Jeddah Rental Prices 2026: Average Apartment Rent by District and Unit Type

Jeddah rental prices in 2026: the short answer

In November 2026 listings, the median asking rent for a two-bedroom apartment in Jeddah is about 42,000 SAR a year, or about 3,500 SAR a month, and most listings in that category sit between about 23,000 and 75,000 SAR. Prices vary a lot by district: from a median under 30,000 SAR in districts such as Al-Salhiyah and Al-Rayyan, to about 65,000 SAR in Al-Nahdah and about 90,000 SAR in Al-Shati. But these are the prices advertisers ask, and registered lease values were lower in every district we compared: in Al-Salamah, for example, the median asking rent for apartments is about 45,000 SAR, while the average registered apartment lease there was about 28,100 SAR in the first quarter of 2026.

This guide gives prices by unit type and then by district, explains the gap between the asking price and the registered lease value, covers what pushes a price up or down and how much cash you need at the start of a lease with a worked example, and sets out your options if the annual payment is the obstacle. If you are renting in Saudi Arabia for the first time, start with the guide to residential renting basics in Saudi Arabia.

Where these numbers come from

This guide uses two sources that complement each other:

• Asking prices in listings: data from Kite, a platform that aggregates rental listings from more than 20 Saudi property platforms and removes duplicates between them, as published in its November 2026 update. We quote the median, the price with half the listings below it and half above, because it is less affected by outlier listings than the average.
• Registered lease values: the rent index that the Real Estate General Authority (REGA) publishes on the Saudi open data platform, built on rental contracts documented on the Ejar platform, as Kite shows it for each district. The figures shown for each district cover the first quarter of 2026.

All figures are annual, in Saudi riyals (SAR), and rounded. They describe the market in general, not the value of any particular unit.

Jeddah rental prices by unit type

These are the median asking prices for each category among apartments listed for rent in Jeddah in November 2026, with the range most listings fall in:

• Studio: median about 36,000 SAR a year (about 3,000 SAR a month); most listings between about 23,000 and 54,000 SAR. The studio median here is higher than the one-bedroom median, so look at what the price includes, such as furniture and bills, before you compare the number.
• One-bedroom apartment: median about 32,400 SAR (about 2,700 SAR a month); most listings between about 20,400 and 54,000 SAR.
• Two-bedroom apartment: median about 42,000 SAR (about 3,500 SAR a month); most listings between about 23,000 and 75,000 SAR.
• Three-bedroom apartment: median about 40,000 SAR (about 3,300 SAR a month); most listings between about 23,000 and 92,000 SAR.
• Four-bedroom apartment: median about 36,000 SAR (about 3,000 SAR a month).
• Villa: most villa listings fall between about 45,000 and 190,000 SAR a year, and the median in the districts with the most villa listings ranges from about 60,000 SAR in Al-Falah to about 100,000 SAR in Al-Shira'a.

Note that the price does not always rise with the number of rooms: the medians for three- and four-bedroom apartments are lower than the two-bedroom median. One reason is that the district, the age of the building and what the price includes affect it as much as the room count, or more, and many larger apartments are listed in lower-priced districts, as the next section shows. So always compare similar units in the same district.

Apartment rents in Jeddah by district

This is an approximate picture from Kite's table of median apartment prices in Jeddah's districts with the most listings (November 2026, outliers excluded), covering all apartments listed in each district whatever their room count:

• Among the highest-priced: Al-Nahdah (about 65,000 SAR), Al-Zahra (about 55,000 SAR), and Al-Rawdah and Al-Fayha (about 50,000 SAR each). Three-bedroom apartments are the most-listed type in all four. In Al-Shati, which has fewer listings, the median is about 90,000 SAR.
• About 38,000 to 45,000 SAR: Al-Salamah and Al-Naeem (about 45,000), Al-Ruwais (about 42,000), Al-Nuzhah (about 41,000), Al-Sawari (about 40,000), Al-Faisaliyah (about 39,600) and Al-Hamra (about 38,400). Al-Salamah has the most listings in the city, about 1,000 apartments.
• About 32,000 to 36,000 SAR: Al-Marwah, Mushrifah and Al-Aziziyah (about 36,000), Al-Hamdaniyah and Al-Manar (about 35,000), Al-Waha (about 34,000), Al-Safa (about 33,600), Al-Naseem (about 33,000), and Al-Rabwah and Al-Sharafiyah (about 32,400).
• Under about 32,000 SAR: Al-Bawadi, Taibah, Al-Falah and Al-Zumurrud (about 30,000), Al-Rayyan (about 29,000), Al-Salhiyah (about 26,400), Jeddah's Al-Riyadh district (about 24,000) and Al-Mareekh (about 22,800, where most listings are one-bedroom apartments).

Each median mixes every apartment size, so it reflects what each district lists: most listings in Al-Bawadi, for example, are one-bedroom apartments, while apartments with three bedrooms or more dominate the listings in Al-Rayyan, Al-Hamdaniyah, Taibah and Al-Salhiyah. If you are looking for a family, you may find a larger apartment in these districts at a price close to that of a smaller one elsewhere. The practical method is to compare five or more listings of similar units in the same district: the same number of rooms, a building of similar age, and the same terms on furniture and on what the rent includes.

The asking price or the registered lease value?

The price in a listing is what the advertiser asks; what gets documented in leases can be much lower. This compares districts with thousands of registered leases, setting the median asking price for apartments in November 2026 against the average registered apartment lease in the first quarter of 2026, according to the rent index:

• Al-Salamah: about 45,000 SAR in listings; about 28,100 SAR on average in leases (5,495 leases).
• Al-Rawdah: about 50,000 SAR in listings; about 33,000 SAR on average in leases (2,645 leases).
• Al-Marwah: about 36,000 SAR in listings; about 25,700 SAR on average in leases (4,962 leases).
• Al-Faisaliyah: about 39,600 SAR in listings; about 24,500 SAR on average in leases (4,837 leases).
• Al-Bawadi: about 30,000 SAR in listings; about 21,300 SAR on average in leases (5,586 leases).

The two numbers do not measure the same thing: the first is the median of what is on offer now, the second the average of what was documented in an earlier quarter, and the units behind them may differ in size, age and furnishing. But the gap appears in every district we compared, and in practice it means the advertised price is a starting point for negotiation, not the final market price. So:

• Ask the landlord or the office for the value of the unit's last registered lease if it has been let before; it is the closest number to compare the asking price with.
• Compare the price with the average registered lease in the district, not with listings alone.
• Remember that a newer or furnished unit may justify a price above the district average.

Are rents rising in Jeddah in 2026?

The available figures point to limited change, not a jump:

• Asking prices: Kite's asking-rent index for Jeddah apartments stayed between about 35,000 and 36,000 SAR a year from March to October 2026, and was 35,464 SAR in October.
• Registered leases: drawing on REGA's rent index, Kite estimates contracted rent in Jeddah at about 24,500 SAR a year in the first quarter of 2026, against about 23,800 SAR in the first quarter of 2025.
• Kingdom-wide: according to the General Authority for Statistics, prices in the actual rentals for housing group rose 3.5% in September 2026 compared with September 2025, and 0.2% compared with August 2026. That is a figure for the whole Kingdom, not for Jeddah alone.

In Riyadh, provisions took effect on 25-9-2025 that stop annual increases in residential and commercial rents within the city of Riyadh's urban boundary for five years. The provisions allow them to be applied to other cities or governorates by decision of REGA's board after approval by the Council of Economic and Development Affairs, so if you are renting in Jeddah, check the latest announcements from REGA and the Ejar platform before you build your negotiation on them. This is general information, not legal advice.

How much cash do you need to start a lease in Jeddah? A worked example

The advertised price is an annual figure, but what decides whether you can move is what you pay at the start. As an arithmetic example only: an apartment at 36,000 SAR a year, close to the median asking price for Jeddah apartments. Here is each payment of the rent alone, if the annual rent stays the same with the number of payments the landlord accepts:

• One payment: 36,000 SAR at the start of the lease.
• Two payments: 18,000 SAR each.
• Four payments: 9,000 SAR each.
• 12 payments: 36,000 ÷ 12 = 3,000 SAR each.

Some landlords may ask a higher rent for a shorter payment cycle, so compare the total written in the lease schedule, not a single payment. On top of the first payment come the costs usually requested at the start of a lease:

• The real estate broker's commission, if you rent through an office: the Real Estate Brokerage Law sets it at 2.5% of the first year's rent, unless the parties to the brokerage contract agree otherwise in writing, and it is paid by the party that contracted the broker. In our example that is 900 SAR, and 15% VAT may be added, making it 1,035 SAR. Because it is calculated on the year's rent, paying in installments does not reduce it.
• The Ejar documentation fee: by default it falls to the landlord; if you are asked to pay it, count it among your start-up costs.
• A security deposit: some landlords ask for one at the start of the lease, and it is usually refunded at the end according to its clause, so read that clause before documentation.
• Moving and setting up: moving furniture and buying basic appliances, and you may need to buy air conditioners if the apartment does not come with them.

So if you pay annually and rent through an office, our example needs 37,035 SAR at the start before the deposit and moving costs, or 19,035 SAR with two payments. Many personal-finance guides suggest keeping rent to about a third of monthly income; it is a guideline that circulates worldwide, not an official Saudi standard, and by it a monthly rent of 3,000 SAR suits a net income of around 9,000 SAR.

REGA announced that, from 15-1-2024, rent on new residential leases is paid through the Ejar platform's digital channels, such as mada and SADAD. Details are in the guide to paying rent through the Ejar platform. Keep proof of every payment, and never pay any part of the rent in cash.

How to read a Jeddah rental listing before you negotiate

• The asking price is not the final price: the landlord may accept less, especially if the unit has been listed for a while, so ask for the value of the unit's last registered lease and compare it with the district's average.
• What the price includes: is the unit furnished? Does it have air conditioners and a fitted kitchen? Are water or electricity included in the rent, or metered separately for the unit? Do not compare a unit whose bills are paid separately with one whose rent includes them.
• Furnished apartments by the month: over a year they may cost you more than an annual lease on a similar unit, and some are hospitality units booked as a stay, not under a residential lease documented on Ejar.
• "Annual lease, monthly payment" listings: confirm that the landlord itself receives the payments under the lease, rather than the monthly figure being a payment provider's installment offer on its own terms, and that the schedule is written into the documented lease.
• Who the unit is let to: some listings specify families and some singles, so check before viewing.
• The office and the listing: if you deal with a real estate office or broker, make sure it is licensed and that the listing carries an advertising license number, and do not pay a holding deposit before you have seen the unit yourself.
• The viewing: view the unit in daylight, test the air conditioning and the water, and ask about the building's water tank. In Jeddah's hot, humid climate, the state of the air conditioning and insulation weighs heavily on your electricity bill and your comfort.

If the annual payment is the obstacle

If the equivalent monthly rent is within your means and the only obstacle is the first payment, you have several routes, each with its own condition:

• A payment cycle the landlord accepts: the Ejar platform allows rent to be paid monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually, and the schedule the parties agree is written into the lease before documentation. But the cycle is the landlord's decision, so ask about it before you commit to the unit.
• Saving ahead: if you have time before your current lease ends, set aside a fixed amount each month in a separate account.
• A bank or finance company product: it has its own conditions and cost, and its installments may run past the end of the lease, so compare the total cost before you decide.
• A company that pays the landlord while you repay it in installments: it charges for its service, so compare the total cost. This is what Dlight offers once an application is reviewed and approved, as the next section explains.

To compare these routes, with questions that decide which one is open to you, see can I pay my rent in installments in Saudi Arabia?

Dlight in Jeddah: what to expect, clearly

Dlight is a Saudi fintech company that helps tenants turn annual rent into monthly payments. It does not list apartments, does not search for homes and is not a real estate broker: you choose the unit and agree it with its landlord or the office. Before you apply for a unit in Jeddah, know these points:

• The application: you sign up with a Saudi mobile number starting 05 and confirm it with a verification code sent by text message. The form then has four steps: your 10-digit national ID or Iqama number, the rent details, one document that the form specifies, uploaded as a PDF of up to 10 MB, and a review of your details before you submit.
• Before choosing the apartment: you can complete your application before you choose the apartment, and the arrangement is completed on the unit you choose later. The application stays open while you stay in touch with the team, and a file that goes quiet may be closed.
• The landlord question: among the form's readiness questions, after you answer that you have chosen the apartment and spoken to the landlord: "Will the landlord accept the rent in two payments?" If the answer is no, the team contacts you to look at the available options, with no promised outcome; if the landlord insists on receiving the whole year in one payment, the application may stop at that stage.
• The review: you must be a Saudi citizen or a legal resident with income that can be verified. Every application goes through an eligibility review and verification, approval is not guaranteed in advance, and in some cases you may be asked for a recent salary certificate from your employer. If you are a resident, see the guide to monthly rent for residents in Saudi Arabia.
• The cost: Dlight charges for its service, either within the payments or as a separate fee, and the exact amount of each payment and the total cost appear in Dlight's offer after approval, before you accept it. Compare your budget with that exact amount, not with the rent divided by 12, and before accepting, ask how each payment is made and what applies if a payment is late.
• The dates: the website application form asks "When does the first rent payment start?" with two options: "From today — 12 payments" or "In a month — 11 payments, only the fee today", where "today" means the start of the plan, not the day you apply. Payment dates are set in the plan, and the first payment or a fee may be requested before the lease is documented or at its start.
• The lease: the lease on the Ejar platform is in your name, and you open it from your own account and review it before approving it. After approval and contract completion, Dlight pays the rent to the landlord, and you repay in installments, usually monthly, on the plan shown in your offer. Dlight does not inspect the property and does not handle maintenance or bills.

In other words: paying in installments solves the cash gap at the start of a lease; it does not make room for a rent beyond your budget.

Frequently asked questions

What is the average apartment rent in Jeddah in 2026?

It depends on the source. In November 2026 listings, the median asking rent is about 32,400 SAR a year for a one-bedroom apartment and about 42,000 SAR for a two-bedroom, and Kite's asking-rent index for Jeddah apartments was 35,464 SAR in October 2026. Registered leases are lower: Kite estimates contracted rent in Jeddah at about 24,500 SAR in the first quarter of 2026, drawing on REGA's rent index. The number that matters to you is the price in the district and building you want.

Which Jeddah districts have the lowest asking rents?

The lowest medians in Kite's table of Jeddah's most-listed districts (November 2026) are Al-Mareekh (about 22,800 SAR a year), Al-Riyadh district (about 24,000 SAR), Al-Salhiyah (about 26,400 SAR) and Al-Rayyan (about 29,000 SAR), followed by Al-Bawadi, Taibah, Al-Falah and Al-Zumurrud (about 30,000 SAR). Most listings in Al-Mareekh and Al-Bawadi are one-bedroom apartments, while most in Al-Rayyan, Al-Salhiyah, Taibah and Al-Riyadh district have three bedrooms or more, so compare the size and the building, not the median alone.

Can I pay my Jeddah apartment's rent monthly through Dlight?

It may be possible, but it cannot be promised in advance. Every application goes through an eligibility review and verification, and the form asks: "Will the landlord accept the rent in two payments?" If the answer is no, the team contacts you with no promised outcome, and the application may stop at that stage. After approval and contract completion, Dlight pays the rent to the landlord, and you repay in installments, usually monthly, on the plan shown in your offer, which shows the exact amount of each payment and the total cost before you accept it.

Quick answers on Jeddah rental prices

How much does it cost to rent an apartment in Jeddah in 2026?

It depends on the type and the district: in November 2026 listings the median is about 32,400 SAR a year for a one-bedroom apartment, about 42,000 SAR for a two-bedroom and about 40,000 SAR for a three-bedroom. District medians among the most-listed districts range from about 23,000 to 65,000 SAR, reaching about 90,000 SAR in Al-Shati.

How do I know if a listing's price is high?

Compare five or more listings of similar units in the same district, ask for the value of the unit's last registered lease if it has been let before, and compare the price with the average registered lease in the district, which in the districts we compared is lower than the median asking price.

When do I pay the big payment when renting an apartment in Jeddah?

Usually when the lease is documented or starts, according to the agreed payment schedule: the whole year's rent if you pay annually, or half of it with two payments, plus the broker's commission if it falls to you and a deposit if the landlord asks for one.

Next step

Decide on the unit type and the district that fit your income, compare several similar listings, and ask for the value of the unit's last registered lease and the payment cycle the landlord accepts. If the annual payment is still what holds you back, find out if you can pay your rent monthly through Dlight: start your application at dlight.ai/register.