Nepal House Prices, Rents & Rental Yields (2026)

How much property costs in Nepal, what it rents for and how that compares with neighbouring markets in Southern Asia. City-centre prices per m² rank 1 of 6 in this comparison.

Apartment price per m² (city centre)
$2,069
2023
Apartment price per m² (outside centre)
$1,081
2023
Rent: 1-bedroom, city centre
$203/mo
2024
Mortgage interest rate (20-year fixed)
13.3%
2023

Price and rent trends in Nepal

Apartment price per m²
Monthly rents
Gross rental yield & mortgage rate

Latest property market indicators

IndicatorValueYear
Apartment price per m² (city centre)Average asking price per square metre to buy an apartment in city centres$2,0692023
Apartment price per m² (outside centre)Average price per square metre to buy an apartment outside city centres$1,0812023
Rent: 1-bedroom, city centreAverage monthly rent of a one-bedroom apartment in the city centre$203/mo2024
Rent: 1-bedroom, outside centreAverage monthly rent of a one-bedroom apartment outside the centre$101/mo2023
Rent: 3-bedroom, city centreAverage monthly rent of a three-bedroom apartment in the city centre$308/mo2023
Rent: 3-bedroom, outside centreAverage monthly rent of a three-bedroom apartment outside the centre$202/mo2023
Mortgage interest rate (20-year fixed)Average yearly mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed13.3%2023

Year-by-year data

YearApartment price per m² (city centre)Apartment price per m² (outside centre)Rent: 1-bedroom, city centreRent: 1-bedroom, outside centreRent: 3-bedroom, city centreRent: 3-bedroom, outside centreMortgage interest rate (20-year fixed)
2024——$203/mo————
2023$2,069$1,081$182/mo$101/mo$308/mo$202/mo13.3%
2022$1,971—$165/mo$115/mo$399/mo$244/mo14.1%
2021$1,556—$128/mo$81.36/mo$265/mo$178/mo10.2%
2020$1,578$788$118/mo$86.08/mo$282/mo$187/mo11.5%
2019$1,299$665$174/mo$121/mo$352/mo$215/mo11.2%
2018$1,487$796$170/mo$113/mo$317/mo$195/mo11.9%
2017——$174/mo$113/mo$325/mo$192/mo12.1%

Nepal compared with Southern Asia

City-centre price per m²
Gross rental yield (city centre)
CountryApartment price per m² (city centre)Gross rental yield (city centre)Price-to-income ratioMortgage interest rate (20-year fixed)
Nepal$2,069——13.3%
Bangladesh$1,0393.1%12.710.3%
India$1,6422.7%13.39.0%
Iran$1,6395.5%22.423.3%
Pakistan$5534.5%12.519.9%
Sri Lanka$1,7473.6%3617.7%

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Prices, rents, yields and mortgage rates: Numbeo (crowd-sourced, national averages of city data). Values in US dollars.