September 2026 • By Info Boxx Research • 3 min read
South America averages $455 centre rents vs $664 in Asia — the gap is a full budget tier.
Asia — home of the cheapest cities on our board — averages the priciest centres overall at $664. Tokyo, Singapore and Hong Kong-tier markets drag the mean up past Europe. Averages punish variance: Asia contains both extremes.
South America leads value at $455 average. Every figure below is a straight mean of tracked city-centre 1-beds — no weighting, no smoothing.
Don't pick continents; pick cities — then sanity-check against the continental mean. Paying double your continent's average means you're buying location premium (or getting played). Paying half means either a deal or a compromise worth inspecting.
| Continent | Average |
| South America (6 cities) | $455 |
| Oceania (8 cities) | $518 |
| Africa (10 cities) | $540 |
| North America (12 cities) | $545 |
| Europe (26 cities) | $611 |
| Asia (44 cities) | $664 |
Sources: Info Boxx 106-city rent dataset, Sep 2026. Figures move — verify before deciding.