Is it cheaper to rent a house than an apartment?
per square meter, yes in 49 of 52 cities.
In 49 of 52 cities the square meter of a house is rented cheaper than that of an apartment; the biggest difference is in Monterrey (Mexico) (- 61.1%). In El Carmen de Viboral (Colombia), however, the house is rented + 14.3% per m² in front of the apartment.
Is it cheaper to rent a house or apartment per square metre? Comparison in 52 Latin American cities (October 2026) · Data date: 18 October 2026 · Source: Aptología (aptologia.com)
- DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23475840 (Zenodo)
- Original study (Spanish): ¿Sale más barato arrendar una casa o un apartamento por metro cuadrado? Comparación en 52 ciudades de Latinoamérica (octubre 2026)
- GitHub (CSV, PDF): https://github.com/elbroker/aptologia-datos/tree/main/estudios/arriendo-casa-vs-apartamento-por-m2-ciudades-latinoamerica-2026
- Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/datasets/aptologia/arriendo-casa-vs-apartamento-por-m2-ciudades-latinoamerica-2026
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