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
- 1,400–1,850
- EGP a month, across all areas
- Your own room, usually
- 3,050–3,750
- EGP a month, across all areas
- Women’s housing
- +15%
- above men’s in the same area, on average
- of listings are from brokers
- 28%
- 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 Helwan centre (El Mahatta) (EGP 1,450, 18 min metro); the dearest is in Wadi Hof (EGP 2,000, 20 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 1,750 in Ain Helwan (16 min) and EGP 1,450 in 15th of May City (40 min). You save EGP 300 on rent, but transport costs EGP 402 more and eats all of it, 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 6% more than ones in the same area without.
- Beds in the room
- A bed in a two-person room averages EGP 1,700; in a room of four or more, EGP 1,300.
- Women’s housing
- About 15% more, often because of a supervisor and a return time.
- The area
- Wadi Hof, Hadayek Helwan and Ain Helwan 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 internet38%
- You pay electricity, water and internet32%
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.
- Ain Helwan16 minA bedWomen 1,750Men 1,700Own roomWomen 4,000Men 3,150
- Helwan centre (El Mahatta)18 minA bedWomen 1,450Men 1,400Own roomWomen 3,950Men —
- Wadi Hof20 minA bedWomen 2,150Men 1,900Own roomtoo few listings
- Hadayek Helwan20 minA bedWomen 1,700Men 1,750Own roomWomen —Men 3,500
- El Maasara23 minA bedWomen 1,550Men 1,250Own roomWomen 3,150Men —
- 15th of May City40 minA bedWomen 1,500Men 1,100Own roomWomen —Men 2,650
The full table, in numbers
| Area | To the gate | Women’s bed | Men’s bed | Women’s room | Men’s room | Monthly transport |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ain Helwan | 16 min walk | 1,700–2,200 | 1,600–1,800 | 3,850–4,150 | 3,100–3,300 | free |
| Helwan centre (El Mahatta) | 18 min metro | 1,350–1,900 | 1,300–1,650 | 3,750–4,150 | — | 50 |
| Wadi Hof | 20 min walk | 2,000–2,350 | 1,550–2,100 | — | — | free |
| Hadayek Helwan | 20 min metro | 1,450–2,200 | 1,550–1,850 | — | 3,350–3,750 | 50 |
| El Maasara | 23 min metro | 1,200–1,600 | 1,100–1,550 | 2,950–3,600 | — | 50 |
| 15th of May City | 40 min microbus | 1,450–1,550 | 1,050–1,150 | — | 2,450–2,700 | 402 |
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.