Rents in Brazil compared to Latin America

This comparison presents the median monthly rental prices for a 1-bedroom apartment in the most expensive regions of capital cities or major urban centers, based on our in-house research.

Argentina, Buenos Aires $ 459
Brazil, Rio De Janeiro $ 2,270
Chile, Santiago $ 377
Colombia, Medellin $ 829
Mexico, Mexico city $ 1,267
Peru, Lima $ 715
Uruguay, Montevideo $ 847

Brazil does not publish official house price indices. but a private, non-profit organization, Fundação Instituto de Pesquisas Econômicas, has published monthly house price statistics for Sao Paulo since January 2008. General economics statistics data are from the Banco Central do Brasil and the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica (also in English).