Most Profitable Airbnb Rental Arbitrage Markets in Northern Europe in 2025

Based on our data, this page shows the top markets to do Airbnb Rental Arbitrage in Northern Europe with key statistics and information, like average long-term rental revenue for 2-bedroom, short-term rental revenue, and average rent gap. This allows you to discover the most profitable cities to start Airbnb Arbitrage in Northern Europe.

Best Cities to start Rental Arbitrage in Northern Europe

Rent Gap: It indicates the average revenue differences between long-term and short-term rental revenues. The bigger the gap, the easier it is for you to make profits by doing rental arbitrage. The table is sorted by the rent gap. All data presented in this report is based on 2-bedroom properties.

STR (Short-Term Rental): Refers to short-term rental data, which is tracked and verified by Airbtics.

STR Revenue: Represents the average annual revenue generated by short-term rentals, as captured by Airbtics' dataset.

LTR (Long-Term Rental): Refers to traditional rental markets.

LTR Revenue: Represents the average annual rental income collected by landlords. For comparability, we assume a 90% occupancy rate for long-term rentals. The data is currently sourced through ChatGPT. However, Airbtics is in the process of collecting and standardizing this data internally. By November 2025, these external sources will be fully replaced with Airbtics' proprietary datasets.

Sorting Basis: The tables are ranked by the Rent Gap between short-term and long-term rental revenues for an average 2-bedroom property.

Last updated: September, 2025

Position	Market Name	LTR revenue	STR revenue	Rent Gap	Number of Airbnb Listings	Regulation
1	Rovaniemi, Finland	$10.26K	$69.31K	575%	1,578	Lenient
2	Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom	$9.72K	$52.24K	437%	97	Lenient
3	City of edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom	$17.28K	$91.64K	430%	5,130	Lenient
4	East ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom	$10.26K	$52.74K	414%	142	Lenient
5	Clackmannanshire, Scotland, United Kingdom	$10.26K	$50.24K	389%	93	Lenient
6	Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom	$12.96K	$61.25K	372%	197	Lenient
7	North ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom	$10.26K	$46.75K	355%	419	Lenient
8	Galway city, Ireland	$17.28K	$77.87K	350%	568	Lenient
9	Scottish highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom	$12.96K	$58.20K	349%	6,056	Lenient
10	East renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom	$12.96K	$57.66K	344%	56	Lenient
11	Staffordshire moorlands, Staffordshire, United Kingdom	$9.72K	$43.18K	344%	635	Lenient
12	East lindsey, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom	$8.10K	$35.93K	343%	1,482	Lenient
13	Powys, Wales, United Kingdom	$10.26K	$45.45K	343%	2,420	Lenient
14	Allerdale, Cumbria, United Kingdom	$10.26K	$45.42K	342%	1,159	Lenient
15	Kings lynn and west norfolk, Norfolk, United Kingdom	$10.26K	$45.37K	342%	1,292	Lenient
16	Perth and kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom	$12.96K	$57.28K	341%	1,411	Lenient
17	Orkney islands, Scotland, United Kingdom	$9.72K	$42.09K	333%	347	Lenient
18	Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom	$10.26K	$44.28K	331%	334	Lenient
19	Na h-eileanan siar, Scotland, United Kingdom	$10.26K	$43.63K	325%	560	Lenient
20	Cork, Ireland	$17.28K	$73.48K	325%	380	Lenient
21	Derbyshire dales, Derbyshire, United Kingdom	$11.88K	$50.56K	325%	1,777	Lenient
22	Wychavon, Worcestershire, United Kingdom	$11.88K	$50.57K	325%	518	Lenient
23	South ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom	$11.88K	$49.90K	320%	556	Lenient
24	North east derbyshire, Derbyshire, United Kingdom	$10.26K	$43.06K	319%	219	Lenient
25	Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom	$10.26K	$42.93K	318%	660	Lenient
26	Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom	$12.96K	$53.85K	315%	808	Lenient
27	Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom	$10.26K	$42.30K	312%	382	Lenient
28	Dumfries and galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom	$9.18K	$37.82K	311%	1,294	Lenient
29	Reykjavik, Iceland	$19.44K	$79.39K	308%	2,414	Lenient
30	South lakeland, Cumbria, United Kingdom	$12.96K	$52.83K	307%	3,176	Lenient
31	East lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom	$12.96K	$52.78K	307%	505	Lenient
32	South derbyshire, Derbyshire, United Kingdom	$11.88K	$48.23K	305%	177	Lenient
33	Torfaen, Wales, United Kingdom	$10.26K	$41.50K	304%	67	Lenient
34	Eden, Cumbria, United Kingdom	$9.72K	$39.23K	303%	1,109	Lenient
35	West lindsey, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom	$9.72K	$39.06K	301%	274	Lenient
36	Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom	$12.96K	$51.80K	299%	1,544	Lenient
37	Northumberland, Northumberland, United Kingdom	$11.88K	$47.41K	299%	2,949	Lenient
38	Cotswold, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom	$16.20K	$64.72K	299%	2,002	Lenient
39	High peak, Derbyshire, United Kingdom	$11.88K	$47.34K	298%	751	Lenient
40	Newark and sherwood, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom	$9.72K	$38.61K	297%	359	Lenient
41	Rossendale, Lancashire, United Kingdom	$9.72K	$38.21K	293%	85	Lenient
42	Antrim and newtownabbey, Northern ireland, United Kingdom	$9.72K	$38.14K	292%	164	Lenient
43	North devon, Devon, United Kingdom	$12.96K	$50.67K	291%	2,185	Lenient
44	Blaenau gwent, Wales, United Kingdom	$9.18K	$35.75K	289%	82	Lenient
45	Scarborough, North yorkshire, United Kingdom	$11.88K	$46.22K	289%	2,344	Lenient
46	East riding of yorkshire, East riding of yorkshire, United Kingdom	$10.26K	$39.91K	288%	1,714	Lenient
47	Tromso, Norway	$16.20K	$62.74K	287%	2,160	Lenient
48	Harlow, Essex, United Kingdom	$16.20K	$62.52K	285%	74	Lenient
49	Ryedale, North yorkshire, United Kingdom	$11.88K	$45.68K	284%	805	Lenient
50	North norfolk, Norfolk, United Kingdom	$12.96K	$49.63K	282%	2,276	Lenient
51	Amber valley, Derbyshire, United Kingdom	$10.26K	$39.04K	280%	249	Lenient
52	East suffolk, Suffolk, United Kingdom	$12.96K	$49.18K	279%	2,370	Lenient
53	Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom	$11.88K	$44.97K	278%	142	Lenient
54	Bridgend, Wales, United Kingdom	$11.88K	$44.90K	277%	298	Lenient
55	Bath and north east somerset, Somerset, United Kingdom	$17.28K	$65.02K	276%	1,914	Lenient
56	Hartlepool, Durham, United Kingdom	$8.10K	$30.43K	275%	120	Lenient
57	West oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom	$16.20K	$60.86K	275%	913	Lenient
58	Craven, North yorkshire, United Kingdom	$12.96K	$48.56K	274%	843	Lenient
59	Stroud, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom	$12.96K	$48.26K	272%	761	Lenient
60	Vale of glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom	$12.96K	$47.96K	270%	491	Lenient
61	Barnsley, South yorkshire, United Kingdom	$9.72K	$35.95K	269%	166	Lenient
62	Mendip, Somerset, United Kingdom	$12.96K	$47.84K	269%	1,258	Lenient
63	Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom	$11.88K	$43.64K	267%	231	Lenient
64	South kesteven, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom	$11.88K	$43.62K	267%	420	Lenient
65	Tallinn, Estonia	$8.64K	$31.68K	266%	2,257	Lenient
66	Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom	$12.96K	$47.35K	265%	447	Lenient
67	Causeway coast and glens, Northern ireland, United Kingdom	$10.26K	$37.42K	264%	1,685	Lenient
68	Newcastle-under-lyme, Staffordshire, United Kingdom	$10.26K	$37.40K	264%	112	Lenient
69	Forest of dean, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom	$11.88K	$43.32K	264%	675	Lenient
70	Cheshire west and chester, Cheshire, United Kingdom	$12.96K	$47.20K	264%	1,088	Lenient
71	Breckland, Norfolk, United Kingdom	$11.88K	$43.18K	263%	482	Lenient
72	Shropshire, Shropshire, United Kingdom	$11.88K	$43.17K	263%	1,783	Lenient
73	West lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom	$12.96K	$47.02K	262%	190	Lenient
74	North kesteven, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom	$10.26K	$37.22K	262%	197	Lenient
75	Inverclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom	$10.26K	$37.05K	261%	99	Lenient
76	Armagh city, Northern ireland, United Kingdom	$9.72K	$35.15K	261%	210	Lenient
77	Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom	$9.72K	$35.13K	261%	1,340	Lenient
78	Telford and wrekin, Shropshire, United Kingdom	$10.80K	$39.01K	261%	283	Lenient
79	West lancashire, Lancashire, United Kingdom	$11.88K	$42.86K	260%	121	Lenient
80	Sedgemoor, Somerset, United Kingdom	$11.88K	$42.73K	259%	640	Lenient
81	Rutland, Rutland, United Kingdom	$12.96K	$46.34K	257%	224	Lenient
82	South holland, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom	$10.26K	$36.54K	256%	100	Lenient
83	Broadland, Norfolk, United Kingdom	$12.96K	$45.99K	254%	529	Lenient
84	South staffordshire, Staffordshire, United Kingdom	$11.88K	$41.98K	253%	80	Lenient
85	South somerset, Somerset, United Kingdom	$12.96K	$45.84K	253%	875	Lenient
86	Fenland, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom	$10.80K	$37.93K	251%	114	Lenient
87	Charnwood, Leicestershire, United Kingdom	$11.88K	$41.77K	251%	245	Lenient
88	Newry, Northern ireland, United Kingdom	$9.72K	$34.12K	251%	784	Lenient
89	South cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom	$16.20K	$57.00K	251%	1,608	Lenient
90	Derry city and strabane, Northern ireland, United Kingdom	$10.26K	$35.91K	250%	439	Lenient
91	Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom	$11.88K	$41.67K	250%	3,533	Lenient
92	Gloucester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom	$14.04K	$49.07K	249%	215	Lenient
93	Limerick, Ireland	$16.20K	$56.69K	249%	66	Lenient
94	Mid and east antrim, Northern ireland, United Kingdom	$9.72K	$33.83K	248%	299	Lenient
95	North east lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom	$8.64K	$30.09K	248%	376	Lenient
96	Herefordshire, Herefordshire, United Kingdom	$11.88K	$41.45K	248%	1,534	Lenient
97	Boston, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom	$9.72K	$33.80K	247%	171	Lenient
98	Mid ulster, Northern ireland, United Kingdom	$9.18K	$31.93K	247%	271	Lenient
99	Wyre forest, Worcestershire, United Kingdom	$11.88K	$41.33K	247%	156	Lenient
100	Wiltshire, Wiltshire, United Kingdom	$14.04K	$48.85K	247%	2,297	Lenient

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