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
- 1,300–1,850
- EGP a month, across all areas
- Your own room, usually
- 2,700–4,250
- EGP a month, across all areas
- Women’s housing
- +12%
- above men’s in the same area, on average
- of listings are from brokers
- 25%
- 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 Qahafa (EGP 1,050, 15 min microbus); the dearest is in El Nady St (EGP 1,950, 25 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 bed in Sekket El Mahalla is no cheaper than in Seberbay, despite the longer trip.
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 1,600; in a room of four or more, EGP 1,300.
- Women’s housing
- About 12% more, often because of a supervisor and a return time.
- The area
- El Nady St, El Estad and Hassan Radwan 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 internet40%
- 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.
- Seberbay12 minA bedWomen —Men 1,150Own roomtoo few listings
- El Estad15 minA bedWomen 1,900Men 2,100Own roomWomen 4,550Men —
- Qahafa15 minA bedWomen 1,000Men —Own roomtoo few listings
- Kafr Essam20 minA bedWomen 1,650Men 1,400Own roomWomen 4,200Men 3,250
- Saeed St20 minA bedWomen 1,550Men 1,350Own roomWomen 3,400Men —
- El Nady St25 minA bedWomen 2,050Men 1,950Own roomWomen 4,250Men —
- Hassan Radwan25 minA bedtoo few listingsOwn roomtoo few listings
- Sekket El Mahalla30 minA bedtoo few listingsOwn roomtoo few listings
The full table, in numbers
| Area | To the gate | Women’s bed | Men’s bed | Women’s room | Men’s room | Monthly transport |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seberbay | 12 min walk | — | 1,050–1,400 | — | — | free |
| El Estad | 15 min microbus | 1,550–2,100 | 1,900–2,300 | 4,150–4,950 | — | 264 |
| Qahafa | 15 min microbus | 900–1,050 | — | — | — | 264 |
| Kafr Essam | 20 min microbus | 1,450–1,850 | 1,350–1,550 | 3,450–4,300 | 2,700–3,400 | 264 |
| Saeed St | 20 min microbus | 1,450–1,800 | 1,300–1,500 | 2,700–3,900 | — | 264 |
| El Nady St | 25 min microbus | 1,750–2,100 | 1,800–1,950 | 3,950–5,000 | — | 264 |
| Hassan Radwan | 25 min microbus | — | — | — | — | 264 |
| Sekket El Mahalla | 30 min microbus | — | — | — | — | 264 |
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.