What Airbnbs earn — town by town
Edition: September 2026 · How the index is counted
Income by Gold Coast market
Ranked by gross yield — median trailing revenue divided by typical asking price. Tap any market to break it down by bedroom count. Markets with too few listings with performance data show a dash rather than a misleading number.
Overall = every listing with trailing performance in the market. Successful hosts = 4.8★+ with 30+ reviews (same bar as for-sale comps). Both tables are in this page for search engines; pick a tab to switch the view.
Overall market medians
| # | Market | Gross yield | ADR | Occupancy | Revenue / yr | RevPAR (p25·med·p75) | Entry price | Momentum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ›Playa Panama Papagayo (North) · 154 listings | 4.5% | $243 | 53% | $30,953 | $73 · $124 · $213 | $695,000 | — |
| 2 | ›Playa Potrero / Las Catalinas Flamingo & Catalinas · 730 listings | 3.8% | $239 | 52% | $30,191 | $68 · $127 · $222 | $787,500 | — |
| 3 | ›Playas del CocoHome market Papagayo (North) · 818 listings | 3.6% | $134 | 53% | $15,688 | $46 · $70 · $106 | $437,500 | — |
| 4 | ›Playa Flamingo Flamingo & Catalinas · 302 listings | 3.3% | $280 | 56% | $41,661 | $109 · $165 · $313 | $1,250,000 | — |
| 5 | ›Tamarindo Conchal & Tamarindo · 1781 listings | 3.0% | $174 | 56% | $22,345 | $53 · $95 · $189 | $749,000 | — |
| 6 | ›Playa Hermosa Papagayo (North) · 172 listings | 2.9% | $279 | 51% | $30,764 | $69 · $129 · $276 | $1,074,500 | — |
| 7 | ›Playa Avellanas Tamarindo South · 699 listings | 2.6% | $192 | 48% | $19,575 | $40 · $92 · $235 | $764,000 | — |
| 8 | ›Playa Ocotal Papagayo (North) · 510 listings | 2.6% | $147 | 47% | $12,072 | $37 · $65 · $127 | $462,000 | — |
| 9 | ›Playa Grande Conchal & Tamarindo · 491 listings | 1.8% | $177 | 54% | $18,953 | $49 · $90 · $210 | $1,070,000 | — |
| 10 | ›Playa Conchal / Brasilito Conchal & Tamarindo · 502 listings | 1.7% | $179 | 48% | $18,180 | $39 · $83 · $193 | $1,065,000 | — |
Tap a market to break it down by bedroom band. Momentum compares RevPAR to the prior month only when both months use the same data source and method (matched listing panel, or listing counts within 15% when panels are not stored). Otherwise —. Segments below the minimum listing count withhold RevPAR and yield.
Successful hosts
| # | Market | Gross yield | ADR | Occupancy | Revenue / yr | RevPAR (p25·med·p75) | Entry price | Momentum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ›Playa Panama Papagayo (North) · 53 successful hosts | 6.2% | $230 | 64% | $43,298 | $101 · $177 · $245 | $695,000 | — |
| 2 | ›Playa Ocotal Papagayo (North) · 87 successful hosts | 5.0% | $149 | 58% | $23,320 | $45 · $81 · $192 | $462,000 | — |
| 3 | ›Playas del CocoHome market Papagayo (North) · 163 successful hosts | 4.9% | $124 | 61% | $21,525 | $53 · $76 · $107 | $437,500 | — |
| 4 | ›Playa Hermosa Papagayo (North) · 42 successful hosts | 4.6% | $268 | 59% | $49,521 | $87 · $155 · $337 | $1,074,500 | — |
| 5 | ›Playa Potrero / Las Catalinas Flamingo & Catalinas · 186 successful hosts | 4.4% | $204 | 59% | $34,994 | $76 · $121 · $178 | $787,500 | — |
| 6 | ›Tamarindo Conchal & Tamarindo · 600 successful hosts | 4.2% | $172 | 62% | $31,194 | $66 · $104 · $198 | $749,000 | — |
| 7 | ›Playa Avellanas Tamarindo South · 156 successful hosts | 3.8% | $182 | 55% | $28,819 | $44 · $96 · $252 | $764,000 | — |
| 8 | ›Playa Flamingo Flamingo & Catalinas · 87 successful hosts | 3.5% | $244 | 63% | $44,229 | $110 · $154 · $217 | $1,250,000 | — |
| 9 | ›Playa Conchal / Brasilito Conchal & Tamarindo · 113 successful hosts | 3.0% | $162 | 59% | $31,683 | $47 · $102 · $183 | $1,065,000 | — |
| 10 | ›Playa Grande Conchal & Tamarindo · 127 successful hosts | 2.7% | $168 | 62% | $28,910 | $56 · $105 · $225 | $1,070,000 | — |
Tap a market to break it down by bedroom band. Momentum compares RevPAR to the prior month only when both months use the same data source and method (matched listing panel, or listing counts within 15% when panels are not stored). Otherwise —. Segments below the minimum listing count withhold RevPAR and yield.
Source: Airbtics supply (trailing 12 months) and for-sale medians from our listing cache · edition September 2026. ADR, occupancy, revenue, and RevPAR are medians across all listings with trailing performance in each market, deduplicated by listing. Entry price is the real median for-sale asking; implied gross yield = median annual revenue ÷ median asking, matched by bedroom band in the drill-down. Momentum compares RevPAR to the prior month only when both months use the same source and method (matched listing panel, or listing counts within 15%). Overall starts Sep 2026 — no prior Overall month yet. Markets below the minimum listing count show a dash. Methodology: /methodology. Add ~5–7% appreciation for total return.
Snapshot 2026-09 · Successful hosts vs 2026-08; Overall MoM from Oct 2026. Want property-level revenue & ranks? Open the rent leaderboard.
Why this exists
Most Costa Rica rental projections are fiction
Agents quote gross, peak-season numbers borrowed from beachfront villas a kilometer away. This index shows market-wide medians — every listing with trailing performance in that town — matched to real asking prices, with thin samples suppressed rather than guessed.
This index is the corridor-level view. For a specific property, the investment map runs neighborhood-level comps within a few hundred meters of the exact coordinates.
Methodology
Open counting rules and data sources: puravidaportfolio.com/methodology
- ADR, occupancy, revenue & RevPAR are medians across all listings with trailing performance in each market (12 months), deduplicated by listing.
- Implied gross yield = median annual revenue ÷ the real median for-sale asking in that market (matched by bedroom band in the drill-down).
- Markets (and bed bands) below the minimum listing / for-sale sample show a dash instead of a misleading number.
- Property-level estimates on the map still use successful nearby hosts only — see methodology for the comps bar.
- Refreshed monthly. Citations welcome — link back to this page.
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