In France, hotel prices rose by 26% between 2019 and 2025, against 16% for prices as a whole. Elsewhere in Europe the rise is steeper still: +48% in Portugal, +46% in Spain and +37% on average across the European Union, according to Eurostat.
- 📈 In France · +26% for hotels from 2019 to 2025, against +16% inflation (INSEE).
- 🇪🇺 In Europe · +37% across the EU; Portugal +48%, Spain +46% (Eurostat).
- 🚀 The key years · +12% in 2022 and +7% in 2023 in France.
- 🏅 The Olympic year · no spike in 2024: +2% over the year.
- 📅 In 2026 · +5% over January-September, compared with 2025.
- 🔎 Worth knowing · the index tracks the same service, not the average price paid.
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France: hotels 26% dearer than in 2019
In INSEE’s consumer price index, the ‘hotels and similar accommodation’ item rises from 79.09 in 2019 to 100 in 2025 (base 2025 = 100). That is a 26.4% rise in six years, while the all-items index, which measures overall inflation, grew by only 16.0%. The gap stands at 10.4 points.
Once inflation is stripped out, the real increase is still around 9%. Accommodation services, which also take in campsites, holiday villages and youth hostels, are up 21.4%.
| Year | Hotels (index) | Hotels, year on year | Accommodation (index) | All items (index) | Inflation, year on year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 79.09 | base | 82.37 | 86.18 | base |
| 2020 | 76.53 | -3.2% | 82.03 | 86.59 | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 78.54 | +2.6% | 84.24 | 88.01 | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 87.97 | +12.0% | 90.11 | 92.61 | +5.2% |
| 2023 | 94.14 | +7.0% | 93.54 | 97.12 | +4.9% |
| 2024 | 96.04 | +2.0% | 96.42 | 99.07 | +2.0% |
| 2025 | 100.00 | +4.1% | 100.00 | 100.00 | +0.9% |
| 2019 → 2025 | +26.4% | +21.4% | +16.0% | ||
| Jan-Sep 2026 | 105.40 | +5.0%* | 105.43 | 101.88 | +1.9%* |
INSEE, CPI, annual averages, base 2025 = 100. * Compared with January-September 2025 (nine months, not comparable with annual averages).
2022 and 2023, the two years of the big leap
The rise did not happen all at once. In 2020 the hotel index fell by 3.2%, then recovered by 2.6% in 2021. The big jump came in 2022: +12.0%, more than double that year’s inflation (+5.2%). In 2023 hotels added a further 7.0%, against 4.9% for prices overall.
The pace then slowed without stopping: +2.0% in 2024, then +4.1% in 2025, as overall inflation fell back to 0.9%. The peak was reached in 2025, and the first nine months of 2026 are already above it.
Paris Olympics, no national spike in 2024
The Olympic year brought no spike: +2.0% over 2024, the smallest rise since 2021. Compared with the same month of 2023, hotel prices were +1.2% in June 2024, -0.7% in July, +6.5% in August and -0.4% in September.
A few weeks of Games in Paris carry little weight in an index covering the whole of France and the whole year. For occupancy, read our analysis of the summer 2026 season in French hotels.
Portugal and Spain far ahead of France
To compare countries, there is a single source: Eurostat’s harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP). Portugal comes top with +47.8% between 2019 and 2025, ahead of Spain (+45.6%) and Italy (+39.7%). The European Union stands at +37.3%.
Next come the Netherlands (+34.3%) and Greece (+26.9%). France (+26.4%) and Germany (+25.9%) bring up the rear. In Germany, hotels outpace inflation by just 0.8 points; in Portugal, by 27.4 points. On visitor numbers, see our ranking of foreign tourists’ hotel nights in Europe.
| Country | Hotels, 2019 index | Hotels 2019-2025 | Inflation 2019-2025 | Gap | Hotels Jan-Sep 2026* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇵🇹 Portugal | 67.64 | +47.8% | +20.4% | 27.4 pts | -1.8% |
| 🇪🇸 Spain | 68.69 | +45.6% | +21.5% | 24.1 pts | +9.6% |
| 🇮🇹 Italy | 71.60 | +39.7% | +20.5% | 19.2 pts | +3.8% |
| 🇪🇺 European Union (27 countries) | 72.83 | +37.3% | +26.5% | 10.8 pts | +4.6% |
| 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 74.46 | +34.3% | +28.4% | 5.9 pts | +10.2% |
| 🇬🇷 Greece | 78.82 | +26.9% | +19.8% | 7.1 pts | +4.5% |
| 🇫🇷 France | 79.10 | +26.4% | +18.6% | 7.8 pts | +5.0% |
| 🇩🇪 Germany | 79.44 | +25.9% | +25.1% | 0.8 pts | +2.4% |
Eurostat, HICP, annual averages, 2025 = 100. Gap = hotel price rise minus inflation, in points. * Compared with January-September 2025.
2026: already 5% higher over nine months
From January to September, compared with the same months of 2025, hotel prices are up 5.0% in France, while prices overall rose by only 1.9%. Accommodation services are up 3.8%.
In Europe, the steepest rises are in the Netherlands (+10.2%) and Spain (+9.6%). Portugal is taking a breather (-1.8%) after the strongest rise since 2019. Germany is at +2.4%, the European Union at +4.6%.
Our method: two sources, three caveats
For France, the annual averages of INSEE’s CPI (hotels, accommodation services, all items); for Europe, those of Eurostat’s HICP (item CP11201). Both sources give +26.4% for French hotels.
- An index is not an average price. It tracks the price of the same hotel service from one year to the next, not the average price paid per room: if travellers trade up, the index does not see it.
- Do not mix the two inflation measures. For France, INSEE’s CPI gives +16.0% inflation from 2019 to 2025 and Eurostat’s HICP +18.6%: coverage and weightings differ. French hotels are compared with the CPI, and European countries with one another on the HICP alone.
- A new classification in 2026. Since January 2026, the indices have followed the COICOP 2018 classification (ECOICOP version 2 at Eurostat), with base 2025 = 100. The old, archived series gave the same 26.4% rise for France.
Figures in current euros. The hotel index peaks in June and July: 2026, known for nine months, is therefore compared with the same nine months of 2025.
Booking in 2026: what these figures change
Compare a rate with the same month of the previous year: set against an annual average, a July price will always look expensive.
In Europe, the gaps between countries are widening in 2026: Spain and the Netherlands are rising almost twice as fast as France, while Portugal is slipping slightly. A national index says nothing about a specific hotel: track the rate of the property you have in mind. On the hotel groups, read our analysis of the half-year at Marriott, IHG and Accor.
Sources
- INSEE, consumer price index, base 2025, annual averages: hotels and similar accommodation (series 011817784), accommodation services (series 011817770), all items (series 011814639). Monthly series up to September 2026 (published on 15 October 2026).
- Eurostat, HICP, annual averages (prc_hicp_ainr), updated on 17 September 2026, and HICP, monthly indices (prc_hicp_minr), updated on 16 October 2026.
- Eurostat, note on the switch to ECOICOP version 2 and base 2025 (January 2026).
- Data consulted on 24 October 2026.
