What font does Airbnb use?
Airbnb introduced Cereal in 2018 to replace Circular across its apps, website and print. The old font is still visible in the CSS, as the second name in the stack.
Short answer: Airbnb uses Airbnb Cereal, its own custom typeface, for every piece of text on the site. It is loaded as a single variable font from Airbnb’s asset domain.
Airbnb Cereal
Self-hosted100%- CSS name
Airbnb Cereal VF- Weights
- 400, 500, 600, 700
- Sizes
- 22px · 20px · 14px · 13px · 12px · 11px
- Served from
- a0.muscache.com
Sizes, weights and spacing by role
These are computed values from the live page, which is what the Font Inspector panel shows when you click each element.
| Role | Font | Size | Weight | Line height | Letter spacing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body text | Airbnb Cereal | 14px | 400 | 1.29 | normal |
| Button | Airbnb Cereal | 14px | 500 | 1.29 | normal |
| Navigation | Airbnb Cereal | 14px | 400 | 1.43 | normal |
The main font stack in the CSS:
font-family: "Airbnb Cereal VF", Circular, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;- The home page is an interface, not a poster: the largest visible text is about 22px, and most of it is 14px.
- One variable font file covers all four weights in use, from 400 to 700.
Circularis still second in the font stack, a trace of the typeface Airbnb used before 2018.
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About the fonts, and whether you can use them
Airbnb Cereal
A custom geometric sans serif created for Airbnb with the type foundry Dalton Maag. It is friendly and round, and built to stay legible at the small sizes of a booking interface.
Can you use it? Airbnb Cereal is proprietary and cannot be licensed. Its predecessor on the site was Circular, so the free alternatives to Circular are the natural place to look.
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Get a similar look with a free font
This starter uses DM Sans, which is open source, with the sizes and spacing measured above. It is an approximation, not a copy of Airbnb’s brand typeface.
/* Approximates the Airbnb look with a free font */
body {
font-family: "DM Sans", system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;
}
p {
font-size: 0.875rem; /* 14px */
font-weight: 400;
line-height: 1.29;
}How we checked
We opened airbnb.com in Chrome on September 20, 2026 and read the computed styles of its visible text: the declared font stack, the font actually rendered, and how much of the page’s text each family sets. That is the same data the Font Inspector extension shows under Fonts on this page. We re-check these pages periodically, and the date above shows the last inspection.
Airbnb and its typefaces are trademarks of their respective owners. Font Inspector is not affiliated with Airbnb.
Questions & answers
What font does Airbnb use on its website?+
Airbnb uses Airbnb Cereal, its own custom typeface, for every piece of text on the site. It is loaded as a single variable font from Airbnb’s asset domain.
Can I use the Airbnb font?+
Airbnb Cereal is proprietary and cannot be licensed. Its predecessor on the site was Circular, so the free alternatives to Circular are the natural place to look.
What is a free font similar to Airbnb Cereal?+
DM Sans is free on Google Fonts and gives a similar feel. No free font is an exact match, so compare it with your own text first.
How can I check what font Airbnb uses myself?+
Open airbnb.com, then click any text with the Font Inspector extension, or right-click, choose Inspect and look at Rendered Fonts in the Computed tab. Sites change their typography, so checking the live page is the only way to be sure.
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