Landing house or apartment in Bogotá: price, area and m² per estrato (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, a house for rent costs 26.1% less per square metre than a comparable apartment of the same estrato and number of rooms. But it is much larger: 300 m² in the medium versus 68 m², so the medium rental is $10,000,000 against $3,400,000.
Abstract: We compare 16,450 apartments and 2,027 unique houses for rent in Bogotá, estratos 2 to 6.
Updated: 13 October of 2026 · Next update: monthly.
By estrato
| Strand | Type | Announcements | Medium rental | Medium area | per m² | Difference per m² house vs. suitable (comparable) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estrato 2 | Apartment | 556 | $1,200,000 | 47 m² | $24,468/m² | |
| Estrato 2 | Home | 47 | $1,850,000 | 73 m² | $21,863/m² | -16.7% |
| Estrato 3 | Apartment | 3,668 | $1,600,000 | 45 m² | $36,250/m² | |
| Estrato 3 | Home | 274 | $4,500,000 | 181 m² | $24,479/m² | -4.8% |
| Estrato 4 | Apartment | 3,941 | $2,500,000 | 54 m² | $48,182/m² | |
| Estrato 4 | Home | 553 | $7,500,000 | 250 m² | $30,000/m² | -14.3% |
| Estrato 5 | Apartment | 2,169 | $4,300,000 | 82 m² | $55,271/m² | |
| Estrato 5 | Home | 559 | $11,000,000 | 350 m² | $32,146/m² | -28.4% |
| Estrato 6 | Apartment | 6,116 | $9,000,000 | 149 m² | $63,636/m² | |
| Estrato 6 | Home | 594 | $14,000,000 | 350 m² | $38,316/m² | -26.1% |
How to use it to decide: If you need space (large family, telework, pets), the house gives more meters per weight. The apartment wins in security, HOA fee that covers maintenance and location: there are many more options in the central neighborhoods.
Frequently asked questions
Is it cheaper to rent a house or apartment in Bogotá? For m², the house costs - 26.1% in front of a comparable apartment; for total rental, the house is more expensive because it is larger ($10,000,000 vs. $3,400,000), cut to 13 October of 2026.
How many houses are there for rent in Bogotá? 2,027 houses in front of 16,450 apartments in estratos 2 to 6 in our sample.
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 house ads in front of apartments 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. This study requires 5 ads per side.
- 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). Landing house or apartment in Bogotá: price, area and m² per estrato (2026). Aptology. https://www.aptologia.com/estudios/apartamento-vs-casa-alquiler-bogota. Data: datos.csv, CC BY license 4. 0.
Sources and data
- DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23349672 (Zenodo)
- Original study (Spanish): Arrendar casa o apartamento en Bogotá: precio, área y m² por estrato (2026)
- GitHub (CSV, PDF): https://github.com/elbroker/aptologia-datos/tree/main/estudios/apartamento-vs-casa-arriendo-bogota
- Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/datasets/aptologia/apartamento-vs-casa-arriendo-bogota-2026