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Hotel Price Index 2026: One Night in 98 Cities, Weekday vs Saturday

25 October 2026•12 min read•By JetMeAway Scout

How much does one night in a decent hotel cost around the world? We ran our own live hotel search for 98 cities on four nights and took the typical price of a well-rated room for two. The cheapest city was Manila at about £34 a night; the most expensive was New York at about £428. Across all 98 cities the middle value was £103.

Prices checked on 25 October 2026 for Wednesday 18 and Saturday 21 November, and Wednesday 2 and Saturday 5 December 2026. Live prices change; click any city for today's hotels.

Key findings

Saturday costs about double in Europe's favourite city breaks. In Dublin, Edinburgh, Prague, Budapest, Vienna, Madrid, Venice, Seville, Krakow and Manchester the typical Saturday room cost 94% more than the Wednesday room on average, in both test weeks. On those Saturdays many of their well-rated hotels had no rooms left.
Asia is where your money goes furthest. Manila, Kathmandu, Ho Chi Minh City, Jaipur and Chiang Mai all came in under £44 for a typical well-rated room.
Five-star hotels from about £45 a night. The cheapest well-rated five-stars we found were in Kathmandu, Bangkok, Mexico City, Istanbul and Phuket.
Business cities flip the rule. Geneva and Toronto were cheaper on Saturday than on Wednesday in both weeks.
The most expensive nights were in New York (£428), London (£271) and Edinburgh (£236).

The full index: 98 cities ranked by typical price

"Typical" is the median nightly price, for 2 adults, of hotels rated 7/10 or higher with at least 20 reviews, across all four nights. "Wednesday" and "Saturday" are each the average of the two weeks.

#	City	Country	Typical night	Wednesday	Saturday	Saturday vs Wednesday	Cheapest well-rated room
1	Manila	Philippines	£34	£33	£34	+3%	£12
2	Kathmandu	Nepal	£39	£39	£39	+1%	£9
3	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	£42	£41	£42	+4%	£9
4	Jaipur	India	£42	£42	£42	−0%	£8
5	Chiang Mai	Thailand	£43	£41	£46	+11%	£10
6	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	£46	£44	£47	+6%	£10
7	Delhi	India	£46	£46	£46	+0%	£12
8	Phuket	Thailand	£47	£47	£48	+3%	£17
9	Hanoi	Vietnam	£48	£48	£48	+1%	£10
10	Baku	Azerbaijan	£49	£49	£49	+1%	£22
11	Cairo	Egypt	£49	£48	£49	+4%	£12
12	Bangkok	Thailand	£50	£48	£52	+8%	£11
13	Tbilisi	Georgia	£51	£51	£50	−1%	£19
14	Muscat	Oman	£52	£53	£52	−2%	£25
15	Colombo	Sri Lanka	£53	£53	£54	+1%	£12
16	Amman	Jordan	£56	£56	£55	−2%	£17
17	Lima	Peru	£56	£56	£56	−1%	£16
18	Goa	India	£57	£54	£60	+12%	£11
19	Islamabad	Pakistan	£58	£59	£57	−3%	£20
20	Crete	Greece	£61	£60	£61	+1%	£34
21	Lahore	Pakistan	£62	£63	£62	−1%	£25
22	Istanbul	Turkey	£62	£61	£63	+3%	£17
23	Riga	Latvia	£63	£61	£73	+21%	£28
24	Cappadocia	Turkey	£63	£62	£63	+1%	£19
25	Antalya	Turkey	£65	£78	£65	−16%	£22
26	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	£69	£68	£72	+5%	£19
27	Cancun	Mexico	£70	£72	£70	−3%	£18
28	Nice	France	£71	£67	£75	+13%	£35
29	Nairobi	Kenya	£71	£71	£70	−1%	£11
30	Yerevan	Armenia	£71	£71	£71	+0%	£28
31	Split	Croatia	£74	£74	£75	+1%	£27
32	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	£74	£70	£85	+22%	£23
33	Buenos Aires	Argentina	£76	£72	£84	+16%	£23
34	Porto	Portugal	£76	£70	£84	+21%	£30
35	Mumbai	India	£77	£77	£76	−1%	£13
36	Warsaw	Poland	£78	£78	£77	−2%	£28
37	Tallinn	Estonia	£81	£71	£92	+29%	£28
38	Mexico City	Mexico	£82	£81	£86	+6%	£12
39	Krakow	Poland	£84	£73	£137	+87%	£22
40	Auckland	New Zealand	£84	£80	£86	+8%	£34
41	Dubai	UAE	£85	£84	£85	+1%	£36
42	Naples (event)	Italy	£86	£81	£109	+35%	£22
43	Athens	Greece	£86	£80	£91	+13%	£20
44	Lisbon	Portugal	£91	£82	£97	+18%	£30
45	Taipei	Taiwan	£91	£61	£169	+178%	£13
46	Dubrovnik	Croatia	£95	£94	£96	+1%	£40
47	Berlin	Germany	£98	£98	£101	+3%	£23
48	Doha	Qatar	£99	£99	£107	+9%	£25
49	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	£102	£112	£99	−12%	£38
50	Munich	Germany	£104	£101	£122	+20%	£39
51	Marrakech	Morocco	£105	£101	£106	+6%	£20
52	Orlando	USA	£105	£90	£120	+32%	£28
53	Helsinki	Finland	£105	£180	£105	−41%	£39
54	Santorini	Greece	£107	£108	£106	−2%	£27
55	Florence (event)	Italy	£108	£97	£134	+38%	£35
56	Singapore	Singapore	£108	£107	£108	+1%	£31
57	Valencia	Spain	£109	£85	£440	+416%	£39
58	Prague	Czech Republic	£110	£90	£213	+136%	£24
59	Budapest	Hungary	£112	£89	£169	+89%	£30
60	Hong Kong	China	£119	£100	£139	+39%	£21
61	Malaga	Spain	£120	£96	£149	+56%	£29
62	Seoul	South Korea	£121	£90	£161	+79%	£17
63	San Francisco	USA	£121	£231	£121	−48%	£51
64	Hamburg	Germany	£123	£111	£136	+22%	£36
65	Rome	Italy	£126	£111	£138	+25%	£37
66	Cape Town	South Africa	£127	£132	£126	−4%	£27
67	Maldives	Maldives	£128	£124	£132	+6%	£34
68	Seville	Spain	£129	£93	£163	+76%	£30
69	Las Vegas	USA	£131	£120	£146	+22%	£17
70	Vancouver	Canada	£133	£133	£132	−0%	£63
71	Melbourne	Australia	£134	£126	£134	+7%	£48
72	Venice	Italy	£135	£103	£170	+66%	£22
73	Stockholm	Sweden	£136	£132	£136	+3%	£45
74	Milan	Italy	£139	£122	£146	+19%	£37
75	Barcelona (event)	Spain	£142	£120	£142	+19%	£46
76	Reykjavik	Iceland	£143	£133	£153	+15%	£69
77	Tokyo	Japan	£151	£125	£238	+90%	£31
78	Oslo	Norway	£155	£152	£157	+4%	£59
79	Los Angeles	USA	£156	£148	£164	+11%	£59
80	Toronto	Canada	£159	£176	£150	−15%	£58
81	Abu Dhabi (event)	UAE	£160	£160	£309	+93%	£66
82	Vienna	Austria	£160	£127	£233	+83%	£37
83	Geneva	Switzerland	£161	£177	£144	−18%	£68
84	Copenhagen	Denmark	£171	£149	£206	+38%	£25
85	Brussels	Belgium	£172	£185	£142	−23%	£49
86	Amsterdam (event)	Netherlands	£173	£137	£180	+31%	£38
87	Dublin	Ireland	£173	£113	£260	+131%	£63
88	Madrid	Spain	£175	£121	£218	+80%	£38
89	Kyoto (event)	Japan	£178	£170	£304	+79%	£40
90	Manchester	UK	£182	£127	£229	+80%	£40
91	Paris	France	£185	£190	£185	−3%	£47
92	Zurich	Switzerland	£189	£189	£186	−1%	£68
93	Sydney	Australia	£195	£170	£217	+28%	£41
94	Miami	USA	£212	£180	£260	+44%	£23
95	Chicago	USA	£212	£212	£200	−6%	£32
96	Edinburgh	UK	£236	£154	£319	+107%	£46
97	London	UK	£271	£258	£311	+21%	£59
98	New York	USA	£428	£428	£445	+4%	£69

"(event)": the Saturday price in this city moved very differently in the two test weeks, probably because of an event, so treat its Saturday figure with care.

Where Saturday costs the most

Cities where the typical Saturday room was more than 25% dearer than Wednesday in both test weeks. The last column compares how many well-rated hotels still had a room.

City	Week 1 (21 Nov vs 18 Nov)	Week 2 (5 Dec vs 2 Dec)	Well-rated hotels with rooms, Wed → Sat
Valencia	+38%	+856%	200 → 72
Taipei	+251%	+103%	416 → 222
Prague	+56%	+186%	518 → 288
Dublin	+151%	+110%	177 → 105
Edinburgh	+106%	+107%	212 → 114
Tokyo	+121%	+50%	741 → 568
Budapest	+57%	+118%	311 → 176
Krakow	+34%	+130%	291 → 163
Vienna	+57%	+103%	375 → 195
Manchester	+100%	+65%	135 → 95
Madrid	+64%	+99%	507 → 288
Seoul	+85%	+72%	418 → 333
Seville	+38%	+129%	280 → 161
Venice	+63%	+68%	421 → 243
Malaga	+39%	+73%	153 → 82
Miami	+53%	+40%	226 → 218
Hong Kong	+40%	+37%	279 → 265
Orlando	+29%	+35%	300 → 280
Tallinn	+29%	+29%	137 → 97

What this means for you: in these cities a Sunday-to-Thursday stay is usually the cheapest way to go. If you must go at the weekend, book early; the cheaper well-rated rooms go first.

Where Saturday is cheaper

Geneva: Saturday was −19% (week 1) and −18% (week 2) against Wednesday.
Toronto: Saturday was −18% (week 1) and −11% (week 2) against Wednesday.

These are business-travel cities: weekday demand from conferences and offices pushes Wednesday up, and hotels discount at the weekend.

The cheapest five-star hotels we found

The lowest price for a well-rated hotel listed as five-star in each city, on any of the four nights.

City	Five-star hotel	From, per night for two
Kathmandu	Ramada by Wyndham Kathmandu Dhumbarahi	£45
Bangkok	Alexander Hotel	£45
Mexico City	Krystal Satelite Maria Barbara	£46
Istanbul	The Green Park Merter	£46
Phuket	Ramada Plaza by Wyndham Chao Fah Phuket	£46
Goa	3102bce - A Vedic Resort	£46
Doha	Saraya Corniche Hotel	£47
Manila	Vivere Hotel	£47
Ho Chi Minh City	Windsor Plaza Hotel	£47
Krakow	Booking Hotel & Spa	£48
Cappadocia	Suhan Cappadocia Hotel & Spa	£48
Jaipur	Sunday Hotel Jaipur by CheckIn	£48
Auckland	Tudor Court Motor Lodge	£49
Lima	Meliá Lima	£49
Athens	Piraeus Theoxenia Hotel	£50

How we made the index

Source: JetMeAway's own live hotel search, the same one you can use on this site. These are not survey averages.
Search: 2 adults, 1 room, 1 night, on Wednesday 18 November, Saturday 21 November, Wednesday 2 December and Saturday 5 December 2026. Prices were checked on 25 October 2026.
Hotels counted: those rated 7/10 or higher with at least 20 reviews, from the first two pages of results in each city (usually several hundred hotels; in the largest cities a large sample rather than every hotel).
Typical price: the median nightly price, in British pounds, including the taxes shown at search. A city is included only when at least 15 qualifying hotels had rooms on every one of the four nights; Karachi fell short and is left out.
Limits: this is a snapshot of two weeks in late autumn. Summer, holidays and big events change prices a lot.

Free to use

Journalists, bloggers and researchers are welcome to quote, chart or translate these figures. Please credit JetMeAway Hotel Price Index 2026 with a link to this page. For the full data set, email waqar@jetmeaway.co.uk.

Frequently asked questions

Which city has the cheapest hotels in the index?

Manila. A typical well-rated room for two cost about £34 a night across our four test nights, the lowest of the 98 cities. Kathmandu, Ho Chi Minh City and Jaipur follow, all under £43.

Which city has the most expensive hotels?

New York. The typical well-rated room cost about £428 a night, well ahead of London at £271 and Edinburgh at £236.

Are hotels more expensive on a Saturday?

In European city-break destinations, yes, by a lot. Across Dublin, Edinburgh, Prague, Budapest, Vienna, Madrid, Venice, Seville, Krakow and Manchester the typical Saturday room cost 94% more than the Wednesday one, in both test weeks, and many hotels were sold out.

Where is Saturday cheaper than a weekday?

In business cities. Geneva and Toronto were cheaper on Saturday than on Wednesday in both test weeks, because their hotels fill with business travellers during the week.

How was the index made?

We ran our own live hotel search for 2 adults and 1 night on four nights: Wednesday 18 and Saturday 21 November, and Wednesday 2 and Saturday 5 December 2026. We kept hotels rated 7/10 or higher with at least 20 reviews and took the median nightly price. Prices were checked on 25 October 2026, in British pounds, including taxes shown at search.

Can I use these figures?

Yes. Journalists, bloggers and researchers can quote or chart the index with a link to this page as the source.

See more of our research on the JetMeAway travel data page, or browse hotel guides by country.

Hotel Price Index 2026: One Night in 98 Cities, Weekday vs Saturday

25 October 2026•12 min read•By JetMeAway Scout

Prices checked on 25 October 2026 for Wednesday 18 and Saturday 21 November, and Wednesday 2 and Saturday 5 December 2026. Live prices change; click any city for today's hotels.

Key findings

Saturday costs about double in Europe's favourite city breaks. In Dublin, Edinburgh, Prague, Budapest, Vienna, Madrid, Venice, Seville, Krakow and Manchester the typical Saturday room cost 94% more than the Wednesday room on average, in both test weeks. On those Saturdays many of their well-rated hotels had no rooms left.
Asia is where your money goes furthest. Manila, Kathmandu, Ho Chi Minh City, Jaipur and Chiang Mai all came in under £44 for a typical well-rated room.
Five-star hotels from about £45 a night. The cheapest well-rated five-stars we found were in Kathmandu, Bangkok, Mexico City, Istanbul and Phuket.
Business cities flip the rule. Geneva and Toronto were cheaper on Saturday than on Wednesday in both weeks.
The most expensive nights were in New York (£428), London (£271) and Edinburgh (£236).

The full index: 98 cities ranked by typical price

"Typical" is the median nightly price, for 2 adults, of hotels rated 7/10 or higher with at least 20 reviews, across all four nights. "Wednesday" and "Saturday" are each the average of the two weeks.

#	City	Country	Typical night	Wednesday	Saturday	Saturday vs Wednesday	Cheapest well-rated room
1	Manila	Philippines	£34	£33	£34	+3%	£12
2	Kathmandu	Nepal	£39	£39	£39	+1%	£9
3	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	£42	£41	£42	+4%	£9
4	Jaipur	India	£42	£42	£42	−0%	£8
5	Chiang Mai	Thailand	£43	£41	£46	+11%	£10
6	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	£46	£44	£47	+6%	£10
7	Delhi	India	£46	£46	£46	+0%	£12
8	Phuket	Thailand	£47	£47	£48	+3%	£17
9	Hanoi	Vietnam	£48	£48	£48	+1%	£10
10	Baku	Azerbaijan	£49	£49	£49	+1%	£22
11	Cairo	Egypt	£49	£48	£49	+4%	£12
12	Bangkok	Thailand	£50	£48	£52	+8%	£11
13	Tbilisi	Georgia	£51	£51	£50	−1%	£19
14	Muscat	Oman	£52	£53	£52	−2%	£25
15	Colombo	Sri Lanka	£53	£53	£54	+1%	£12
16	Amman	Jordan	£56	£56	£55	−2%	£17
17	Lima	Peru	£56	£56	£56	−1%	£16
18	Goa	India	£57	£54	£60	+12%	£11
19	Islamabad	Pakistan	£58	£59	£57	−3%	£20
20	Crete	Greece	£61	£60	£61	+1%	£34
21	Lahore	Pakistan	£62	£63	£62	−1%	£25
22	Istanbul	Turkey	£62	£61	£63	+3%	£17
23	Riga	Latvia	£63	£61	£73	+21%	£28
24	Cappadocia	Turkey	£63	£62	£63	+1%	£19
25	Antalya	Turkey	£65	£78	£65	−16%	£22
26	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	£69	£68	£72	+5%	£19
27	Cancun	Mexico	£70	£72	£70	−3%	£18
28	Nice	France	£71	£67	£75	+13%	£35
29	Nairobi	Kenya	£71	£71	£70	−1%	£11
30	Yerevan	Armenia	£71	£71	£71	+0%	£28
31	Split	Croatia	£74	£74	£75	+1%	£27
32	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	£74	£70	£85	+22%	£23
33	Buenos Aires	Argentina	£76	£72	£84	+16%	£23
34	Porto	Portugal	£76	£70	£84	+21%	£30
35	Mumbai	India	£77	£77	£76	−1%	£13
36	Warsaw	Poland	£78	£78	£77	−2%	£28
37	Tallinn	Estonia	£81	£71	£92	+29%	£28
38	Mexico City	Mexico	£82	£81	£86	+6%	£12
39	Krakow	Poland	£84	£73	£137	+87%	£22
40	Auckland	New Zealand	£84	£80	£86	+8%	£34
41	Dubai	UAE	£85	£84	£85	+1%	£36
42	Naples (event)	Italy	£86	£81	£109	+35%	£22
43	Athens	Greece	£86	£80	£91	+13%	£20
44	Lisbon	Portugal	£91	£82	£97	+18%	£30
45	Taipei	Taiwan	£91	£61	£169	+178%	£13
46	Dubrovnik	Croatia	£95	£94	£96	+1%	£40
47	Berlin	Germany	£98	£98	£101	+3%	£23
48	Doha	Qatar	£99	£99	£107	+9%	£25
49	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	£102	£112	£99	−12%	£38
50	Munich	Germany	£104	£101	£122	+20%	£39
51	Marrakech	Morocco	£105	£101	£106	+6%	£20
52	Orlando	USA	£105	£90	£120	+32%	£28
53	Helsinki	Finland	£105	£180	£105	−41%	£39
54	Santorini	Greece	£107	£108	£106	−2%	£27
55	Florence (event)	Italy	£108	£97	£134	+38%	£35
56	Singapore	Singapore	£108	£107	£108	+1%	£31
57	Valencia	Spain	£109	£85	£440	+416%	£39
58	Prague	Czech Republic	£110	£90	£213	+136%	£24
59	Budapest	Hungary	£112	£89	£169	+89%	£30
60	Hong Kong	China	£119	£100	£139	+39%	£21
61	Malaga	Spain	£120	£96	£149	+56%	£29
62	Seoul	South Korea	£121	£90	£161	+79%	£17
63	San Francisco	USA	£121	£231	£121	−48%	£51
64	Hamburg	Germany	£123	£111	£136	+22%	£36
65	Rome	Italy	£126	£111	£138	+25%	£37
66	Cape Town	South Africa	£127	£132	£126	−4%	£27
67	Maldives	Maldives	£128	£124	£132	+6%	£34
68	Seville	Spain	£129	£93	£163	+76%	£30
69	Las Vegas	USA	£131	£120	£146	+22%	£17
70	Vancouver	Canada	£133	£133	£132	−0%	£63
71	Melbourne	Australia	£134	£126	£134	+7%	£48
72	Venice	Italy	£135	£103	£170	+66%	£22
73	Stockholm	Sweden	£136	£132	£136	+3%	£45
74	Milan	Italy	£139	£122	£146	+19%	£37
75	Barcelona (event)	Spain	£142	£120	£142	+19%	£46
76	Reykjavik	Iceland	£143	£133	£153	+15%	£69
77	Tokyo	Japan	£151	£125	£238	+90%	£31
78	Oslo	Norway	£155	£152	£157	+4%	£59
79	Los Angeles	USA	£156	£148	£164	+11%	£59
80	Toronto	Canada	£159	£176	£150	−15%	£58
81	Abu Dhabi (event)	UAE	£160	£160	£309	+93%	£66
82	Vienna	Austria	£160	£127	£233	+83%	£37
83	Geneva	Switzerland	£161	£177	£144	−18%	£68
84	Copenhagen	Denmark	£171	£149	£206	+38%	£25
85	Brussels	Belgium	£172	£185	£142	−23%	£49
86	Amsterdam (event)	Netherlands	£173	£137	£180	+31%	£38
87	Dublin	Ireland	£173	£113	£260	+131%	£63
88	Madrid	Spain	£175	£121	£218	+80%	£38
89	Kyoto (event)	Japan	£178	£170	£304	+79%	£40
90	Manchester	UK	£182	£127	£229	+80%	£40
91	Paris	France	£185	£190	£185	−3%	£47
92	Zurich	Switzerland	£189	£189	£186	−1%	£68
93	Sydney	Australia	£195	£170	£217	+28%	£41
94	Miami	USA	£212	£180	£260	+44%	£23
95	Chicago	USA	£212	£212	£200	−6%	£32
96	Edinburgh	UK	£236	£154	£319	+107%	£46
97	London	UK	£271	£258	£311	+21%	£59
98	New York	USA	£428	£428	£445	+4%	£69

"(event)": the Saturday price in this city moved very differently in the two test weeks, probably because of an event, so treat its Saturday figure with care.

Where Saturday costs the most

Cities where the typical Saturday room was more than 25% dearer than Wednesday in both test weeks. The last column compares how many well-rated hotels still had a room.

City	Week 1 (21 Nov vs 18 Nov)	Week 2 (5 Dec vs 2 Dec)	Well-rated hotels with rooms, Wed → Sat
Valencia	+38%	+856%	200 → 72
Taipei	+251%	+103%	416 → 222
Prague	+56%	+186%	518 → 288
Dublin	+151%	+110%	177 → 105
Edinburgh	+106%	+107%	212 → 114
Tokyo	+121%	+50%	741 → 568
Budapest	+57%	+118%	311 → 176
Krakow	+34%	+130%	291 → 163
Vienna	+57%	+103%	375 → 195
Manchester	+100%	+65%	135 → 95
Madrid	+64%	+99%	507 → 288
Seoul	+85%	+72%	418 → 333
Seville	+38%	+129%	280 → 161
Venice	+63%	+68%	421 → 243
Malaga	+39%	+73%	153 → 82
Miami	+53%	+40%	226 → 218
Hong Kong	+40%	+37%	279 → 265
Orlando	+29%	+35%	300 → 280
Tallinn	+29%	+29%	137 → 97

What this means for you: in these cities a Sunday-to-Thursday stay is usually the cheapest way to go. If you must go at the weekend, book early; the cheaper well-rated rooms go first.

Where Saturday is cheaper

Geneva: Saturday was −19% (week 1) and −18% (week 2) against Wednesday.
Toronto: Saturday was −18% (week 1) and −11% (week 2) against Wednesday.

These are business-travel cities: weekday demand from conferences and offices pushes Wednesday up, and hotels discount at the weekend.

The cheapest five-star hotels we found

The lowest price for a well-rated hotel listed as five-star in each city, on any of the four nights.

City	Five-star hotel	From, per night for two
Kathmandu	Ramada by Wyndham Kathmandu Dhumbarahi	£45
Bangkok	Alexander Hotel	£45
Mexico City	Krystal Satelite Maria Barbara	£46
Istanbul	The Green Park Merter	£46
Phuket	Ramada Plaza by Wyndham Chao Fah Phuket	£46
Goa	3102bce - A Vedic Resort	£46
Doha	Saraya Corniche Hotel	£47
Manila	Vivere Hotel	£47
Ho Chi Minh City	Windsor Plaza Hotel	£47
Krakow	Booking Hotel & Spa	£48
Cappadocia	Suhan Cappadocia Hotel & Spa	£48
Jaipur	Sunday Hotel Jaipur by CheckIn	£48
Auckland	Tudor Court Motor Lodge	£49
Lima	Meliá Lima	£49
Athens	Piraeus Theoxenia Hotel	£50

How we made the index

Source: JetMeAway's own live hotel search, the same one you can use on this site. These are not survey averages.
Search: 2 adults, 1 room, 1 night, on Wednesday 18 November, Saturday 21 November, Wednesday 2 December and Saturday 5 December 2026. Prices were checked on 25 October 2026.
Hotels counted: those rated 7/10 or higher with at least 20 reviews, from the first two pages of results in each city (usually several hundred hotels; in the largest cities a large sample rather than every hotel).
Typical price: the median nightly price, in British pounds, including the taxes shown at search. A city is included only when at least 15 qualifying hotels had rooms on every one of the four nights; Karachi fell short and is left out.
Limits: this is a snapshot of two weeks in late autumn. Summer, holidays and big events change prices a lot.

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Frequently asked questions

Which city has the cheapest hotels in the index?

Manila. A typical well-rated room for two cost about £34 a night across our four test nights, the lowest of the 98 cities. Kathmandu, Ho Chi Minh City and Jaipur follow, all under £43.

Which city has the most expensive hotels?

New York. The typical well-rated room cost about £428 a night, well ahead of London at £271 and Edinburgh at £236.

Are hotels more expensive on a Saturday?

Where is Saturday cheaper than a weekday?

In business cities. Geneva and Toronto were cheaper on Saturday than on Wednesday in both test weeks, because their hotels fill with business travellers during the week.

How was the index made?

Can I use these figures?

Yes. Journalists, bloggers and researchers can quote or chart the index with a link to this page as the source.

See more of our research on the JetMeAway travel data page, or browse hotel guides by country.

Hotel Price Index 2026: One Night in 98 Cities, Weekday vs Saturday

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The full index: 98 cities ranked by typical price

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The cheapest five-star hotels we found

How we made the index

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