How much Airbnb income can you make in Magdalena?
n = 463 Airbnb listings · source: airroi · as of 2026-09-17 · methodology →
In Magdalena the Airbnb number is about 7.0% gross, at roughly $54 a night and near 55% occupancy. That is the headline, and it is gross: the platform fee, the utilities and internet you pay as host, income tax, mantenimiento, property tax and arbitrios all still come out of it. The long-term figure is about 4.8%, and that one is already net — it subtracts property tax, arbitios, rental income tax and a 3% vacancy allowance, but not mantenimiento, because in a Lima long-term let the tenant pays that.
So the honest comparison is a gross 7.0% against a net 4.8%. The Airbnb side carries the costs the long-term side does not, and the owner self-manages on both sides, so neither number has a management fee buried in it. On the figures as given, long-term usually wins here.
The caveat is that the 7.0% is a sample, not a census. Occupancy in Magdalena moves with the season and with how the flat is run, and a host who does not fill the calendar will not see that gross figure at all. The 4.8% is the steadier of the two, and it asks far less of your evenings.
Neither figure accounts for furnishing or fit-out, cleaning and turnover, or consumables — the model does not subtract them, and I am not going to pretend they are free. If you are buying in Magdalena to let, price those in yourself before you decide which side of the 7.0% against 4.8% you are on. Not investment advice.