Short term rental statistics and data: South Africa - Western Cape
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There are 15728 short term rentals properties in Western Cape
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Hosts

In this area there are 9294 unique hosts and 6567 Superhosts
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Instant Booking

5722 listings in Western Cape have Instant Booking turned on.
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Reviews

All Western Cape listings received 825.689 reviews.

MonthAvailabilityMedium Price
September 202541.28%€ 333.54
October 202556.06%€ 398.01
November 202561.52%€ 462.89
December 202551.37%€ 637.2
January 202654.92%€ 626.83
February 202663.56%€ 530.18
March 202676.2%€ 492.91
April 202686.1%€ 429.56
May 202691.39%€ 353.94
June 202689.75%€ 326.83
July 202692.83%€ 330.07


In the next year, in Western Cape, the short term rental higher medium price is € 637.2, and the higher medium price looking only at available listings is € 632.91. Instead the lowest medium price is € 326.83 and the lowest medium price of available listings is € 324.91.
Availability of short term rental available properties in Western Cape from September 2025 to July 2026 varies between 41.28% and 92.83%.
Consider that many short term rental hosts do not open their booking calendars too far in the future. Opening your calendar for 12 months or more could be a great business opportunity.
Note: we collect and update data every day and short term rentals prices and availabilities may vary on every data update.

Properties and rooms

In the "Western Cape" area 15.4% of short term rental properties are classified as Private room in guesthouse, 11.2% are classified as Entire home, 10.2% are classified as Entire rental unit, 10.2% are classified as Farm stay, 8.2% are classified as Entire cottage, 6% are classified as Private room in home, 5.6% are classified as Entire guest suite, 4.6% are classified as Private room in bed and breakfast, 3.8% are classified as Private room in rental unit, 3% are classified as Private room in farm stay, 2.8% are classified as Entire villa, 2.6% are classified as Entire guesthouse, and 16.4% of short term rental properties are classified in minors categories.

Rooms in non exclusive use properties are divided according to the following types: 100% are "Private rooms", 0% are "Hotel rooms" and 0% are "Shared rooms"
Bedrooms and beds

Of those properties 57% have 1 bedroom, 19.8% have 2 bedrooms, 9.4% have 3 bedrooms, 5% have 4 bedrooms, 3% have bedrooms, and properties having a different number of bedrooms are 5.8%.

Also, the number of beds in each property varies as follows: 9.4% have 0 beds, 45.8% have 1 bed, 22.2% have 2 beds, 10.8% have 3 beds, 5.6% have 4 beds, and all other properties are about 6.2%.

99.6% have beds, 0.4% have Others,
Bathrooms

The number of bathrooms for property is distributed as follows: 29.2% have bathrooms, 34.6% have 1.00 bathroom, 10% have 2.00 bathrooms, 3% have 3.00 bathrooms, 21% have 5.00 bathrooms, and properties having a different number of bathrooms are 2.2%.

Note: A half bath value means it is just a toilet and sink. There isn't a shower or tub in it, so a house with 1.5 baths has one full bathroom and one-half bath.
Max guests capacity

Regarding the number of people that the accommodation facilities are able to accommodate, in the "Western Cape" area's, we have the following segments: 48.4% can accomodate up to 2 guests guests, 6.8% can accomodate up to 3 guests guests, 22.8% can accomodate up to 4 guests guests, 3.2% can accomodate up to 5 guests guests, 8.6% can accomodate up to 6 guests guests, 4.8% can accomodate up to 8 guests guests, and 5.4% can accomodate a different number of guests.
Cancellation policies

"Western Cape" area's hosts apply cancellation policies for their properties as follows: 28.6% apply Firm policy, 20.6% apply Non-refundable policy, 19.4% apply Flexible policy, 13.4% apply Refundable policy, 13% apply Moderate policy, and hosts applying different policies are 5%.