# Most expensive and cheapest places in Wales to rent (September 2026)

Cardiff was the most expensive of Wales’s 22 councils in September 2026 (average private rent £1,179).

Powys was the cheapest (£624). The middle council, Merthyr Tydfil, had £754.

| Rank | Area | Average private rent |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Cardiff](https://openindex.co.uk/cardiff) | £1,179 |
| 2 | [Monmouthshire](https://openindex.co.uk/monmouthshire) | £994 |
| 3 | [Vale of Glamorgan](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-glamorgan) | £978 |
| 4 | [Newport](https://openindex.co.uk/newport) | £962 |
| 5 | [Torfaen](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen) | £865 |
| 6 | [Swansea](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea) | £853 |
| 7 | [Flintshire](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire) | £817 |
| 8 | [Conwy](https://openindex.co.uk/conwy) | £799 |
| 9 | [Wrexham](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham) | £773 |
| 10 | [Bridgend](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend) | £765 |
| 11 | [Merthyr Tydfil](https://openindex.co.uk/merthyr-tydfil) | £754 |
| 12 | [Caerphilly](https://openindex.co.uk/caerphilly) | £752 |
| 13 | [Rhondda Cynon Taf](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf) | £747 |
| 14 | [Gwynedd](https://openindex.co.uk/gwynedd) | £728 |
| 15 | [Ceredigion](https://openindex.co.uk/ceredigion) | £724 |
| 16 | [Denbighshire](https://openindex.co.uk/denbighshire) | £723 |
| 17 | [Isle of Anglesey](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-anglesey) | £717 |
| 18 | [Pembrokeshire](https://openindex.co.uk/pembrokeshire) | £697 |
| 19 | [Neath Port Talbot](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot) | £692 |
| 20 | [Carmarthenshire](https://openindex.co.uk/carmarthenshire) | £690 |
| 21 | [Blaenau Gwent](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent) | £682 |
| 22 | [Powys](https://openindex.co.uk/powys) | £624 |

Source: Price Index of Private Rents, ONS private rents. Period: September 2026. Period: September 2026.

## Other rankings of this measure

- [UK](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/private-rents/uk)
- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/private-rents/england)
- [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/private-rents/north-east)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/private-rents/north-west)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/private-rents/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/private-rents/east-midlands)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/private-rents/west-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/private-rents/east-of-england)
- [London](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/private-rents/london)
- [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/private-rents/south-east)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/private-rents/south-west)

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/private-rents)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/private-rents)

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