Cartagena rental market report, October 2026

Data as of October 5, 2026, from live listings on Colombian portals and agencies, deduplicated. Free to reuse citing «Aptologia, aptologia.com» (CC BY 4.0).

Key figures

The median rent for an apartment in Cartagena is COP 3,600,000 a month, across 3,590 live listings on October 5, 2026.
Among published listings, it ranks 4 of 30 Colombian cities by price.
By size: one bedroom COP 3,000,000, two bedrooms COP 3,300,000, three or more COP 4,800,000.
By estrato, from COP 2,050,000 (estrato 3) to COP 5,070,000 (estrato 6).
Apartments for sale cost a median of COP 7,870,000 per m².
Buying to rent out yields about 6.3% gross a year (about 16 years of rent to pay the price).
4.3% of listings are posted directly by owners, at a median of COP 3,500,000 vs COP 3,900,000 through agencies.
Cheapest neighborhoods: El Campestre (COP 1,920,000), Ternera (COP 2,000,000), Ternera Industria De La Bahia (COP 2,020,000); priciest: Punta Canoa (COP 9,000,000), Castillo Grande (COP 8,000,000), Castillogrande (COP 7,500,000).

FAQ

How is the rental market in Cartagena in October 2026?

The median rent for an apartment in Cartagena is COP 3,600,000 a month, across 3,590 live listings on October 5, 2026. Among published listings, it ranks 4 of 30 Colombian cities by price. By size: one bedroom COP 3,000,000, two bedrooms COP 3,300,000, three or more COP 4,800,000. By estrato, from COP 2,050,000 (estrato 3) to COP 5,070,000 (estrato 6).

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