Apartments for rent in Lima by size: price and m² of each group (October 2026)
Machine-assisted English version of the Spanish original by Aptología. All figures are locked to the original (numbers are copied, not re-translated); if in doubt, the Spanish original prevails.
In Lima, a rental department of the group "Less than 50 m²" is requested in 2,190 soles (USD 637) per month in the median and one of the group "More 160 m²" in 7,020 soles (USD 2,043) per month (+ 220.5%). The cheapest per square metre is "120 - 160 m²" (29.8 soles (USD 8.7) / m² per month) and the most expensive "Less than 50 m²" (52.1 soles (USD 15.2) / m² per month).
Abstract: We analyze 3,001 apartments for rent in Lima with declared size.
Updated: 18 October 2026 (data from 18 October 2026) · Next update: monthly.
Summary
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Less than 50 m² | 2,190 soles (USD 637) |
| 50–70 m² | 2,340 soles (USD 681) |
| 70–90 m² | 2,500 soles (USD 728) |
| 90–120 m² | 3,100 soles (USD 902) |
| 120–160 m² | 3,908 soles (USD 1,138) |
| More than 160 m² | 7,020 soles (USD 2,043) |
| Announcements | 3,001 |
Monthly rental and m² by size
| Size | Monthly rental (median) | Typical range (P25-P75) | per m² (median) | Medium area (m²) | Announcements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 m² | 2,190 soles (USD 637) | 1,750 soles (USD 509) - 2,500 soles (USD 728) | 52.1 soles (USD 15.2) | 43 | 233 |
| 50–70 m² | 2,340 soles (USD 681) | 1,850 soles (USD 538) - 2,800 soles (USD 815) | 39.7 soles (USD 11.6) | 60 | 517 |
| 70–90 m² | 2,500 soles (USD 728) | 2,000 soles (USD 582) - 3,000 soles (USD 873) | 31.8 soles (USD 9.2) | 79 | 523 |
| 90–120 m² | 3,100 soles (USD 902) | 2,600 soles (USD 757) - 3,797 soles (USD 1,105) | 30.3 soles (USD 8.8) | 100 | 591 |
| 120–160 m² | 3,908 soles (USD 1,138) | 3,131 soles (USD 911) - 4,820 soles (USD 1,403) | 29.8 soles (USD 8.7) | 130 | 468 |
| More than 160 m² | 7,020 soles (USD 2,043) | 5,320 soles (USD 1,549) - 9,925 soles (USD 2,889) | 31.0 soles (USD 9.0) | 220 | 669 |
Medians of the order rental, without HOA fee or common costs; groups with less than 30 ads are omitted.
Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to rent an apartment of what size in Lima? Less than 50 m²: 2,190 soles (USD 637) per month; 50 - 70 m²: 2,340 soles (USD 681) per month; 70 - 90 m²: 2,500 soles (USD 728) per month; 90 - 120 m²: 3,100 soles (USD 902) per month; 120 - 160 m²: 3,908 soles (USD 1,138; More than 160 m²: 7,020 suns (USD 2,043) per month (medium October of 2026).
Which group gets cheaper per m²? The cheapest per square metre is "120 - 160 m²" (29.8 soles (USD 8.7) / m² per month) and the most expensive "Less than 50 m²" (52.1 soles (USD 15.2) / m² per month).
Methodology
- Source: night events of the Aptology database (aptologia.com) of 18 October 2026: current housing ads in real estate portals of 13 countries, collected by Aptology and seen online between 11 and 18 October 2026. Court: 18 October of 2026.
- Debugging: exact duplicates (same city, area, type, price, currency, area, rooms and bathrooms) and prices outside the percentile 1 - 99 of each country, operation, currency and type are removed; the price per m² uses only ads with declared area between 12 and 2,000 m² and is also cut to P1-P99.
- What is measured: prices ordered (published), not closing prices. For rent, monthly rent without HOA fee, common expenses or condo.
- Minimum sample: each published figure is based on at least 30 ads; cells with less are omitted.
- Coins: never mix different coin ads without converting them. Conversión a dólares con la tasa de mercado de ExchangeRate-API (open.er-api.com, actualización del 18 Oct 2026): 1 USD = 3,182.80 COP, 1 USD = 18.47 M.N, 1 USD = 5.09 BRL, 1 USD = 3.44 PEN, 1 USD = 982.44 CLP, 1 USD = 1,514.57 ARS, 1 USD = 40.20 UYU, 1 USD = 5,705.37 PYG, 1 USD = 61.27 DOP, 1 USD = 0.89 EUR, 1 USD = 11.72 BOB; la UF chilena a 41,178.64 CLP (mindicador,cl. 18-oct-2026). The ads published in dollars are used as they are.
- Coins: In each city and operation only the majority currency of the ads is used (the ads in another currency are excluded) and the median is converted to dollars at the rate mentioned; no different currency ads are ever averaged.
- Cordura: only published if the median grows in size.
- Limitations: The coverage depends on the portals that travel Aptology in each country and is greater in large cities and in the medium-high and high segments; the area is the one that declares the announcement, unverified; the area names come from the portals.
- Privacy: only aggregates are published; no personal data, link to ads or name of advertiser is published.
- Open data: datos.csv, CC BY license 4. 0.
How to quote
Pinzón Pineda, D. M. (2026). Apartments for rent in Lima by size: price and m² of each group (October 2026). Aptology (aptologia.com). https://github.com/elbroker/aptologia-datos/tree/main/estudios/departamentos-en-alquiler-por-tamano-lima-2026. Data: datos.csv, CC BY license 4. 0.
Sources and data
- DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23518078 (Zenodo)
- Original study (Spanish): Departamentos en alquiler en Lima según tamaño: precio y m² de cada grupo (octubre 2026)
- GitHub (CSV, PDF): https://github.com/elbroker/aptologia-datos/tree/main/estudios/departamentos-en-alquiler-por-tamano-lima-2026
- Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/datasets/aptologia/estudios-vivienda-lote-18-2026/tree/main/departamentos-en-alquiler-por-tamano-lima-2026