Based on 20 student reviews
Student Housing in Buenos Aires
20 exchange students told us where they lived in Buenos Aires and what they paid. Median rent: $513 a month.
Where students actually live
Out of the 20 students who reviewed Buenos Aires, here is how they split across housing types. Coliving or shared flat came out on top at 85%.
- Coliving or shared flat85%
17 students
- Airbnb10%
2 students
- Student residence5%
1 students
What students really pay
Across 6 students who told us their rent, the middle figure in Buenos Aires was $513 a month. The cheapest paid $454, the most expensive $702. These are amounts actually paid, not asking prices.
Converted to USD at the time each review was submitted.
The areas students chose
The neighbourhoods students named when we asked where they lived in Buenos Aires:
- Palermo
- Palermo soho
- Palermo Hollywood
- Buenos Aires
- Recoleta
- San Telmo
Listed by how often students mentioned them, not by our opinion.
Student residences in Buenos Aires
5% of students in Buenos Aires stayed in a student residence, which makes it 3 among the options here. Residences usually cost more than a shared flat but come furnished, with bills included and no local guarantor to find. If you are arriving without a contact in Buenos Aires, this is the least stressful way in.
Cheap student accommodation in Buenos Aires
The cheapest rent reported in Buenos Aires was $454 a month, against a median of $513. What separates the two is almost always the same three things: sharing a flat rather than renting alone, living one transport zone out from the centre, and signing for a full semester rather than month to month.
Erasmus housing in Buenos Aires
Erasmus and exchange students in Buenos Aires face the same problem: a lease that has to start and end with the semester, signed from another country, often without a local guarantor. That is why coliving or shared flat is the most common answer here rather than a standard rental. The 20 reviews below come from students who did exactly that.
When to start looking
Start looking as soon as your exchange is confirmed. The students who struggled in Buenos Aires were, almost without exception, the ones who waited until they arrived.
Join the Buenos Aires group before you search: rooms circulate there before they reach any listing site.
Questions about housing in Buenos Aires
- How much does student housing cost in Buenos Aires?
- The median rent reported by 6 students in Buenos Aires is $513 a month, ranging from $454 to $702. These are figures students actually paid, collected through our reviews.
- Where do exchange students live in Buenos Aires?
- The areas students named most often are Palermo, Palermo soho, Palermo Hollywood, Buenos Aires, Recoleta, San Telmo.
- What kind of housing do students choose in Buenos Aires?
- Coliving or shared flat is the most common answer at 85%, out of 20 students who reviewed Buenos Aires.
- When should I start looking for housing in Buenos Aires?
- As soon as your exchange is confirmed. Rooms that suit a single semester are the first to go, and arriving without anything booked is the single most common regret in these reviews.
- Are there student residences in Buenos Aires?
- Yes. 5% of the students who reviewed Buenos Aires stayed in one. Residences come furnished with bills included, which avoids the local-guarantor problem most exchange students hit.
- How can I find cheap student accommodation in Buenos Aires?
- Share rather than rent alone, look one transport zone out from the centre, and commit to a full semester. The students at the bottom of the range in Buenos Aires did all three.
Where these numbers come from
20 exchange students who lived in Buenos Aires filled in our review form after their semester. Every figure on this page is computed from their answers. Nothing here is an estimate.
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