How much does an apartment rent in Lima?
In the typical district, 5.2% gross per year.
In Lima, buying an apartment to rent it yields in the typical district 5.2% gross per year: the price requested is equivalent to 19.1 years of rent. The district with the highest gross return is Surquillo (6.0%) and the district with the lowest return is Chorrillo (4.7%). For the whole city, with the median per m², the gross return implied is 5.4%.
Profitability of rent in Lima by district: where you pay the most to rent (October 2026) · Data date: 18 October 2026 · Source: Aptología (aptologia.com)
- Current data and listings: rentals in Lima on Aptología
- DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23481369 (Zenodo)
- Original study (Spanish): Rentabilidad del arriendo en Lima por distrito: dónde rinde más comprar para arrendar (octubre 2026)
- GitHub (CSV, PDF): https://github.com/elbroker/aptologia-datos/tree/main/estudios/rentabilidad-alquiler-lima-por-distrito-2026
- Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/datasets/aptologia/rentabilidad-alquiler-lima-por-distrito-2026
Read the full study · Languages: ES · PT