How much it really costs to rent in São Paulo: rent, condo and IPTU by size and area (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 São Paulo, the condo and the IPTU amount in the median to 25.2% of the rental of an apartment: the medium rental is 3,621 real (USD 712) and the total average cost of 4,753 real (USD 934) per month. The medium condo is 950 real and the monthly IPTU is 259 real. The area where the extra cost is most heavy is Paradise (33.1%) and where the least, Butantã (19.2%).
Abstract: We analyze 10,896 apartments for rent in São Paulo with total cost informed.
Updated: 18 October 2026 (data from 18 October 2026) · Next update: monthly.
Summary
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Medium rental | 3,621 reais (USD 712) |
| Medium total cost | 4,753 reais (USD 934) |
| Extra cost (median) | 25.2% |
| Medium condo | 950 actual |
| Medium monthly ITU | 259 actual |
Cost per size (per month actual, medium)
| Size | Rental | Condominium | Monthly ITU | Total cost | Extra cost on rent | Announcements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 room | 3,000 | 700 | 156 | 3,900 | 23.0% | 3,185 |
| 2 rooms | 3,000 | 738 | 199 | 3,733 | 23.9% | 4,869 |
| 3 rooms or more | 8,000 | 2,200 | 670 | 10,931 | 31.1% | 2,822 |
Total cost = rent + condo + IPTU, as reported by the portal (total cost); extra cost = total cost ¢rental − 1 (median per ad).
Extra cost per area (100 ads or more)
| Zone | Extra cost on rent | Total cost (median, BRL) | Announcements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paradise | 33.1% | 9,864 | 148 |
| Jardim Paulista | 31.2% | 10,917 | 287 |
| Perdizes | 30.1% | 7,507 | 228 |
| Santana | 28.4% | 3,900 | 153 |
| Vila Andrade | 28.2% | 4,701 | 228 |
| Moema | 28.0% | 8,387 | 304 |
| Consolação | 27.8% | 5,180 | 142 |
| Bela Vista | 27.4% | 4,387 | 191 |
| Conquire Caesar | 27.1% | 11,592 | 136 |
| Campo Belo | 27.1% | 7,175 | 175 |
| Itaim Bibi | 26.3% | 12,244 | 304 |
| Vila Mariana | 26.1% | 6,621 | 258 |
| Indianopolis | 26.0% | 7,816 | 134 |
| Vila Clementino | 25.7% | 5,244 | 114 |
| Tatuapé | 24.5% | 4,286 | 173 |
| Vila Madalena | 23.9% | 7,815 | 100 |
| Pinheiros | 23.6% | 7,980 | 506 |
| Moca | 23.2% | 3,052 | 192 |
| Saint Amaro | 22.9% | 5,351 | 140 |
| Barra Funda | 22.8% | 3,300 | 115 |
| Vila Nova Conceição | 22.6% | 12,388 | 186 |
| Brooklin | 22.2% | 9,198 | 316 |
| Vila Olimpia | 22.1% | 9,002 | 416 |
| Butantã | 19.2% | 4,180 | 121 |
Frequently asked questions
How much do you pay for condo and IPTU in São Paulo? In the median, 950 real condo and 259 real IPTU per month; together they amount to 25.2% to rent.
What is the total cost of renting a 2 room apartment in São Paulo? 3,733 actual (USD 734) per month in the median.
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.
- Currency: (BRL); dollar equivalencies at the above rate. Condo and IPTU monthly informed by the portal.
- 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). How much it really costs to rent in São Paulo: rent, condo and IPTU by size and area (October 2026). Aptology (aptologia.com). https://github.com/elbroker/aptologia-datos/tree/main/estudios/custo-total-do-aluguel-condominio-iptu-sao-paulo-2026. Data: datos.csv, CC BY license 4. 0.
Sources and data
- DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23471367 (Zenodo)
- Original study (Spanish): Cuánto cuesta de verdad alquilar en São Paulo: alquiler, condominio e IPTU por tamaño y zona (octubre 2026)
- GitHub (CSV, PDF): https://github.com/elbroker/aptologia-datos/tree/main/estudios/custo-total-do-aluguel-condominio-iptu-sao-paulo-2026
- Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/datasets/aptologia/custo-total-do-aluguel-condominio-iptu-sao-paulo-2026