More expensive and cheaper rooms in Montevideo to buy apartment: ranking per m² (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 Montevideo, the neighborhood with the most expensive m² to buy apartment is Puerto Buceo (USD 4,169 / m²) and the cheapest Union (USD 1,864 / m²), 2.2 times less. We compare 23 neighborhoods with at least 30 ads with area.
Abstract: We analyze 4,181 apartments for sale with area declared in 23 neighborhoods of Montevideo.
Updated: 18 October 2026 (data from 18 October 2026) · Next update: monthly.

Summary
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| More expensive per m² | Port Diving: USD 4,169 |
| Cheapest per m² | Union: USD 1,864 |
| Variance | 2.2 times |
| Barrios | 23 |
Quarter ranking by price of m²
| Barrio | per m² (median) | Price (medium) | Medium area (m²) | Ads with area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Diving | USD 4,169 | USD 400,350 | 102 | 38 |
| Punta Carretas | USD 3,868 | USD 298,000 | 75 | 290 |
| Carrasco | USD 3,664 | USD 463,400 | 125 | 251 |
| Villa Biarritz | USD 3,620 | USD 452,500 | 122 | 36 |
| Rodó Park | USD 3,497 | USD 200,700 | 58 | 98 |
| North Carrasco | USD 3,479 | USD 336,716 | 96 | 124 |
| Cats | USD 3,464 | USD 249,250 | 71 | 614 |
| Miramar Park | USD 3,352 | USD 303,850 | 96 | 70 |
| East Carrasco | USD 3,281 | USD 270,000 | 80 | 41 |
| Malvin | USD 3,241 | USD 225,000 | 71 | 370 |
| Punta Gorda | USD 3,188 | USD 235,000 | 77 | 40 |
| Diving | USD 3,044 | USD 179,000 | 61 | 190 |
| Batlle Park | USD 3,019 | USD 173,000 | 58 | 133 |
| Palermo | USD 3,000 | USD 158,400 | 55 | 93 |
| The White | USD 2,856 | USD 155,381 | 56 | 353 |
| South Quarter | USD 2,652 | USD 158,700 | 60 | 105 |
| Cordon | USD 2,647 | USD 153,000 | 58 | 557 |
| Prado | USD 2,636 | USD 169,697 | 64 | 103 |
| Three Cruces | USD 2,613 | USD 149,250 | 58 | 232 |
| Centre | USD 2,577 | USD 153,280 | 60 | 274 |
| Aguada | USD 2,460 | USD 157,300 | 58 | 88 |
| Old City | USD 2,126 | USD 130,000 | 67 | 48 |
| Union | USD 1,864 | USD 125,000 | 60 | 33 |
Medians; only neighborhoods with 30 ads or more with declared area.
Frequently asked questions
What is the most expensive neighborhood in Montevideo to buy? Port Diving, with USD 4,169 per m² in the median (October of 2026).
And the cheapest? Union, with USD 1,864 per m².
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.
- Coins: never mix different coin ads without converting them. Conversión a dólares con la tasa de mercado de ExchangeRate-API (open.er-api.com, actualización del 18 Oct 2026): 1 USD = 3,182.80 COP, 1 USD = 18.47 M.N, 1 USD = 5.09 BRL, 1 USD = 3.44 PEN, 1 USD = 982.44 CLP, 1 USD = 1,514.57 ARS, 1 USD = 40.20 UYU, 1 USD = 5,705.37 PYG, 1 USD = 61.27 DOP, 1 USD = 0.89 EUR, 1 USD = 11.72 BOB; la UF chilena a 41,178.64 CLP (mindicador,cl. 18-oct-2026). The ads published in dollars are used as they are.
- Coins: In each city and operation only the majority currency of the ads is used (the ads in another currency are excluded) and the median is converted to dollars at the rate mentioned; no different currency ads are ever averaged.
- 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). More expensive and cheaper rooms in Montevideo to buy apartment: ranking per m² (October 2026). Aptology (aptologia.com). https://github.com/elbroker/aptologia-datos/tree/main/estudios/barrios-mas-caros-y-baratos-montevideo-venta-m²-2026. Data: datos.csv, CC BY license 4. 0.
Sources and data
- DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23518296 (Zenodo)
- Original study (Spanish): Barrios más caros y más baratos de Montevideo para comprar apartamento: ranking por m² (octubre 2026)
- GitHub (CSV, PDF): https://github.com/elbroker/aptologia-datos/tree/main/estudios/barrios-mas-caros-y-baratos-montevideo-venta-m2-2026
- Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/datasets/aptologia/estudios-vivienda-lote-18-2026/tree/main/barrios-mas-caros-y-baratos-montevideo-venta-m2-2026