Does a small apartment or a big apartment give up? Years of rent and rent per m² per size in Colombia (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 Colombia the square meter of an apartment of less than 50 m² is paid with 11.7 years of rent, the section of size with less years; the 120 m² or more needs 12.6. The rent per m² per low month of 45,678 pesos in those less than 50 m² to 45,143 pesos in those of 120 m² or more.
Abstract: we cross price and rent per m² of 180,268 apartments in five sections of area.
Updated: 18 October 2026 (data from 18 October 2026) · Next update: monthly.
Summary
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Less than 50 m² | 11.7 years; rent 45,678 pesos / m² |
| 50 a 69 m² | 12.0 years; rent 39,062 pesos / m² |
| 70 a 89 m² | 12.5 years; rent 44,211 pesos / m² |
| 90 a 119 m² | 12.4 years; rent 45,263 pesos / m² |
| 120 m² or more | 12.6 years; rent 45,143 pesos / m² |
Colombia by section of size
| Size | Sale by m² (million) | Rental per m² per month (pesos) | Years of rent | Gross return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 m² | 6.43 | 45,678 | 11.7 | 8.5% |
| 50 a 69 m² | 5.62 | 39,062 | 12.0 | 8.3% |
| 70 a 89 m² | 6.64 | 44,211 | 12.5 | 8.0% |
| 90 a 119 m² | 6.73 | 45,263 | 12.4 | 8.1% |
| 120 m² or more | 6.84 | 45,143 | 12.6 | 7.9% |
Years of rent by city and size
| City | Less than 50 m² | 50 a 69 m² | 70 a 89 m² | 90 a 119 m² | 120 m² or more |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armenia | 12.4 | 13.1 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 13.6 |
| Barranquilla | 9.8 | 12.5 | 11.1 | 11.5 | 10.4 |
| Beautiful | 12.1 | 13.8 | 14.2 | 12.1 | — |
| Bogotá | 12.0 | 12.4 | 13.1 | 12.7 | 12.2 |
| Bucaramanga | — | 15.7 | 12.9 | 12.7 | 11.8 |
| Cajicá | 14.6 | 14.8 | 13.0 | 14.7 | — |
| Cali | 11.7 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 10.8 | 12.2 |
| Cartagena | 15.1 | 13.7 | 15.4 | 14.6 | 15.4 |
| Chia | 12.5 | 14.7 | 13.9 | 13.8 | 12.0 |
| Cucutta | 13.5 | 13.7 | 14.5 | 12.3 | 14.6 |
| The Retreat | — | 15.8 | 16.2 | 15.3 | 17.2 |
| Envigado | — | 13.2 | 14.3 | 15.2 | 15.1 |
| Floridablanca | — | 15.3 | 14.3 | 14.6 | 14.0 |
| Itagüí | 10.7 | 14.4 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 13.1 |
| Manizales | 15.7 | 15.4 | 15.5 | — | 11.9 |
| Medellin | 10.6 | 12.0 | 13.3 | 13.0 | 12.9 |
| Pereira | 10.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 13.8 | 14.4 |
| Rionegro | 14.9 | 15.5 | 17.6 | 15.7 | 14.3 |
| Sabaneta | 12.8 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 |
| Santa Marta | 15.9 | 18.2 | 16.3 | 14.4 | 14.6 |
- indicates less than 30 ads for sale or for rent.
Frequently asked questions
Do you give more to buy a small apartment to rent? In Colombia the section with less years of rent per m² is less than 50 m² (11.7 years).
How much is the rent per m² of a small apartment worth? 45,678 pesos per month per m² in those less than 50 m².
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.
- Colombia: Prices in Colombian pesos, no currency conversion.
- Years of rent to pay for the house: The average sales price (monthly average rental × 12) between the same type of ads and the cell; it is the price / rent ratio (price-to-rent ratio) and is equivalent to 100 - gross profitability. It does not include HOA fee, taxes, vacations, financing or recovery: it is a reference to compare to purchase and rent, not an investment recommendation.
- 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). Does a small apartment or a big apartment give up? Years of rent and rent per m² per size in Colombia (October 2026). Aptology (aptologia.com). https://github.com/elbroker/aptologia-datos/tree/main/estudios/comprar-o-alquilar-segun-tamano-del-apartamento-colombia-2026. Data: datos.csv, CC BY license 4. 0.
Sources and data
- DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23475929 (Zenodo)
- Original study (Spanish): ¿Rinde más un apartamento pequeño o uno grande? Años de arriendo y canon por m² según el tamaño en Colombia (octubre 2026)
- GitHub (CSV, PDF): https://github.com/elbroker/aptologia-datos/tree/main/estudios/comprar-o-arrendar-segun-tamano-del-apartamento-colombia-2026
- Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/datasets/aptologia/comprar-o-arrendar-segun-tamano-del-apartamento-colombia-2026