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
- 1,800–2,750
- EGP a month, across all areas
- Your own room, usually
- 3,250–5,400
- EGP a month, across all areas
- Women’s housing
- +3%
- above men’s in the same area, on average
- of listings are from brokers
- 32%
- 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 Moharram Bek (EGP 1,650, 26 min microbus); the dearest is in Camp Caesar (EGP 2,850, 14 min walk). 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 2,400 in Shatby (5 min) and EGP 1,800 in Sidi Gaber (33 min). You save EGP 600 on rent, spend EGP 308 of it on transport and keep EGP 292, for about an hour more on the road every day.
What makes the difference
What pushes
a price up?
- Air conditioning
- Places with AC cost about 9% more than ones in the same area without.
- Beds in the room
- A bed in a two-person room averages EGP 2,500; in a room of four or more, EGP 2,050.
- Women’s housing
- About 3% more, often because of a supervisor and a return time.
- The area
- Camp Caesar, Sporting and Azarita 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 included30%
- Electricity and water included; you pay for internet39%
- You pay electricity, water and internet31%
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.
- Shatby5 minA bedWomen 2,300Men 2,550Own roomWomen 4,750Men 3,800
- Azarita5 minA bedWomen 2,500Men 2,400Own roomWomen 4,200Men 2,950
- Bab Sharqi12 minA bedWomen 2,050Men —Own roomtoo few listings
- Camp Caesar14 minA bedWomen 2,850Men 3,100Own roomWomen —Men 6,550
- Ibrahimia20 minA bedWomen 2,600Men 2,150Own roomWomen 4,250Men 4,650
- Sporting24 minA bedWomen 2,050Men 2,750Own roomtoo few listings
- Moharram Bek26 minA bedWomen 1,600Men 1,800Own roomtoo few listings
- Cleopatra28 minA bedWomen 1,950Men —Own roomtoo few listings
- Sidi Gaber33 minA bedWomen 1,900Men —Own roomWomen —Men 3,150
The full table, in numbers
| Area | To the gate | Women’s bed | Men’s bed | Women’s room | Men’s room | Monthly transport |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shatby | 5 min walk | 1,900–2,600 | 1,750–2,750 | 4,700–6,300 | 3,550–3,900 | free |
| Azarita | 5 min walk | 2,250–3,200 | 1,950–2,550 | 3,400–4,650 | 2,350–5,150 | free |
| Bab Sharqi | 12 min walk | 1,750–2,300 | — | — | — | free |
| Camp Caesar | 14 min walk | 2,400–3,550 | 2,300–3,450 | — | 5,800–6,850 | free |
| Ibrahimia | 20 min walk | 1,900–3,050 | 1,600–2,800 | 3,700–5,300 | 4,500–5,400 | free |
| Sporting | 24 min microbus | 1,950–2,550 | 2,400–2,850 | — | — | 308 |
| Moharram Bek | 26 min microbus | 1,400–1,650 | 1,400–2,050 | — | — | 220 |
| Cleopatra | 28 min microbus | 1,650–2,200 | — | — | — | 308 |
| Sidi Gaber | 33 min microbus | 1,700–2,150 | — | — | 2,100–4,200 | 308 |
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.