Hotel prices in Andalucia surged to their highest level on record in August, figures have revealed.

The average daily rate, or ADR, reached €177.92 per occupied room, according to the latest provisional figures from the National Statistics Institute (INE).

It is the highest figure recorded in Andalucia since the statistical series began in 2008 and represents a 7.1% increase on the €166.13 average reported in August last year.

Prices also jumped sharply from July, when the average room rate stood at €164.56.

The summer surge placed Andalucia above the Spanish average of €166.90, itself a new national record.

A hotel room in the southern region therefore cost €11.02, or 6.6%, more than the average across Spain during the peak holiday month.

However, the regional figure disguises enormous differences between Andalucia’s coastal and inland provinces.

Malaga most expensive

Malaga topped the regional ranking by a significant margin, recording an average daily hotel rate of €218.34.

The figure represents a 7.1% increase compared with August 2025 and is the highest ever recorded in the province.

Huelva was the second-most expensive province, with an average rate of €203.59 per occupied room.

It also experienced the largest annual increase in Andalucia, with prices rising by 20.5% from €168.99 last August.

Cadiz narrowly missed the €200 mark after its average rate climbed to €199.82, an increase of 6.4% in 12 months.

Both Huelva and Cadiz recorded their highest hotel prices since comparable data began.

Almeria completed the group of expensive coastal destinations, with its average rate reaching a record €169.99. That represented an annual increase of 4.3% and placed the province above the Spanish average, although still below the figure for Andalucia as a whole.

Inland much cheaper

Hotel rates were considerably lower across inland Andalucia.

The average occupied room cost €104.57 in Granada, followed by €82.04 in Sevilla and €75.63 in Jaen.

Cordoba was the cheapest province, with an average rate of just €64.55.

The €153.79 difference between Malaga and Cordoba meant an average hotel room on the Costa del Sol province cost more than three times as much as one in Cordoba during August.

The divide reflects the different tourist seasons experienced by Andalucia’s coastal resorts and historic inland cities.

While beach destinations generally reach their highest rates during July and August, hotel prices in Sevilla tend to peak during the milder spring months.

Sevilla’s average rate reached €177.98 in April before falling by more than half to €82.04 in August.

The August figure was also 1.2% lower than the €83 recorded during the same month last year. Cordoba experienced a similar annual decline of 1.3%.

The scale of Andalucia’s seasonal price increase is evident when August is compared with the beginning of the year.

The regional average stood at €93.30 in January before slipping to €92.23 in February.

It increased to €99.49 in March, €121.99 in April and €124.81 in May. The summer season then pushed the average to €135.98 in June, €164.56 in July and €177.92 in August.

That represents a 90.7% increase between January and August.

The equivalent rise across Spain was much smaller, at 43.8%, with the national average increasing from €116.04 to €166.90.

Andalucia began the year €22.74 below the Spanish average. By July, however, its hotels were charging €7.64 more, with the difference growing to €11.02 in August.

The ADR measures the average amount paid for an occupied hotel room and is one of the INE’s principal indicators of profitability in the accommodation sector.

Visitors not put off

The historic prices coincided with another strong month for Andalucia’s tourism industry.

Some 2.33 million travellers stayed in the region’s hotels during August, up 2.5% from approximately 2.28 million in the same month last year.

They generated 7.72 million overnight stays, almost 151,000 more than in August 2025 and an increase of 2%.

Andalucia accounted for approximately 16.4% of all hotel guests in Spain and 15.8% of the country’s overnight stays during the month.

Between January and August, Andalucian hotels received 14.28 million travellers, an annual increase of 2.8%.

The number of overnight stays reached 41.13 million, up 3.1%, meaning Andalucia outperformed the national increases of 2.1% for travellers and 1.4% for hotel nights.

The figures show that demand is continuing to grow despite accommodation prices rising much more quickly.

Read more Andalucia news at the Spanish Eye.