High floor or low floor: how much the rent changes according to the apartment in Bogotá (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 Bogotá, an apartment on the floor 11 or more rent 31.9% more per square meter than a comparable apartment on the floor 1, of the same estrato and number of rooms. The floors 2 - 3 change 11.1% and the floors 7 - 10 26.8%.
Abstract: We analyze 10,742 unique apartments for rent in Bogotá that publish the apartment.
Updated: 13 October of 2026 · Next update: monthly.
per floor
| Floor | Announcements | Medium rental | per m² | Difference per m² vs. floor 1 (comparable) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floor 1 | 1,033 | $2,600,000 | $42,000/m² | 0.0% |
| Floors 2 - 3 | 3,190 | $3,500,000 | $49,072/m² | 11.1% |
| Floors 4 - 6 | 3,681 | $4,500,000 | $55,307/m² | 21.2% |
| Floors 7 - 10 | 1,637 | $5,500,000 | $57,500/m² | 26.8% |
| Floor 11 or more | 1,201 | $2,250,000 | $49,020/m² | 31.9% |
How to use it to decide: The low floors are usually noisy and less illuminated, but cheaper; if the elevator is not a problem, compare the difference per m² with what you value the view and light.
Frequently asked questions
Is it more expensive to rent a high floor in Bogotá? Yes: floor 11 or more costs 31.9% per m² in front of a comparable floor 1, cut to 13 October of 2026.
How much cheaper is a first floor? In front of floors 4 - 6, a comparable floor 1 costs 21.2% less per m².
Methodology
- Source: daily intake base of Aptology, with public ads of Metroocuadrado, Fincaraíz, Cienalquís, Rentola and alchem.com. Court as at 13 October of 2026.
- Filters: live ads that pass quality control, in Bogotá, rent between $400,000 and $30,000,000. TikTok and Facebook Market are excluded.
- Duplicate: one ad is left per group of duplicates (the same building on several portals).
- Matched premium: compare the price per m² of ads for each group of floors facing the floor 1 within the same layer cell × rooms (minimum 8 ads per side) and report the weighted median of the differences. So the premium is not confused with estrato or size. The attribute is detected in the text of the ad, so they only have ads with description.
- Limitations: are prices ordered, not closed. The neighborhoods and localities come as each portal writes.
- Open data: datos.csv, CC BY license 4. 0.
How to quote
Pinzón Pineda, D. M. (2026). High floor or low floor: how much the rent changes according to the apartment in Bogotá (2026). Aptology. https://www.aptologia.com/estudios/piso-alto-vs-piso-bajo-alquiler-bogota. Data: datos.csv, CC BY license 4. 0.
Sources and data
- DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23344634 (Zenodo)
- Original study (Spanish): Piso alto o piso bajo: cuánto cambia el arriendo según el piso en Bogotá (2026)
- GitHub (CSV, PDF): https://github.com/elbroker/aptologia-datos/tree/main/estudios/piso-alto-vs-piso-bajo-arriendo-bogota
- Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/datasets/aptologia/piso-alto-vs-piso-bajo-arriendo-bogota-2026