The more it costs to rent with pets in Colombia, the 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 "accepts pets" changes the rental + 1.3% on average in Colombia. The highest premium is in Barranquilla (+ 16.2%) and the lowest in Pereira (- 7.9%).

Abstract: We compare 34,344 apartments for rent with and without the feature in 64 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.

"Pets accepted" premium per city

Summary

Indicator	Value
Average premium	+1.3%
Higher	Barranquilla: + 16.2%
Lower	Pereira: - 7.9%
Cities	12

City premium

City	Difference in rental	Compared cells	Ads with / without
Barranquilla	+16.2%	2	69 / 431
Cali	+13.3%	1	40 / 223
Madrid	+8.4%	1	41 / 67
Medellin	+4.0%	14	849 / 12,629
Beautiful	+2.4%	2	83 / 381
Itagüí	+1.7%	2	64 / 193
Envigado	+1.6%	12	703 / 4,968
Sabaneta	+0.4%	5	378 / 2,293
Bogotá	-0.7%	17	1,124 / 7,727
Rionegro	-1.3%	5	274 / 1,355
The Star	-3.8%	1	37 / 94
Pereira	-7.9%	2	88 / 233

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
3	-0.4%	5	265 / 2,336
4	+1.3%	27	1,307 / 8,521
5	+2.3%	18	1,014 / 8,956
6	+1.0%	14	1,164 / 10,781

Frequently asked questions

How much more does it cost to rent with pets in Colombia? + 1.3% in the rental in front of comparable apartments (October of 2026).

What city is it heavier in? In Barranquilla: + 16.2%.

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