The more it costs to rent a closed apartment in Colombia, city by city and by estrato (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 front of comparable apartments in the same city, estrato, rooms and size, the "in closed set" feature changes the rental + 3.9% on average in Colombia. The highest premium is in Barranquilla (+ 15.6%) and the lowest in Pereira (- 17.2%).

Abstract: We compare 49,857 apartments for rent with and without the feature in 159 city cells × strato × rooms × size, with 30 ads or more on each side.

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

"In whole closed" premium per city

Summary

Indicator	Value
Average premium	+3.9%
Higher	Barranquilla: + 15.6%
Lower	Pereira: - 17.2%
Cities	18

City premium

City	Difference in rental	Compared cells	Ads with / without
Barranquilla	+15.6%	20	1,552 / 1,520
Madrid	+14.9%	1	73 / 35
Chia	+11.1%	1	48 / 38
Itagüí	+6.3%	6	351 / 286
Cartagena	+4.9%	11	532 / 646
Medellin	+3.7%	34	12,527 / 6,479
Sabaneta	+3.7%	8	2,312 / 817
Bogotá	+3.3%	37	4,677 / 7,543
Rionegro	+3.2%	11	1,430 / 897
Envigado	+2.4%	14	4,523 / 1,313
Cali	+2.1%	3	314 / 285
Beautiful	+0.2%	5	481 / 345
The Retreat	-0.6%	1	76 / 37
Cajicá	-1.4%	1	52 / 34
The Star	-1.4%	3	145 / 141
Zipakirah	-3.3%	1	37 / 41
Ibagué	-7.7%	1	40 / 34
Pereira	-17.2%	1	164 / 32

Average median differences in comparable cells, weighted by ads with the characteristic.

Estrato premium (all cities)

Strand	Difference in rental	Compared cells	Ads with / without
2	+3.9%	2	77 / 147
3	+6.9%	28	2,464 / 3,543
4	+5.9%	50	7,704 / 5,665
5	+6.6%	46	8,529 / 5,564
6	-0.5%	33	10,560 / 5,604

Frequently asked questions

How much more does it cost to rent a closed apartment in Colombia? + 3.9% in the rental in front of comparable apartments (October of 2026).

What city is it heavier in? In Barranquilla: + 15.6%.

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.
Matched comparison: within each city cell × strato × rooms × area range are compared the median rental with and without the characteristic; only cells with 30 ads or more on each side; the averages are weighted by the ads with the characteristic. In order not to confuse the effect with the size, the cells are also separated by the declared area range (< 50, 50 - 70, 70 - 90, 90 - 120, 120 - 160 and more than 160 m²); only ads with area enter.
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). The more it costs to rent a closed apartment in Colombia, city by city and by estrato (October 2026). Aptology (aptologia.com). https://github.com/elbroker/aptologia-datos/tree/main/estudios/prima-conjunto-cerrado-alquiler-por-ciudad-y-estrato-colombia-2026. Data: datos.csv, CC BY license 4. 0.