San Isidro: prices, rental yield & Airbnb income
San Isidro is Lima's financial and diplomatic heart — glass towers around the El Olivar olive grove, corporate headquarters, and the city's most established money. It's the priciest, most conservative district: steady corporate and professional tenants, strong resale, low drama. Who buys here: wealth-preservation buyers who prioritise safety, prestige and liquidity over headline yield.
Long-term rentals net 3.7% here, based on sale prices around $2,511 per m2 and rents near $15 per m2 a month. That is a modest but steady net figure, already after costs, which fits the district's premium pricing.
The Airbnb picture is weak: 52 active listings run at just 17% occupancy and an average daily rate of about $39, for roughly $1,800 in annual revenue. That works out to a gross yield of only 1.0%, and remember that is before Airbnb-specific costs like cleaning, platform fees and furnishing.
Recent Airbnb occupancy
Occupancy peaks around December (~48%) and is quietest in April (~5%). Trailing months with enough data — Lima's short-term demand tracks the Dec–Feb summer.