Colonia del Sacramento

InfoCasas, Colonia del Sacramento, 6 October 2026: all six pages of results read, about 120 listings. Listings with two bedrooms priced in pesos (the usual way to let for a year): 39, median 27,000 pesos a month, half between 25,000 and 32,000, extremes 16,000 and 75,000 (the latter a furnished house). One bedroom: 14 listings, median about 25,000; three bedrooms: 7 listings, from 25,000 to 68,000. At the site's rate of 40.342 the two-bedroom median is about 670 dollars. Separately there are 27 listings priced in dollars, from 450 to 2,900 a month: apartments with a river view, furnished houses and country chacras; a few more listings at 65–180 dollars are daily lets. Apartments in buildings carry gastos comunes (building fees) on top, from 500 to 12,500 pesos a month in the listings. Some listings also offer the property for sale. We could not open INE's official rent statistics for the department of Colonia on 6 October 2026.

InfoCasas, 6 October 2026: the first four pages of houses for sale in Colonia del Sacramento (more than 400 listings in total), 85 houses, all priced in dollars. Three bedrooms: 37 listings, median 230,000 dollars, half between 155,000 and 350,000, from 58,000 to 800,000. Two bedrooms: 29 listings, median 135,000, half between 100,000 and 160,000. These are asking prices; bargaining is possible. We found no data on actual transactions for the city.

Decree 339/025 approved UTE tariffs from 1 January 2026 (average increase 4.0%); they are the same throughout the country. Tarifa Residencial Simple: 1–100 kWh a month 6.744 pesos per kWh, 101–600 8.452, above 600 10.539; contracted power charge 83.2 pesos per kW and a fixed 324.9 pesos a month. Example for 300 kWh with 3 kW of power: 100 × 6.744 + 200 × 8.452 + 3 × 83.2 + 324.9 = about 2,940 pesos (about 73 dollars at 40.342). This is arithmetic from the tariff, not a UTE bill; taxes are not addressed separately in the decree. There are also two- and three-period tariffs: in the two-period one, 4.771 pesos per kWh off-peak, 12.034 in the 4 peak hours (chosen between 17:00 and 23:00), fixed 488 pesos.

OSE tariff from 1 January 2026 (Decree 340/025), category “Montevideo e Interior excepto zona balnearia”, housing with its own meter. Variable part by block: 0–5 m³ 184.43 pesos as a whole, 5–10 m³ 368.91 as a whole, 10–15 m³ 36.91 pesos per m³, 15–20 m³ 105.17, 20–25 139.63, 25–30 164.85, 30–50 186.53, above 50 207.48; if use exceeds 15 m³, the whole volume is charged at the price of the block it falls into. Fixed part: 327.50 pesos a month for a 12.5–13 mm connection. OSE sewerage (saneamiento convencional): the variable part equals 100% of the variable water charge, fixed 137.05 pesos a month; for the simplified system (saneamiento por efluente decantado) the variable part is 50%. Example for 15 m³, 13 mm connection: water 184.43 + 368.91 + 5 × 36.91 + 327.50 = about 1,065 pesos, sewerage 738 + 137 = about 875, a total of about 1,940 pesos (about 48 dollars); this is arithmetic from the tariff, not anyone's real bill. Caveat: the decree has no list of places in the resort zone; we assume the city is not in it, but the category of a specific address should be checked with OSE. Taxes are not shown separately in the table.

Conecta, maximum natural gas tariffs for the department of Colonia from 1 August 2026, before taxes. Residential tariff R: fixed charge 379.77 pesos per bill, per m³ 45.709 pesos (subject to IVA) plus 0.926 pesos (exempt from IVA), 46.635 pesos per m³ in total before taxes; there are no tiers. Minimum bill 567.446 pesos, connection 4,832.76 pesos. The document does not state the IVA rate, so the examples are before taxes: 30 m³ in summer (cooking and hot water) 379.77 + 30 × 46.635 = about 1,780 pesos, 100 m³ in winter with gas heating about 5,040 pesos (about 125 dollars). This is arithmetic from the tariff, not anyone's real bill. Conecta has a network map for the department of Colonia and an office in Colonia del Sacramento itself (18 de Julio 531); whether a particular house is connected must be checked by address. Without the network people cook on cylinders (supergás) or electricity; cylinder prices were not checked here.

According to the BPS list of FONASA providers offering the full range of services (a 2018 document), ORAMECO (Organización Asistencial Médica de Colonia) operates in Colonia del Sacramento, address Alberto Méndez 170. In other towns of the department there are CAMEC (Cooperativa Asistencial Médica del Este de Colonia, Rosario) and CAMOC (Cooperativa Asistencial Médica del Oeste de Colonia, Carmelo). The public ASSE network is also present in the city, but we could not open the page of the ASSE hospital in Colonia on 6 October 2026, so we do not describe its profile, level of complexity or departments. The BPS list is old: the names and addresses should be checked.

According to preliminary Interior Ministry data (Montevideo Portal), Uruguay had 369 homicides in 2025, 10.3 per 100 thousand residents, 3.4% fewer than in 2024. The most were in Montevideo (210), then Canelones (43), Maldonado (14) and Durazno (13); Flores and Río Negro had none. Colonia is not on this list, so the department had no more than 13 homicides; for 135,797 residents that is no more than 9.6 per 100 thousand. This is our inference from the list, not a ministry figure. We did not find the exact number for the department of Colonia. Also nationwide in 2025 there were 15,656 reports of robbery (rapiña) and 100,337 of theft.

INE, final results of the 2023 census: Uruguay has 3,499,451 people in total, the department of Colonia 135,797 (for comparison, Maldonado 212,951, Montevideo 1,302,721). Colonia's share is about 3.9%, our division. The population of the city of Colonia del Sacramento itself is not given in this publication. Besides the departmental capital, the department has other towns with their own health cooperatives, Rosario and Carmelo (see the healthcare fact).

Colonia Express, timetable from 1 September to 31 October 2026: Colonia – Buenos Aires at 8:30, 10:30, 16:30, 18:00 and 20:15, Buenos Aires – Colonia at 8:30, 10:30, 12:50, 18:30 and 20:00, 1 h 15 min on board. The same company sells a bus + ferry combination Montevideo – Buenos Aires via Colonia in 3 h 30 min (from Montevideo at 5:00, 7:00, 13:00, 14:30, 17:00) and Punta del Este – Buenos Aires in 6 h 15 min. The timetable changes from November 2026. Ticket prices are not shown on the timetable page. Buquebus also runs ferries; we did not open its timetable. The bus time from Colonia to Montevideo alone is not given in this source.

INUMET, 1991–2020 climate normals for the Colonia station: mean temperature in July 11.0 °C, June 11.9, August 12.7; mean July maximum 14.6 °C, mean minimum 7.3 °C; the absolute July minimum over the period minus 2.6 °C, in June and August minus 0.2. For comparison, January: mean 23.7 °C, mean maximum 28.6. The station lies east of the city (coordinates -34.45, -57.77). These are long-term normals, not a specific year.

INUMET, 1991–2020 normals, Colonia station: annual precipitation 1,144.5 mm; by month January 101, February 111, March 126, April 101, May 83, June 69, July 76, August 69, September 78, October 113, November 104, December 116 mm. Days with at least 1 mm: 75 a year, 5 to 7 a month. Winter is slightly drier than summer and autumn.

Antel data tariff price list, 2026; prices include taxes, a 2-year contract, and the plans include the subscription for a home phone line. Fibra Básico 400/30 Mbit/s 1,650 pesos a month (about 41 dollars at 40.342), Fibra Plus 550/40 2,138, Fibra Super Entretenimiento 900/200 3,420, Fibra Ultra 1,000/300 4,342. There are also data-capped plans: 400/30 with 250 GB for 665 pesos, with 450 GB for 1,196. There is no separate price list for Colonia; we did not check fibre availability at specific addresses.