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
- 1,150–1,500
- EGP a month, across all areas
- Your own room, usually
- 2,250–3,150
- EGP a month, across all areas
- Women’s housing
- +14%
- above men’s in the same area, on average
- of listings are from brokers
- 24%
- 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 El Walidiya (EGP 950, 19 min walk); the dearest is in El Mahatta (station area) (EGP 1,700, 15 min microbus). 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 1,700 in University Street (El Maktabat) (4 min) and EGP 1,150 in El Moalemeen (25 min). You save EGP 550 on rent, spend EGP 308 of it on transport and keep EGP 242, for 42 minutes more on the road every day.
What makes the difference
What pushes
a price up?
- Air conditioning
- Places with AC cost about 3% more than ones in the same area without.
- Beds in the room
- A bed in a two-person room averages EGP 1,400; in a room of four or more, EGP 1,050.
- Women’s housing
- About 14% more, often because of a supervisor and a return time.
- The area
- El Mahatta (station area), University Street (El Maktabat) and Ferial 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 included27%
- Electricity and water included; you pay for internet49%
- You pay electricity, water and internet24%
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.
- University Street (El Maktabat)4 minA bedWomen 1,750Men —Own roomWomen 3,150Men 3,550
- Sayed Factory (Sherket Sayed)9 minA bedWomen 1,450Men 1,450Own roomWomen 2,350Men 2,750
- El Mahatta (station area)15 minA bedWomen 1,700Men 1,650Own roomtoo few listings
- Ferial16 minA bedWomen 1,900Men 1,450Own roomWomen 3,000Men —
- El Walidiya19 minA bedWomen 1,200Men 800Own roomWomen 2,400Men 1,550
- El Arbaeen20 minA bedWomen 1,150Men 1,150Own roomtoo few listings
- El Azhar (by Al-Azhar University)24 minA bedWomen —Men 1,000Own roomtoo few listings
- El Moalemeen25 minA bedWomen 1,150Men —Own roomWomen 2,800Men 2,450
The full table, in numbers
| Area | To the gate | Women’s bed | Men’s bed | Women’s room | Men’s room | Monthly transport |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Street (El Maktabat) | 4 min walk | 1,700–1,850 | — | 3,050–3,150 | 3,450–3,550 | free |
| Sayed Factory (Sherket Sayed) | 9 min walk | 1,200–1,650 | 1,200–1,550 | 2,250–2,400 | 2,300–3,000 | free |
| El Mahatta (station area) | 15 min microbus | 1,500–1,750 | 1,200–1,800 | — | — | 308 |
| Ferial | 16 min walk | 1,300–1,950 | 1,350–1,700 | 2,950–3,350 | — | free |
| El Walidiya | 19 min walk | 1,000–1,250 | 550–1,100 | 1,850–2,800 | 1,100–2,150 | free |
| El Arbaeen | 20 min microbus | 1,150–1,150 | 850–1,150 | — | — | 308 |
| El Azhar (by Al-Azhar University) | 24 min walk | — | 650–1,100 | — | — | free |
| El Moalemeen | 25 min microbus | 1,150–1,150 | — | 2,450–2,950 | 2,400–2,700 | 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.