Cheapest and cheaper villas in Punta del Este for rent: ranking per m² (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 Punta del Este, the neighborhood with the most expensive m² to rent house is José Ignacio (USD 61.4 / m² per month) and the cheapest Pinares (USD 15.6 / m² per month), 3.9 times less. We compare 8 neighborhoods with at least 30 ads with area.

Abstract: We analyze 713 houses for rent with declared area in 8 districts of Punta del Este.

Updated: 18 October 2026 (data from 18 October 2026) · Next update: monthly.

m² by district in Punta del Este

Summary

Indicator	Value
More expensive per m²	José Ignacio: USD 61.4
Cheapest per m²	Pineapples: USD 15.6
Variance	3.9 times
Barrios	8

Quarter ranking by price of m²

Barrio	per m² (median)	Rental (medium)	Medium area (m²)	Ads with area
José Ignacio	USD 61.4	USD 14,500	220	154
springs	USD 45.0	USD 12,000	245	61
Montoya	USD 42.6	USD 10,000	230	61
San Rafael	USD 28.1	USD 7,830	234	40
The Bar	USD 26.4	USD 6,700	190	174
Punta Ballena	USD 21.8	USD 4,000	200	53
Mansa Beach	USD 20.2	USD 5,500	244	116
Pines	USD 15.6	USD 3,950	202	54

Medians; only neighborhoods with 30 ads or more with declared area.

Frequently asked questions

What is the most expensive neighborhood in Punta del Este to rent? José Ignacio, with USD 61.4 per m² per month in the medium (October of 2026).

And the cheapest? Pinars, with USD 15.6 per 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.
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). Cheapest and cheaper villas in Punta del Este for rent: ranking per m² (October 2026). Aptology (aptologia.com). https://github.com/elbroker/aptologia-datos/tree/main/estudios/barrios-con-casas-mas-caras-y-baratas-punta-del-este-alquiler-m²-2026. Data: datos.csv, CC BY license 4. 0.