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Cheapest cities to rent in New Zealand

Ashburton, New Zealand has the lowest median monthly rent of the 22 cities compared: 1,092 EUR/month (Rental bond data — monthly by territorial authority, 2026-07-31).

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New Zealand cities ranked by one published rent series; per-square-metre rent is preferred, otherwise monthly dwelling rent is used without mixing the two.

Items compared
22
Countries represented
1
Last checked
2026-10-07

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Source-backed answers

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Original rankCity or placeSource and scope
1Ashburton, New Zealand1,092 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2026-07-31
2Invercargill, New Zealand1,105 EUR/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-07-31
3Dunedin, New Zealand1,127 EUR/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-07-31
4Palmerston North, New Zealand1,127 EUR/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-07-31
5Whanganui, New Zealand1,140 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2026-07-31
6Masterton, New Zealand1,162 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2026-07-31
7Nelson, New Zealand1,192 EUR/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-07-31
8Christchurch, New Zealand1,206 EUR/month2026-10-04
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2026-07-31
9Hamilton, New Zealand1,214 EUR/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-07-31
10Wellington, New Zealand1,214 EUR/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-07-31
11New Plymouth, New Zealand1,225 EUR/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-07-31
12Lower Hutt, New Zealand1,246 EUR/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-07-31
13Blenheim, New Zealand1,282 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2026-07-31
14Whangarei, New Zealand1,293 EUR/month2026-10-04
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2026-07-31
15Rotorua, New Zealand1,300 EUR/month2026-10-04
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2026-07-31
16Porirua, New Zealand1,344 EUR/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-07-31
17Upper Hutt, New Zealand1,344 EUR/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-07-31
18Taupo, New Zealand1,348 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2026-07-31
19Gisborne, New Zealand1,355 EUR/month2026-10-04
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2026-07-31
20Auckland, New Zealand1,387 EUR/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-07-31
21Napier, New Zealand1,398 EUR/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-07-31
22Tauranga, New Zealand1,496 EUR/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-07-31

What the numbers say

  • Ashburton, New Zealand leads at 1,092 EUR/month.
  • Tauranga, New Zealand sits at the other end with 1,496 EUR/month.
  • The middle of this ranking is 1,246 EUR/month, across 22 places that publish the metric.
  • The spread between first and last is 403.9 EUR/month.

Quick answer

What does Cheapest cities to rent in New Zealand show?

Ashburton, New Zealand has the lowest median monthly rent of the 22 cities compared: 1,092 EUR/month (Rental bond data — monthly by territorial authority, 2026-07-31).

How this list is built

Every row is a published median monthly rent observation measured in EUR/month, ranked lowest first. The values were observed in 2026. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value. Only published cities with at least 20,000 residents and city-level observations qualify.

  • Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
  • A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
Rows
22 places
Geographic grain
2 grains: municipality, city
Observation period
2026-07-31
Last checked
2026-10-07
With an official source link
22 of 22

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Cheapest cities to rent in New Zealand [ImmigrationDB compilation; version c613501fd4f0803e317fb9b7aeda986b]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/new-zealand-cheapest-cities-to-rent/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_cheapest-cities-to-rent-in-new-zealand_d4b8b8f0cc4f,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Cheapest cities to rent in New Zealand},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {c613501fd4f0803e317fb9b7aeda986b},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/new-zealand-cheapest-cities-to-rent/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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[Cheapest cities to rent in New Zealand](https://immigrationdb.com/reports/new-zealand-cheapest-cities-to-rent/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version c613501fd4f0803e317fb9b7aeda986b; retrieved 2026-10-16; built 2026-10-16.

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Sources

  1. Rental bond data — monthly by territorial authorityMinistry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), Tenancy Services · Checked 2026-10-07
  2. Tenancy Services (MBIE) — Detailed monthly rental bond data by territorial authority (median weekly rent)Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), Tenancy Services · Checked 2026-09-19