ADR Calculator - Average Daily Rate

Calculate hotel ADR, occupancy, and RevPAR from room revenue, sold nights, rooms, and days.

Enter room revenue and occupied room nights to calculate average daily rate, with optional occupancy and RevPAR outputs.

ADR Calculator - Average Daily Rate
Calculate hotel ADR, occupancy, and RevPAR from room revenue, sold nights, rooms, and days.

About the ADR Calculator - Average Daily Rate

ADR Calculator - Average Daily Rate helps hotel operators, revenue managers, and vacation rental analysts turn scattered inputs into a defensible ADR estimate. The page is designed for practical analysis rather than abstract definition: enter the relevant source figures, then review both the headline result and the supporting metrics. Because the calculation is shown on the page, the result can be checked, repeated, and compared across scenarios instead of treated as a black box. The core formula is ADR = total room revenue / occupied room nights. When room count and period days are also provided, available room nights equal rooms multiplied by days, occupancy equals occupied room nights divided by available room nights, and RevPAR equals room revenue divided by available room nights. Optional fields are left out when blank, and required fields must be positive where the denominator, principal, income, or time period would otherwise make the result meaningless. That behavior is useful for early planning because a partial case can still be modeled without pretending that every input is known. It also makes sensitivity analysis straightforward: change one assumption at a time and watch how the ADR estimate responds. Common use cases include pricing a hotel comp set, checking whether discounting increased enough volume, comparing weekday and weekend performance, normalizing short-term rental revenue, and explaining RevPAR movement to owners. In each case, the point is not just to produce a number, but to understand what drives that number. The most sensitive input depends on the metric: rates and terms drive time-value calculations, denominators drive per-unit metrics, deductions and exemptions drive tax estimates, and timing assumptions drive valuation or return measures. The examples below use realistic inputs and show the arithmetic outcome so the method is easy to audit. A rising ADR can signal stronger pricing power, but a high ADR with weak occupancy may still produce disappointing RevPAR. The ADR estimate is most reliable when the inputs use the same period, entity, and accounting basis. Avoid mixing annual and monthly values, book and market values, pre-tax and after-tax figures, or gross and net amounts unless the label explicitly calls for that treatment. ADR excludes unsold inventory by design, so pair it with occupancy and RevPAR before concluding that a pricing strategy improved total performance. Use the result for education, screening, and scenario comparison, then verify consequential filings, financing choices, investment decisions, or contracts against authoritative source documents.

ADR, occupancy, and RevPAR examples

Worked examples for the ADR Calculator - Average Daily Rate using the same formula as the calculator.

InputsOutputNotes
Revenue $125,000; 850 occupied room nights$147.06 ADRRoom revenue divided by sold nights gives the average realized nightly rate.
Revenue $90,000; 600 room nights; 40 rooms over 30 days$150.00 ADR; 50.00% occupancy; $75.00 RevPARAvailable room nights are 1,200, so RevPAR is half of ADR at 50% occupancy.
Revenue $18,500; 110 vacation rental nights$168.18 ADRThe same revenue-per-occupied-night logic works for short-term rentals.

How to calculate ADR and RevPAR

  1. Enter room revenue for the same period as the sold-night count.
  2. Enter occupied or sold room nights, not total available room nights.
  3. Add rooms available and period days when occupancy and RevPAR are needed.
  4. Compare ADR with occupancy before changing rates or promotions.

ADR Calculator - Average Daily Rate FAQ

What does the ADR calculator calculate?
The ADR calculator calculates average daily rate, occupancy, and RevPAR from the values entered on the page. The displayed formula is applied directly, so changing one input updates the result without hidden assumptions.
Which inputs matter most for the ADR calculator?
The most important inputs are the numerator, denominator, rate, or time fields named in the formula. Optional fields are treated as zero or omitted when blank, which keeps a partial scenario from adding invented values.
Can the ADR calculator be used for final decisions?
The ADR calculator measures room revenue performance, not total property profitability or ancillary revenue. Treat the output as a planning estimate and reconcile important decisions with official records, lender disclosures, tax instructions, audited statements, or professional advice.
Why should I run multiple scenarios?
Most financial metrics move sharply when rates, periods, fees, deductions, or denominators change. Running a base case, conservative case, and upside case makes the driver of the result easier to see.
How should I enter percentages and money amounts?
Enter percentages as ordinary numbers, such as 6.5 for 6.5%. Enter currency amounts as plain numbers without commas or symbols; the result area formats the output for readability.