The more it costs to rent an apartment with a balcony 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 feature "with balcony" changes the rental + 11.0% on average in Colombia. The highest premium is in Barranquilla (+ 25.5%) and the lowest in El Retiro (- 8.3%).

Abstract: We compare 45,854 apartments for rent with and without the feature in 127 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.

Prima "with balcony" by city

Summary

Indicator	Value
Average premium	+11.0%
Higher	Barranquilla: + 25.5%
Lower	Withdrawal: - 8.3%
Cities	14

City premium

City	Difference in rental	Compared cells	Ads with / without
Barranquilla	+25.5%	16	1,783 / 960
Cartagena	+17.4%	1	84 / 31
Bogotá	+16.6%	35	6,083 / 5,987
Itagüí	+14.9%	1	110 / 32
Medellin	+11.9%	34	14,556 / 4,395
Cali	+9.7%	3	333 / 138
Beautiful	+8.8%	1	242 / 48
Pereira	+5.5%	5	398 / 227
Envigado	+3.1%	11	4,805 / 495
Rionegro	+3.0%	9	1,568 / 492
Sabaneta	+2.6%	7	2,305 / 430
Zipakirah	+1.8%	1	41 / 37
Madrid	-2.1%	2	119 / 62
The Retreat	-8.3%	1	59 / 34

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	+9.1%	1	31 / 125
3	+9.2%	23	2,407 / 3,162
4	+8.0%	36	7,687 / 3,698
5	+9.5%	36	10,138 / 2,758
6	+14.4%	31	12,223 / 3,625

Frequently asked questions

How much more does it cost to rent an apartment with a balcony in Colombia? + 11.0% in the rental in front of comparable apartments (October of 2026).

What city is it heavier in? In Barranquilla: + 25.5%.

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 an apartment with a balcony in Colombia, city by city and by estrato (October 2026). Aptology (aptologia.com). https://github.com/elbroker/aptologia-datos/tree/main/estudios/prima-balcon-alquiler-por-ciudad-y-estrato-colombia-2026. Data: datos.csv, CC BY license 4. 0.