1-bedroom apartment in Pueblo Libre, Lima: yields (2026)
n = 320 Airbnb listings · 201 sale listings · source: urbania.pe + airroi · as of 2026-09-17 · methodology →
A 1-bed in Pueblo Libre is a long-term play, and the headline numbers say so: about 8.7% gross on a tenant against roughly 9.3% gross on Airbnb. The gap is thin, and the long-term side is the one I would take.
The long-term figure subtracts property tax, arbitrios, rental income tax and a 3% vacancy allowance. The Airbnb figure subtracts the platform fee, host-paid utilities and internet, income tax, mantenimiento, property tax and arbitrios. On a long-term let the tenant pays mantenimiento; on Airbnb the host does, with no guest reimbursing them. That is the quiet cost that eats the Airbnb edge.
Both sides assume the owner self-manages. Neither figure subtracts furnishing or fit-out, cleaning, turnover or consumables, or management fees, so do not read either as money in your pocket. The long-term number is the cleaner one to underwrite because it carries fewer moving parts.
Who it suits: a buyer who wants a tenant, a signed contract and a phone that stays quiet. The Airbnb route only makes sense if you are in Lima, run the flat well and can approach that roughly 9.3% gross, which most owners do not. If you are abroad and hiring help, the long-term side is the one that survives contact with reality.
The data here is thin. These are gross yields for one bedroom in one district, held steady between real moves, and they say nothing about what you actually pay for the flat or what it will be worth in five years. Not investment advice.