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
- 1,200–1,550
- EGP a month, across all areas
- Your own room, usually
- 2,550–3,850
- EGP a month, across all areas
- Women’s housing
- +15%
- above men’s in the same area, on average
- of listings are from brokers
- 31%
- 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 Imtidad El Mashaya (EGP 1,150, 30 min microbus); the dearest is in El Gomhoria & El Mashaya (EGP 1,800, 6 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 1,300 in Taqseem El Samanoudi (6 min) and EGP 1,150 in Imtidad El Mashaya (30 min). You save EGP 150 on rent, but transport costs EGP 220 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 7% 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 1,300.
- Women’s housing
- About 15% more, often because of a supervisor and a return time.
- The area
- El Gomhoria & El Mashaya, El Galaa St and Ahmed Maher St cost the most, and all are near the gate.
What does the rent include?
- Electricity, water and internet included33%
- Electricity and water included; you pay for internet37%
- You pay electricity, water and internet29%
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.
- Taqseem El Samanoudi6 minA bedWomen 1,350Men 950Own roomWomen —Men 2,950
- El Gomhoria & El Mashaya6 minA bedtoo few listingsOwn roomWomen 4,450Men —
- El Galaa St9 minA bedWomen 1,700Men 1,450Own roomWomen 3,900Men 3,650
- Ahmed Maher St9 minA bedWomen 1,600Men 1,350Own roomWomen 3,750Men —
- Hay El Gamaa9 minA bedWomen 1,450Men 1,300Own roomWomen 2,850Men 2,850
- Talkha25 minA bedtoo few listingsOwn roomWomen —Men 2,250
- Sandoub25 minA bedWomen 1,300Men —Own roomtoo few listings
- Imtidad El Mashaya30 minA bedWomen —Men 1,100Own roomWomen 2,550Men 2,300
The full table, in numbers
| Area | To the gate | Women’s bed | Men’s bed | Women’s room | Men’s room | Monthly transport |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taqseem El Samanoudi | 6 min walk | 1,150–1,500 | 950–1,300 | — | 2,600–3,150 | free |
| El Gomhoria & El Mashaya | 6 min walk | — | — | 4,350–5,000 | — | free |
| El Galaa St | 9 min walk | 1,650–1,850 | 1,400–1,550 | 3,600–4,050 | 3,100–3,750 | free |
| Ahmed Maher St | 9 min walk | 1,600–1,650 | 1,150–1,400 | 3,550–3,850 | — | free |
| Hay El Gamaa | 9 min walk | 1,200–1,550 | 1,200–1,500 | 2,800–3,300 | 2,700–2,950 | free |
| Talkha | 25 min microbus | — | — | — | 1,850–2,400 | 220 |
| Sandoub | 25 min microbus | 1,200–1,400 | — | — | — | 220 |
| Imtidad El Mashaya | 30 min microbus | — | 1,050–1,200 | 2,350–2,600 | 1,950–2,450 | 220 |
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.