Beach townsSouth Florida2026

South Florida Beach Towns

Miami Beach, Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood were the most booked of the 35 beach towns in South Florida on Airbnb in the 12 months to October 2026, with an estimated 112,701, 97,572 and 81,028 stays. March is the busiest month across them, and the typical stay is 6.3 nights.

Source: AirROI Reviewed by Jun Zhou, Founder @ AirROI Updated November 4, 2026

Figures are AirROI estimates. How they are made

Among the 29 towns with 200+ homes

Most booked of these 29: Miami Beach 112,701 stays
Highest revenue per home of these 29: Key West $97,084 a year
Highest rated of these 29: Jupiter 4.89 out of 5
Lowest nightly rate of these 29: Lake Worth Beach $253 a night
Longest typical stay of these 29: Aventura 8.5 nights

Ranking

South Florida Beach Towns Ranked by Airbnb Stays

Every one of the beach and coastal towns in South Florida with 100 or more Airbnb homes and recent stays, most booked first.

South Florida Beach Towns ranked by Airbnb stays, with homes, typical stay, busiest month, nightly rate, occupancy, revenue per home and guest rating

1	Miami Beach	112,701	4,529	4.8 nights	March	$409	42%	$50,773	4.57
2	Fort Lauderdale	97,572	3,878	5.7 nights	March	$400	46%	$53,433	4.77
3	Hollywood	81,028	3,921	5.9 nights	March	$336	42%	$39,839	4.66
4	Naples	41,816	2,612	7.7 nights	March	$389	40%	$43,160	4.86
5	Key West	35,637	1,261	6.5 nights	March	$691	48%	$97,084	4.80
6	West Palm Beach	35,121	1,435	6.5 nights	March	$320	47%	$43,715	4.81
7	Pompano Beach	28,013	1,433	6.1 nights	March	$323	42%	$41,222	4.78
8	Marco Island	23,621	1,584	7.1 nights	March	$473	38%	$47,538	4.83
9	Fort Myers Beach	23,616	1,401	6.7 nights	March	$417	41%	$48,492	4.79
10	Sunny Isles Beach	19,640	1,067	7.0 nights	March	$309	44%	$36,749	4.65
11	Key Largo	19,339	874	7.8 nights	March	$424	41%	$50,981	4.84
12	Marathon	19,117	1,099	7.5 nights	March	$554	43%	$69,159	4.82
13	Hallandale Beach	18,797	1,364	6.1 nights	March	$271	37%	$22,559	4.45
14	Delray Beach	15,489	749	8.0 nights	March	$429	49%	$60,160	4.84
15	Bonita Springs	14,044	953	7.4 nights	March	$356	40%	$36,802	4.81
16	Deerfield Beach	13,234	637	7.2 nights	March	$314	47%	$43,053	4.84
17	Lauderdale-by-the-Sea	8,602	414	6.9 nights	March	$341	44%	$44,389	4.80
18	Lake Worth Beach	8,464	414	7.9 nights	March	$253	47%	$32,255	4.80
19	Tavernier	8,144	308	5.0 nights	February	$351	42%	$45,407	4.73
20	Jupiter	7,589	324	7.2 nights	March	$371	49%	$54,249	4.89
21	Captiva	7,383	391	6.1 nights	March	$747	39%	$78,930	4.80
22	Boynton Beach	7,032	329	7.5 nights	March	$347	49%	$49,325	4.84
23	East Naples	6,029	298	6.3 nights	March	$312	40%	$37,321	4.88
24	Riviera Beach	5,988	292	6.4 nights	March	$469	41%	$55,655	4.79
25	Boca Raton	5,578	303	7.7 nights	March	$334	45%	$41,660	4.82
26	Dania Beach	5,571	252	6.3 nights	March	$273	45%	$34,945	4.74
27	Key Colony Beach	5,552	282	7.7 nights	March	$420	47%	$59,871	4.85
28	Islamorada	5,357	373	6.6 nights	March	$684	33%	$53,234	4.81
29	Cudjoe Key	4,465	190	6.4 nights	February	$414	45%	$56,802	4.76
30	Palm Beach	4,254	151	4.6 nights	March	$347	44%	$42,915	4.83
31	Aventura	4,222	249	8.5 nights	March	$345	45%	$50,353	4.81
32	Key Biscayne	2,469	107	6.7 nights	March	$539	45%	$66,798	4.69
33	Big Pine Key	2,412	118	10.3 nights	January	$319	47%	$39,674	4.76
34	North Bay Village	1,917	104	6.3 nights	March	$653	43%	$84,230	4.69
35	Lantana	1,812	113	9.5 nights	March	$265	45%	$29,472	4.78

Figures are AirROI estimates for the 12 months to October 2026, and stays count Airbnb bookings only. Typical stay is a booking's length, occupancy the share of available nights booked, and revenue the yearly average per home, before costs. Guest rating is out of 5.

Town by town

Where the Top Towns Stand Out

All 8 are busiest in March. Among guests who left a review, New York is the top home city in 6 of the 8. Apartments and condos are the largest home type in 4 of the 8. The lines below add what the table can't show, where one of the 8 most booked towns leads its peers or differs from the rest.

Miami Beach
Of the 29 beach towns in South Florida with 200 or more homes, Miami Beach had the most Airbnb homes, at 4,529, in the 12 months to October 2026.
Fort Lauderdale
In the 12 months to October 2026, houses were the largest home type in Fort Lauderdale, South Florida, at 48% of homes.
4
Naples
In the 12 months to October 2026, houses were the largest home type in Naples, South Florida, at 66% of homes. Among guests who left a review, Miami was the top home city for Naples, at 7.2%.
6
West Palm Beach
In the 12 months to October 2026, houses were the largest home type in West Palm Beach, South Florida, at 60% of homes.
8
Marco Island
In the 12 months to October 2026, houses were the largest home type in Marco Island, South Florida, at 54% of homes. Among guests who left a review, Miami was the top home city for Marco Island, at 7.7%.

When to go

Busiest and Quietest Months

March, February and January rank as the busiest months for Airbnb nights across the beach towns in South Florida, and October and September as the quietest. March is the busiest month in 32 of the 35, while Tavernier and Cudjoe Key peak in February, and Big Pine Key in January. Across the 35 towns, nightly rates run lowest in September, at about $317, and highest in February and March, at about $448. Across the 35 towns, stays run longest in February, at 8.5 nights, and shortest in September, at 4.4 nights.

March ranks first, September last

Airbnb months in calendar order. The number is the month's rank, and 1 is the busiest. The bar shows its part of Airbnb nights.

Three busiest months
Other months

Month by month: rank, typical stay and nightly rate

Months in South Florida by rank
Rank	Month	Typical stay	Nightly rate
1	March	6.3 nights	$448
2	February	8.5 nights	$448
3	January	7.6 nights	$430
4	April	5.2 nights	$413
5	June	5.5 nights	$410
6	December	6.0 nights	$426
7	July	5.8 nights	$397
8	May	4.9 nights	$378
9	November	5.4 nights	$377
10	August	5.2 nights	$330
11	October	5.1 nights	$359
12	September	4.4 nights	$317

Who comes

Where Guests Come From

Among guests who left a review, 78% come from within the United States. Among those guests, the largest groups from abroad come from Argentina, Canada and Brazil. The top home cities among those guests are New York, Miami and Buenos Aires. Sunny Isles Beach draws the most from abroad, at 55%, among towns with 200 or more homes.

Top countries abroad

Among guests who left a review

Argentina 3.3%
Canada 3.3%
Brazil 1.7%

Top home cities

Among guests who left a review

78% from within the United States

New York 4.9%
Miami 3%
Buenos Aires 1.2%

The money view

Revenue, Occupancy and Nightly Rate

Among the 29 towns with 200 or more Airbnb homes, Key West has the highest estimated revenue per home, at $97,084 a year. Of those 29, Lake Worth Beach has the lowest nightly rate on Airbnb, at $253. The most booked of the 35, Miami Beach, earns about $50,773 per home.

Highest revenue per home of these 29

A year, AirROI estimate

Key West $97,084
Captiva $78,930
Marathon $69,159
Delray Beach $60,160
Key Colony Beach $59,871

Highest occupancy of these 29

Nights booked, AirROI estimate

Lowest nightly rate of these 29

On Airbnb, AirROI estimate

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the most popular beach town in South Florida?

By AirROI's estimates, Miami Beach is the most booked of the 35 beach towns in South Florida, with 112,701 Airbnb stays in the 12 months to October 2026. Fort Lauderdale is second, with 97,572. This counts Airbnb bookings only.

What is the most affordable beach town in South Florida?

By AirROI's estimated nightly rate on Airbnb in the 12 months to October 2026, among beach towns in South Florida with 200 or more homes, the lowest are Lake Worth Beach ($253), Hallandale Beach ($271) and Dania Beach ($273). That is the average asking price on booked nights, not what it costs to live or buy there.

What are some small beach towns in South Florida?

By AirROI's count of active Airbnb homes as of October 2026, the smallest of the 35 beach towns it lists in South Florida are North Bay Village (104), Key Biscayne (107) and Lantana (113). AirROI's list starts at 100 homes, so smaller places are not on it.

What beach towns in South Florida offer the strongest Airbnb returns?

Returns depend on what a home costs to buy and run, which AirROI's figures do not cover. On AirROI's estimated revenue per home in the 12 months to October 2026, among beach towns in South Florida with 200 or more homes, the highest are Key West ($97,084), Captiva ($78,930) and Marathon ($69,159).

Method

How These Lists and Numbers Are Made

How a town gets on this list. A town needs 100 or more Airbnb homes with recent stays. A language model then judges the place from its name, state, country and coordinates, not from words in its name: it has to be on an ocean or sea coast with its own beach, seafront or harbour, or on a Great Lake with a public beach, and within about 10 km of the shore. The town's own listings can back that up, with 30% of its homes listing beach access, or 10% with ocean views, waterfront homes or beach in their titles besides. A town whose listings do not gets a second, stricter check, which asks whether people go there for that or mainly for something else. Big cities stay off. Corrections come last: places the checks got wrong are added or taken off, and rows that name one place are joined.

How the figures are made. Stays, occupancy, nightly rate and revenue are AirROI estimates built from Airbnb listing data, and cover Airbnb only. A town's stays are its bookings in the period, and the typical stay and busiest month come from the same data. Guest ratings, home sizes and how far ahead guests book are the latest figures in each town's AirROI data. Month ranks compare each month's part of Airbnb nights. Origin rests on 1,876,534 reviews and describes guests who left a review, not everyone who stayed. A town needs 1,000 reviews before this page gives its share from abroad.