 24 July 2026 | Bristol Short Let Demand Report |
| 92% | Balloon Fiesta Saturday calendar unavailability with five days to go, alongside a £220 professional median rate. | 3 August 2026 | Balloon Fiesta 2026 by the numbers |
| 74% | University of Bristol move in Saturday calendar unavailability measured six weeks ahead, alongside a £270 professional median rate. | 3 August 2026 | University Parents' Weekends |
| £105 | August median nightly rate from the observation date through day 30 among professionally priced Bristol portfolios. | 3 August 2026 | Bristol Short Let Index |
| 12.43M | Availability states and usable price values held in the UK short let research corpus. | 15 August 2026 | Aggregate data download |
The warehouse behind the published figures
Large corpus numbers are useful only when their meaning is explicit. Availability rows, priced rows and catalogued profiles are shown separately, then each Bristol report narrows them to its valid local population.
10.36M
Night-level records
Observed availability states in the research warehouse2.07M
Priced night records
Rows carrying a usable nightly price observation120,143
Listing profiles catalogued
Discovery coverage before freshness and market-level deduplication99.6%
Profiles geocoded
119,707 profiles with usable coordinatesWarehouse coverage spans 4 June to 15 August 2026. Profile counts describe the UK discovery corpus, not active supply in this market; every published index applies its own geography, freshness, duplicate and minimum-sample rules. The 12.43 million total counts 10.36 million observed availability states plus 2.07 million usable price values; it is not a count of homes, bookings or stays.
Methodology and publication notes
The summary does not blend incompatible populations. Calendar unavailability and professional price evidence remain separately labelled and link back to their source reports.
Observed calendar unavailability
An unavailable night can reflect a booking, an owner block or another restriction. It is not relabelled as confirmed occupancy.
Dated observations
Each figure carries the date of its source reading. Market values are not presented as timeless averages.
Population labels retained
Marketplace calendar samples and professional calendar or price samples are never presented as if they came from the same population.
Source-level detail available
The linked demand, market and event reports publish the calculation context and, where available, downloadable underlying tables.
Apply the market evidence to a specific Bristol property
A city-wide statistic is a benchmark, not a valuation. We can model the address, property size, finish and intended letting strategy.