Sri Lanka rental price guide
Real average rental prices, calculated live from verified listings on FastRent.lk — broken down by type, by area and over time. Houses are compared on a monthly basis and vehicles on a daily basis, so whether you're renting or listing you can judge a fair price with confidence.
Showing listings posted in: All time.
Average house rent (monthly)
Rs. 35,750
Based on 4 approved property listings.
Average vehicle hire (daily)
Rs. 11,000
Based on 3 approved vehicle listings.
📈 How prices have moved (All time)
Average price of newly-posted listings each month — useful for spotting whether rents are rising or steady.
🏠 Avg house rent / month
🚗 Avg vehicle hire / day
Months with no new listings appear empty. Figures are owner-entered prices on approved listings.
🏠 Average monthly rent by property type
| Type | Listings | Average | Range (low–high) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annexes | 2 | Rs. 41,500 | Rs. 38,000 – Rs. 45,000 |
| Studios | 1 | Rs. 45,000 | Rs. 45,000 – Rs. 45,000 |
| Rooms | 1 | Rs. 15,000 | Rs. 15,000 – Rs. 15,000 |
Per month, approved listings only.
🚗 Average daily hire by vehicle type
| Type | Listings | Average | Range (low–high) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars | 2 | Rs. 7,500 | Rs. 6,500 – Rs. 8,500 |
| Vans | 1 | Rs. 18,000 | Rs. 18,000 – Rs. 18,000 |
Per day, approved listings only.
📍 Average price by area
Where you rent matters most. Top districts by number of listings, with their average price.
🏠 Houses — avg monthly rent by district
🚗 Vehicles — avg daily hire by district
🔎 What changes the price
The same area can vary a lot. Here's how the biggest factors move the average.
🏠 Furnishing (monthly rent)
🛏 Bedrooms (monthly rent)
🚗 Self-drive vs with-driver (daily)
⚙️ Transmission (daily)
🧮 How we calculate these averages
Full transparency — here's exactly what goes into every number on this page:
- Only real, approved listings count. Each ad is manually reviewed and its owner verified before it goes live. Pending and rejected ads are excluded, so nobody can skew the market with a fake price.
- You choose the time window. The buttons above limit the data to listings posted in the last 3, 6 or 12 months (or all time). Narrower windows show today's market; wider windows are more stable.
- We group like with like. Prices are split by category and type (houses, apartments, annexes… / cars, vans, SUVs…), by district, and by the factors that matter — furnishing, bedrooms, self-drive vs with-driver, transmission.
- Like-for-like time periods. Property is normalised to a monthly rent and vehicles to a daily hire rate, so every listing in a group is compared on the same basis.
- The average is the mean. For each group:
average = total of all prices ÷ number of listings. We also show the lowest and highest price so you can see the spread, not just the middle. - It updates itself. Figures are read live from the database every time you load this page — as new verified listings are posted and old ones expire, the averages move with the real market.
Prices are owner-entered and verified by our team, but rentals are negotiated directly between renter and owner — treat these averages as a guide, not a quote.