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
- 1,450–1,950
- EGP a month, across all areas
- Your own room, usually
- 2,750–3,350
- 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 Hay Mubarak & El Nahal (EGP 1,350, 28 min microbus); the dearest is in El Ghasham (EGP 2,400, 16 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 1,800 in Hay El Zohour (5 min) and EGP 1,350 in Hay Mubarak & El Nahal (28 min). You save EGP 450 on rent, spend EGP 220 of it on transport and keep EGP 230, for 46 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 1,850; 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 Ghasham, El Qawmeya and Hay El Zohour 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 included35%
- Electricity and water included; you pay for internet42%
- You pay electricity, water and internet23%
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.
- Hay El Zohour5 minA bedWomen 1,850Men 1,450Own roomWomen 3,350Men 3,000
- Felal El Gamaa10 minA bedWomen —Men 1,650Own roomtoo few listings
- El Ghasham16 minA bedWomen 2,450Men 2,400Own roomWomen 4,250Men 3,600
- El Qawmeya18 minA bedWomen 1,900Men 1,650Own roomWomen 3,150Men 2,750
- El Montazah & El Mohafza18 minA bedWomen 1,450Men —Own roomWomen —Men 2,750
- Kafr Mohamed Hussein19 minA bedWomen 1,750Men —Own roomtoo few listings
- Hay Mubarak & El Nahal28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hay El Zohour | 5 min walk | 1,750–1,950 | 1,300–1,550 | 3,200–3,650 | 2,700–3,050 | free |
| Felal El Gamaa | 10 min walk | — | 1,350–1,950 | — | — | free |
| El Ghasham | 16 min microbus | 2,100–2,600 | 2,350–2,600 | 4,250–4,550 | 3,250–4,050 | 220 |
| El Qawmeya | 18 min walk | 1,600–2,050 | 1,550–1,900 | 3,100–3,350 | 2,550–2,950 | free |
| El Montazah & El Mohafza | 18 min microbus | 1,350–1,450 | — | — | 2,600–2,800 | 220 |
| Kafr Mohamed Hussein | 19 min walk | 1,650–1,850 | — | — | — | free |
| Hay Mubarak & El Nahal | 28 min microbus | — | — | — | — | 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.