How much Airbnb income can you make in Barranco?
n = 1,440 Airbnb listings · source: airroi · as of 2026-09-17 · methodology →
Barranco Airbnb grosses about 6.2% — at roughly $56 a night and near 54% occupancy. That is the headline number, and it is gross. Before platform fees, before you pay the utilities and internet, before income tax, before mantenimiento, before property tax and arbitrios. The long-term net yield in the same district is about 4.7%, and that figure already has property tax, arbitrios, rental income tax and a 3% vacancy allowance taken out of it. The long-term figure does not subtract mantenimiento, because in a Lima long-term let the tenant pays that, not you. The Airbnb figure does subtract mantenimiento, because there the host pays it and no guest reimburses them.
So the honest comparison is not 6.2% against 4.7% as printed. The Airbnb number still has to absorb the platform fee, the host-paid utilities and internet, income tax, property tax and arbitrios, and mantenimiento. The long-term number has already absorbed its own costs. Once you strip the Airbnb figure down to something comparable, the gap of about 1.5 percentage points is not the cushion it looks like. Long-term usually wins here, and that is before you count the hours.
Both sides assume you self-manage. The model does not subtract furnishing or fit-out, cleaning, turnover or consumables, or management fees on either side — so if you would hire those out, your real return is lower than either figure, and I cannot tell you by how much from this data. What I can tell you is that the Airbnb gross is a sample, not a guarantee: about 6.2% at roughly $56 a night and near 54% occupancy is what a typical Barranco listing does, and typical means half do worse.
The uncomfortable half: the Airbnb case only works if you run it well and fill the calendar. At near 54% occupancy you are empty almost half the nights, and every empty night is a night you still pay mantenimiento, utilities and internet on. The long-term tenant pays mantenimiento and hands you a net yield of about 4.7% with a 3% vacancy allowance already inside it. For most foreign owners buying in Lima from abroad, that is the trade — less headline, far less work, and no platform fee eating the top line.
None of this is investment advice, and the figures are approximate — they hold steady between real moves, so the tables on the page may show a slightly different exact value. Treat about 6.2%, roughly $56, near 54% and about 4.7% as the shape of the market, not a promise about your unit.