The highest rent we can document for a penthouse is $177,500 a month, for a West Chelsea penthouse in New York reported in February 2026, though London and Dubai listings have asked far more. The Pavilion B penthouse at One Hyde Park was advertised at £150,000 a week in 2018, about $850,000 a month. This list ranks ten of the highest rents we could document as of October 2026, mixing signed leases and asking rents, and we say which is which.
Penthouse rents are not published the way auction results are. Most deals are private, so a good list needs labels. Where the unit is a house or an apartment rather than a penthouse, we say so.
| Rank | Property | Rent (USD a month) | Listed or signed rent | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One Hyde Park, Pavilion B penthouse, London | about $850,000 | £150,000 a week (listed) | Oct 2018 |
| 2 | 23 Marina, Dubai Marina | about $286,000 for a 30-night stay | Dh35,000 a night (listed) | Jan 2020 |
| 3 | 73 Mount Kellett Road, The Peak, Hong Kong (house) | about $206,000 | HK$1.6 million a month | May 2021 |
| 4 | Mount Street, Mayfair, London (house) | about $186,000 | £33,000 a week | H1 2026 |
| 5 | One Hyde Park apartment, Knightsbridge, London | about $183,000 | £32,500 a week | H1 2026 |
| 6 | 551 West 21st Street penthouse, West Chelsea, New York | $177,500 | reported lease | Feb 2026 |
| 7 | 56 Leonard Street penthouse, Tribeca, New York | $123,000 | $123,000 a month (asking) | Jul 2024 |
| 8 | 20 Greene Street triplex, SoHo, New York | $120,000 | $120,000 a month | Feb 2026 |
| 9 | Upper Grosvenor Street penthouses, Mayfair, London | about $85,000 each | £15,000 a week each | H1 2026 |
| 10 | 18 West 55th Street, Midtown, New York (top unit) | $36,500 | $36,500 a month | Jun 2026 |
1. One Hyde Park, Pavilion B penthouse, London: about $850,000 a month
The most expensive rental ever advertised in Britain, if you count asking prices. The Pavilion B penthouse at One Hyde Park, a £160 million apartment, came to the rental market in October 2018 at £150,000 a week. Over a month that is roughly £650,000, or about $850,000. An earlier One Hyde Park penthouse listing in 2014 carried a headline of £194,000, with the article itself confusing weeks and months.
We cannot confirm that anyone ever paid it. Treat the figure as the ceiling of what landlords dared to ask, not what a tenant signed.
The estimate converts the listed weekly rent of 2018 and is an asking price, not a completed lease.
2. 23 Marina, Dubai Marina: about $286,000 for a 30-night stay a month
The penthouse spans the 88th, 89th and 90th floors of 23 Marina, 43,000 square feet in all, with six bedrooms, 18 bathrooms and what was billed as the highest swimming pool in the world. A top-floor lounge takes up to 500 guests, and there is a private nightclub. A 22-seat dining table is the easy part.
It was listed on Airbnb at Dh35,000 a night, about $9,500. Multiply by thirty and you get roughly $286,000. Nobody books it that way, but it shows how far short-stay pricing runs ahead of leases.
The nightly rate is from a 2020 report and we have not confirmed it is current, so the monthly figure is our own arithmetic.
3. 73 Mount Kellett Road, The Peak, Hong Kong (house): about $206,000 a month
Not a penthouse, but it sits on the list because it is Hong Kong’s rent record as far as we found. The five-bedroom house on the Peak came with a private lift and a 7,000 square foot garden. It beat the previous record, HK$1.35 million a month for a house at 11 Plantation Road.
We found no higher Hong Kong rent in 2025 or 2026. In September 2026 the most sought-after Peak and Southern district flats were letting for HK$80,000 to HK$150,000 a month, with 141 rentals recorded in August.
The rent is a reported 2021 lease and we found no later record to replace it.
4. Mount Street, Mayfair, London (house): about $186,000 a month
Another house, and the biggest London rent we found in the first half of 2026. It let on a long lease at £33,000 a week, about £1.7 million a year, according to a survey of the Prime Central London market. Luxury rents there were at a five-year high.
The same survey puts the average luxury house at £4,177 a week, up 67 percent on 2025’s £2,499. Supply is falling while buyers from the Gulf, the US and the UK compete for the few properties.
The weekly rent comes from a half-year market survey and the dollar figure is our conversion.
5. One Hyde Park apartment, Knightsbridge, London: about $183,000 a month
One Hyde Park is back on the list, this time with a completed let. An apartment in the building went at £32,500 a week in the first six months of 2026, which makes it one of the two biggest London rents of the period. It is an apartment, not necessarily a penthouse.
For comparison, the average Prime Central London apartment or penthouse rent was £1,957 a week, up 15 percent. At the top, the building is worth about 17 times the average.
This is a half-year survey figure converted by us and the unit type is not confirmed as a penthouse.
6. 551 West 21st Street penthouse, West Chelsea, New York: $177,500 a month
The highest completed penthouse rent we found. Former Howard Hughes CEO David Weinreb bought the unit as raw space for $38 million in 2017, later asked $49.995 million, then relisted at $75 million after a full build-out. In February 2026 it was reported rented at about $177,500 a month, a deal brokers called a high point for the market.
Renting out a $75 million listing pays about 2.8 percent of the asking price per year.
This comes from a February 2026 report of the lease, and we could not confirm the lease term.
7. 56 Leonard Street penthouse, Tribeca, New York: $123,000 a month
The 56th-floor penthouse has six bedrooms and four and a half bathrooms across 6,000 square feet, 14-foot ceilings, wood-burning fireplaces and two terraces. The building has a pool, hot tub, steam rooms, theatre and valet parking. A package with a driver, housekeeping and a chef could be added.
This was the asking rent when it was reported in July 2024, and we do not know the achieved figure.
It is an asking rent from 2024 and not a signed lease.
8. 20 Greene Street triplex, SoHo, New York: $120,000 a month
A four-bedroom triplex with 6,814 square feet inside and a 2,841 square foot roof terrace with a sauna and outdoor kitchen, reached by a private keyed lift. The owner, a Seagram heir, rents it out while looking for a buyer. He paid $35.6 million in 2022 and has cut the asking price from $45 million to just under $36 million.
Brokers described it as the priciest lease in SoHo, which is a claim from them rather than from public records.
We took the reported monthly rent from the February 2026 coverage.
9. Upper Grosvenor Street penthouses, Mayfair, London: about $85,000 each a month
Two adjoining penthouses were let to the same tenant at £15,000 a week each, the highest penthouse-specific London rents in the survey we found. That is about £65,000 a month per unit, or roughly £1.5 million a year for both.
The weekly rent is from the half-year survey and the monthly dollars are our conversion.
10. 18 West 55th Street, Midtown, New York (top unit): $36,500 a month
A boutique new tower filled quickly, according to reports in June 2026, with its largest unit at $36,500 a month. It is a modest entry next to the others and a useful marker for where Manhattan’s top tier of normal luxury rentals starts. Its unit type is not confirmed as a penthouse.
This is the reported asking rent of the largest unit and we have not confirmed it was leased.
Records set in 2025 and 2026
- February 2026: a West Chelsea penthouse reported rented at about $177,500, the highest completed penthouse rent we found.
- February 2026: a SoHo triplex at $120,000 a month, described by brokers as a neighbourhood record.
- First half of 2026: Prime Central London lettings hit a five-year high, with a Mayfair house at £33,000 a week and a One Hyde Park apartment at £32,500 a week.
- Hong Kong: we found no rent above the 2021 record in 2025 or 2026.
What drives these prices
- Landlords who do not need to rent. Several of these units are for sale at $36 million to $75 million. A rent at 2 to 3 percent of the asking price pays the bills while the owner waits for a buyer.
- Service. A chef, a driver or hotel-style housekeeping on call can add tens of thousands a month.
- Scarcity of supply. London’s survey describes falling supply and rising demand from tenants from the Gulf, the US and the UK.
- Short stays. Nightly rates such as Dubai’s Dh35,000 run well ahead of monthly rents, which is why the nightly figure looks inflated.
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What is the most expensive penthouse to rent in the world?
The highest we found was the One Hyde Park Pavilion B penthouse in London, advertised at £150,000 a week in 2018 (about $850,000 a month). The highest completed penthouse rent we found is $177,500 a month in New York, reported in February 2026.
How much does it cost to rent a penthouse in New York?
Top-end rents in 2026 ran from about $120,000 a month in SoHo to about $177,500 a month in West Chelsea. A luxury tower’s biggest unit in Midtown was $36,500.
How much does a luxury penthouse cost to rent in London?
The 2026 survey of Prime Central London put the average luxury apartment or penthouse at £1,957 a week. A pair of Mayfair penthouses let at £15,000 a week each, and the biggest lettings reached £33,000 a week.
What is the highest rent in Hong Kong?
We found a reported HK$1.6 million a month (about $206,000) for a house on Mount Kellett Road in 2021, and nothing higher since. The most sought-after Peak flats rent for HK$80,000 to HK$150,000.
Is it cheaper to rent or buy a penthouse like these?
Rents run at about 2 to 4 percent of the asking price per year in the examples we found, so buying costs far more up front and renting costs far more over a short stay.
Are these prices fixed?
No. Many of the figures are asking rents, and landlords often accept less on a long lease.
How we put this list together
We ranked by documented rent, using listings, lease reports and market surveys compiled in an internal valuation model. Prices are approximate and change over time. We ranked by approximate dollars per month, converting at about $1.30 to the pound and 3.67 dirhams or 7.8 Hong Kong dollars to the dollar, and counting weeks as 4.33 to a month.
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Last updated: October 2026.
