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Uruguay's Farming Regions Compared

Uruguay is small, but anything but homogeneous on price. More than a factor of three separates the most and least expensive departments shown here, across a two-hour drive.

National average 2025 4,178 USD/haFigures verified on 2026-07-27
USD per hectare, DIEA 2025
Map of Uruguay's departments shaded by 2025 farmland price

Base map: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

USD per hectare · DIEA 2025Spread, most to least expensive department 4.2×

National average 4,178

Colonia9,707+19.7 %Soriano7,964−7.6 %San José6,842+5.1 %Canelones6,492−5.7 %Maldonado5,647−2.0 %Florida5,265+12.3 %Río Negro5,138−9.0 %Flores4,667−11.7 %Durazno4,032−17.5 %Rocha3,839+22.3 %Lavalleja3,736+5.0 %Treinta y Tres3,384+6.9 %Cerro Largo3,194−10.7 %Rivera3,074−10.5 %Paysandú3,047−17.6 %Salto2,886+4.0 %Tacuarembó2,720−10.7 %Artigas2,300−0.5 %

Bar length and order follow the official annual figures. Percentage: change against 2024.

The figures below come from official DIEA statistics for 2025. Where no separate average price was published for a department we show trading volume instead and deliberately offer no estimate.

DepartmentAvg USD/ha 2025Traded (ha)Land use
Colonia9,7077,891Intensive cropping, dairy, mixed farming
Soriano7,9647,565Cropping: soy, wheat, barley, maize
San José6,84211,126Dairy, cropping, horticulture
Canelones6,4925,830Viticulture, horticulture, poultry, smallholdings
Maldonado5,6475,895Chacras, grazing, residential use, viticulture
Florida5,26515,882Dairy, cropping, cattle
Río Negro5,13818,180Industrial-scale cropping, forestry, cattle
Flores4,6673,747Mixed farming, cropping, cattle and sheep
Durazno4,03225,464Livestock, increasingly cropping and forestry
Rocha3,83919,295Rice, extensive cattle, coastal use
Lavalleja3,73615,983Cattle and sheep, forestry, quarrying
Treinta y Tres3,38423,994Rice, livestock, forestry
Cerro Largo3,19420,572Extensive cattle, rice, forestry
Rivera3,0747,676Forestry, extensive cattle
Paysandú3,04731,999Mixed: cropping, livestock, forestry
Salto2,8867,166Citrus, irrigated horticulture, cattle
Tacuarembó2,72018,006Extensive cattle, forestry
Artigas2,30012,673Extensive cattle, rice, sugar cane
National average 20254,178258,942–

What does your budget buy?

At the official 2025 averages. The gap between the most and least expensive department is a factor of 4.2.

Budget 500,000 USD, of which for the land 465,116 USD

  1. Artigas202 ha
  2. Tacuarembó171 ha
  3. Salto161 ha
  4. Paysandú153 ha
  5. Rivera151 ha
  6. Cerro Largo146 ha
  7. Treinta y Tres137 ha
  8. Lavalleja124 ha
  9. Rocha121 ha
  10. Durazno115 ha
  11. Flores100 ha
  12. Río Negro91 ha
  13. Florida88 ha
  14. Maldonado82 ha
  15. Canelones72 ha
  16. San José68 ha
  17. Soriano58 ha
  18. Colonia48 ha

Against the national average: 111 ha

A departmental average is orientation, not a valuation. What a specific parcel costs depends on soil, water, access and improvements. Transaction costs in detail →

ColoniaSouthwest, on the Río de la PlataSorianoSouthwest, on the Río Negro and Río UruguaySan JoséSouth, bordering MontevideoCanelonesBelt around MontevideoMaldonadoSoutheast coast, Punta del EsteFloridaCentre, north of MontevideoRío NegroLitoral, on the Río UruguayFloresSouth-central, around TrinidadDuraznoCentral, on the Río NegroRochaEast, Atlantic coastLavallejaSoutheast, sierrasTreinta y TresEast, toward Laguna MerínCerro LargoNortheast, Brazilian borderRiveraNorth, Brazilian borderPaysandúNorthwest, on the Río UruguaySaltoNorthwest, on the Río UruguayTacuarembóNorth, centre to border regionArtigasFar north, Brazilian and Argentine border

Sources

Figures verified on 2026-07-27