Market Reports
Report 01 · Bristol · 2026
The Bristol short-let market, in real numbers.
Most rental estimates are guesswork or lifted from stale third-party data. This isn't. Every figure below comes from our own live tracking of 666 Bristol short-let listings and over 12 million nightly data points, refreshed to today.
Bristol, BS postcodes within 10km · Free to read and cite
Our own live data
We track live listings directly and record their real nightly prices and availability. No purchased datasets, no stale third-party estimates, no modelled placeholders.
Refreshed every day
Bristol's tracked listings are re-checked continuously. The prices and booking levels on this page reflect what the market looked like this week, not last year.
Honest about what's measured
Where a number is directly observed we say so. Where it's an estimate, we show the assumption. Cells with too few listings to be reliable are left out rather than guessed.
Nightly rates & occupancy
What Bristol short-lets charge, by size
Median nightly rate and the share of upcoming nights already booked, for every property size with a reliable sample. The middle-half range shows how spread out prices are within each size.
| Property size | Typical nightly (median) | Middle-half range (25th–75th) | Booked now (next 90 nights) | Listings tracked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | £67 | £60 – £73 | 55% | 106 |
| 1 bed | £75 | £63 – £91 | 49% | 327 |
| 2 bed | £125 | £110 – £200 | 46% | 132 |
| 3 bed | £135 | £135 – £200 | 49% | 41 |
| 4 bed | £201 | £150 – £400 | 31% | 21 |
| 5+ bed | £414 | £400 – £604 | 52% | 21 |
Median across the latest tracked calendar for each listing, Bristol within 10km, July 2026. "Booked now" is the share of the next 90 nights already unavailable across tracked listings.
Earning potential
What that works out to a year
Gross earning estimates from the observed nightly rates above, run at around 60% annual occupancy. These are estimates to size the opportunity, not a promise. Your real number depends on the exact address, the finish and how the property is run.
Estimate = observed median nightly × 365 × occupancy. Midpoint at 60%; range at 52–68%. Larger 5+ bedroom homes command £400+ a night and sit well above this table.
When Bristol is busy
How full the next 12 months already are
Share of nights already booked across each of the next twelve months. Nearer months naturally fill first, so the climb back up through spring, that far ahead, is a genuine sign of strong forward demand.
64% Jul
42% Aug
34% Sep
34% Oct
31% Nov
32% Dec
42% Jan
44% Feb
44% Mar
55% Apr
59% May
59% Jun
72–75% occupancy in June and July 2026, the two months our data has already tracked from start to finish. Real, not forecast.
£225 a night at Christmas the December median jumps well above the £91 city norm as festive and New Year demand peaks.
Spring builds early April to June are already 55–59% booked, ahead of autumn, months before they arrive.
How we built this
Upgraded Intelligence, our in-house data engine, continuously tracks live short-let listings across Bristol and records their real nightly prices and night-by-night availability. Our data science team aggregates 666 active listings within 10km of the city centre and over 12 million nightly observations, taking the most recent reading for each listing and date.
- Typical nightly is the median advertised price, so a handful of luxury or party-house listings can't skew it.
- Booked now is the share of the next 90 nights already unavailable across tracked listings, a live demand signal.
- Occupancy figures quoted as measured (June–July 2026) are realised, we watched those nights pass. Annual revenue uses a stated 60% assumption and is labelled an estimate.
- Reliability: any property size with fewer than 10 listings is excluded rather than reported.
Part of our UK Short-Let Market Reports A growing, citable series built on our own live market data. New: Report 02, the Bristol demand map, which neighbourhoods are filling up fastest.
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