Hotel Occupancy Rate Calculator
Calculate occupancy for any period, handle out-of-order rooms and see exactly how many more rooms you need to hit your target.
How hotel occupancy is calculated
Occupancy rate is the share of your available rooms that were sold in a period. It is the first number most owners look at every morning, and it drives staffing, housekeeping, purchasing and pricing decisions. This calculator works for a single night, a month, a season or a full year.
Room nights available = number of rooms × number of days. If some rooms were out of order (under repair or renovation and not sellable), many hotels subtract them to see operational occupancy. The tool shows both views.
Worked example
A 20-room property in a 31-day month has 620 room nights. Two rooms were closed for 5 days for plumbing work (10 room nights), so 610 were available. It sold 427 room nights.
- Occupancy on available rooms = 427 ÷ 610 = 70.0%
- Occupancy on total inventory = 427 ÷ 620 = 68.9%
- Unsold room nights = 183
- To reach 80%, it needed 488 room nights — 61 more, or about 2 extra rooms a day
Reading your occupancy correctly
- High occupancy is not always good. 95% at a low rate can earn less than 75% at a healthy rate. Always check ADR and RevPAR with the RevPAR calculator.
- Look at days of the week. Many Indian leisure properties run full on Friday and Saturday and half-empty midweek. The fix for each is different.
- Separate paid and complimentary rooms. Free rooms inflate occupancy but add no revenue.
- Know your break-even. Find the occupancy that covers your costs with the break-even occupancy calculator.
Ways to fill unsold room nights
Midweek corporate rates, long-stay offers, packages with local sightseeing, an updated OTA listing with fresh photos, and quick replies to every enquiry on WhatsApp all help. Start with the days that have the most unsold rooms rather than discounting the whole month.
Frequently asked questions
What is a good hotel occupancy rate?
It depends on your location, category, season and room rates. A good occupancy is one that, together with your ADR, covers your costs and grows RevPAR compared with the same period last year.
Should out-of-order rooms be included in occupancy?
Hotels report it both ways. Excluding out-of-order rooms shows how well you sold the rooms you could sell; including them keeps the figure comparable across months. This tool shows both.
How do I calculate occupancy for one night?
Divide the rooms sold that night by the rooms available that night and multiply by 100. For example, 18 rooms sold out of 24 is 75% occupancy.
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