Is the housing in Colombia expensive in front of Latin America?
By square meter, no: the large Colombian cities have a median of USD 1,942 / m², compared to USD 2,185 / m² in other large cities of the region.
The large Colombian cities are cheaper per square metre than their peers in the region: the median of the 20 most available Colombian cities is USD 1,942 / m² for sale, compared to USD 2,185 / m² in the 13 large cities of other countries. Medellín (USD 2,356 / m²) and Bogotá (USD 2,282 / m²) are below Mexico City, Santiago, Montevideo and Buenos Aires.
Colombia versus the rest of Latin America: how much the housing costs in Bogotá, Medellín, Cali and Barranquilla compared to other large cities (October 2026) · Data date: 18 October 2026 · Source: Aptología (aptologia.com)
- DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23460725 (Zenodo)
- Original study (Spanish): Colombia frente al resto de Latinoamérica: cuánto cuesta la vivienda en Bogotá, Medellín, Cali y Barranquilla comparada con otras grandes ciudades (octubre 2026)
- GitHub (CSV, PDF): https://github.com/elbroker/aptologia-datos/tree/main/estudios/colombia-vs-latinoamerica-precio-vivienda-2026
- Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/datasets/aptologia/colombia-vs-latinoamerica-precio-vivienda-2026
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