Cape Town Hotel Market (2025)
Average across the year
≈ €138 / $155
Revenue per available room. Our calculation: occupancy × average room rate.
Across 2025, Cape Town hotels averaged 61.7% occupancy at an average room rate of R2,574, according to Cape Town Tourism's annual Economic Value of Tourism report. City-level hotel figures are published only a few times a year, so this page is updated when a new report appears.
Regional Comparison
| Region | Occupancy | ADR | RevPAR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town | 62.6% | R3,061 | R1,918 |
| Western Cape | 61.1% | R2,577 | R1,573 |
| Gauteng | 61.9% | R1,429 | R885 |
| South Africa | 61.1% | R1,745 | R1,066 |
STR figures for August 2025 (a single month), as reported by Tourism News Africa. They come from a different survey from the annual Cape Town Tourism figures above, so the two are not directly comparable. ADR = Average Daily Rate. RevPAR = Revenue Per Available Room.
Regional ADR Comparison
Hotels vs Airbnb: Market Position
Key Differences
- Airbnb: 27,760 listings in Cape Town (Inside Airbnb, September 2026)
- Hotel average room rate (R2,574) vs the Airbnb median nightly asking price (R1,907): hotels cost about 1.3 times as much per night
Visitors in 2025
- 1.44 million foreign overnight arrivals, up on the year before
- Foreign visitors stayed 9.5 nights on average and spent about R1,390 a day
- 3.3 million international passengers (arrivals and departures) at Cape Town International Airport, up 7% on the year before
Source: Cape Town Tourism, Economic Value of Tourism report, as reported by Tourism Update.
Sources
Hotel & Tourism Data
- Tourism Update: Cape Town Tourism's Economic Value of Tourism report for 2025 (18 June 2026)
- Tourism News Africa: STR hotel performance for South Africa, August 2025
- Inside Airbnb: Cape Town
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