Rent guide
Typical rent,
area by area.
So you know whether the price in front of you is typical or inflated. Every number here is worked out from the listings themselves.
- A bed, usually
- 1,100–1,900
- EGP a month, across all areas
- Your own room, usually
- 2,400–3,550
- EGP a month, across all areas
- Women’s housing
- +14%
- above men’s in the same area, on average
- of listings are from brokers
- 29%
- and commission is usually a full month’s rent
Every listing
Every listing a dot,
every area a row.
The cheapest typical bed is in Ain Shams district (EGP 950, 33 min metro); the dearest is in Heliopolis (EGP 2,750, 28 min metro). Areas are in order of time to the gate.
each dot is one place’s rent most prices typical
EGP a month rents as of October 2026
A typical bed is EGP 1,400 in Manshiyat El-Sadr (9 min) and EGP 950 in Ain Shams district (33 min). You save EGP 450 on rent, spend EGP 50 of it on transport and keep EGP 400, for 48 minutes more on the road every day.
What makes the difference
What pushes
a price up?
- Air conditioning
- Places with AC cost about 8% more than ones in the same area without.
- Beds in the room
- A bed in a two-person room averages EGP 1,550; in a room of four or more, EGP 1,600.
- Women’s housing
- About 14% more, often because of a supervisor and a return time.
- The area
- Heliopolis, Nasr City and Hadayek El-Qobba & Kobri El-Qobba cost the most, and not all are near the gate. Distance alone doesn’t always make a place cheaper: see the chart above.
What does the rent include?
- Electricity, water and internet included31%
- Electricity and water included; you pay for internet41%
- You pay electricity, water and internet27%
Always ask: is electricity a prepaid card or a bill? Who tops it up? It causes a lot of end-of-month arguments.
Women’s and men’s
Women’s and men’s housing,
area by area.
Women’s housing usually costs a little more, often because of a supervisor and a return time. Each mark is the typical rent in the area.
- Manshiyat El-Sadr9 minA bedWomen 1,500Men 1,250Own roomWomen —Men 2,600
- Abbasia10 minA bedWomen 1,900Men 1,350Own roomWomen 3,450Men 2,650
- Hadayek El-Qobba & Kobri El-Qobba14 minA bedWomen 2,000Men 1,650Own roomWomen 2,600Men 2,550
- Demerdash & El-Waily19 minA bedWomen 1,500Men 1,450Own roomWomen 2,750Men 2,600
- El-Zaitoun24 minA bedWomen 1,300Men 1,050Own roomtoo few listings
- Nasr City25 minA bedWomen —Men 2,450Own roomWomen 4,350Men 4,550
- Heliopolis28 minA bedWomen 2,750Men —Own roomtoo few listings
- Ain Shams district33 minA bedWomen 950Men 950Own roomWomen —Men 1,900
The full table, in numbers
| Area | To the gate | Women’s bed | Men’s bed | Women’s room | Men’s room | Monthly transport |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manshiyat El-Sadr | 9 min walk | 1,400–1,500 | 1,100–1,550 | — | 2,300–2,800 | free |
| Abbasia | 10 min walk | 1,600–2,000 | 1,050–1,450 | 2,700–3,550 | 2,550–2,650 | free |
| Hadayek El-Qobba & Kobri El-Qobba | 14 min walk | 1,550–2,100 | 1,350–1,900 | 2,450–3,300 | 2,400–2,650 | free |
| Demerdash & El-Waily | 19 min walk | 1,200–1,600 | 900–1,800 | 2,400–3,500 | 2,550–3,100 | free |
| El-Zaitoun | 24 min metro | 1,050–1,350 | 1,000–1,050 | — | — | 50 |
| Nasr City | 25 min metro | — | 1,800–2,450 | 3,900–6,450 | 3,700–5,800 | 50 |
| Heliopolis | 28 min metro | 2,550–3,150 | — | — | — | 50 |
| Ain Shams district | 33 min metro | 900–1,150 | 850–1,200 | — | 1,700–2,600 | 50 |
Each range brackets the middle half of listings: the cheapest and dearest quarters are left out. EGP a month. “—” means too few listings of that kind in the area.