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Farmland in Argentina costs from about US$30 per hectare for dry ranch country in San Juan to about US$20,900 per hectare for the best farmland, while an apartment in Buenos Aires lists from 2,500 m2 in the Retiro to 6,000 m2 in more sought-after areas like Puerto Madero. New ones in the upper middle-class areas are around 4,000 m2.
A national average would mean nothing. What a hectare can produce, how much water it has and what you are allowed to build on it set the price, which is why two fields in the same province can differ by 40 times or more.
The best farmland is no longer cheap. The Bolsa de Comercio de Rosario puts prime Zona Núcleo land at an average of about US$17,900 per hectare for January to July 2026, up about 28% from US$13,950 in 2021 and just above the 2012 nominal record.
Fresh asking prices from the rural brokers’ chamber CAIR (October 2026) confirm the level: about US$15,200 per hectare in San Antonio de Areco, US$15,500 in Capitán Sarmiento, US$17,000 in San Andrés de Giles and US$8,000 in Trenque Lauquen, farther west.
Market activity has picked up again. CAIR’s rural activity index dropped to about 46 points in July 2026, then rose to 50 in August and 54.31 in September. Good crop fields are still scarce, and the gap between what sellers ask and what buyers will pay remains the main brake on deals.
Cheap acreage is real, but it buys land needing development. La Pampa cattle listings ask about US$250 to US$960 per hectare, and CAIR quotes about US$1,500 to US$2,000 per hectare for cattle country in Corrientes, against about US$5,180 for a mixed farm near Urdampilleta.
Patagonia has the lowest prices per hectare on huge dry estancias, but land near towns is another market: a Bariloche lot of 500 to 2,000 m² lists at a median of about US$92,000.
Córdoba fields can be cheaper than the Buenos Aires core, but good soil costs about the same everywhere. Córdoba farm rent for 2026/27 is about US$381 per hectare, a gross yield of 7.6% on US$5,000 land and only about 2.1% on US$18,000 land.
In the Zona Núcleo itself, rent of about US$570 per hectare gives the owner a gross return of about 3.2%, and good farms rarely come up for sale because owners can lease them and wait.
A 1,000-hectare property can cost about US$250,000 or about US$17.9 million. With US$1 million you get thousands of marginal hectares or about 56 hectares of prime land.
City land plays by other rules. At US$1,705 per square meter, a Buenos Aires lot is worth about US$17 million per hectare, roughly 950 times prime farmland, because you pay for the right to build.
Outside Buenos Aires, a city lot under 500 m² lists at a median of about US$63,000 in Córdoba, US$68,000 in Mendoza and US$180,000 in Rosario (TuLugar, October 2026).
Buying a lot and building is usually more expensive than buying a used house in 2026: a Córdoba lot plus a 150 m² build comes to about US$261,600, compared with about US$160,000 for a median three-bedroom house.
Foreigners face extra limits on rural land again since the Supreme Court’s 9 October 2026 interim ruling: a 15% cap per department, 1,000 hectares per owner in the core zone, and checks on lakes and border zones. The case is now back with the Bariloche federal court, so this can change again. What this means if you want a large property: 1,000 ha to 350,000 ha, you will need to seek advice early on your options.
Budget about 6–9% above the price for buying costs, so roughly US$60,000–US$90,000 on a US$1 million farm, plus surveys and legal checks.
My take: Argentina is still cheap if you want a lot of hectares. However, if you want well-located fertile soils, fresh water, and sealed roads, they’re still incredible value by international comparisons, but you will be hard-pressed to find a bargain.
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