Renting in Edinburgh

Average Rent in Edinburgh: £1,500/mo

Rent in Edinburgh before the rush.

Median asking rent across 11,680 live Edinburgh listings on 5 portals from £400/mo, broken down by property size below — plus how rents have moved, where they are highest and lowest, and what landed on the market this week.

Median asking rent

£1,500 /month

11,680 live listings · 5 portals

Median monthly rent in Edinburgh by property size
SizeMedian rentListings
Studio£1,500/mo531
1 bed£1,150/mo2,720
2 bed£1,450/mo4,281
3 bed£2,150/mo1,819
4+ bed£3,200/mo1,240
Room (house share)£710/mo1,089

Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated . Weekly prices normalised to monthly.

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Renting in Edinburgh

What it costs to rent in Edinburgh

Edinburgh currently has 11,680 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £1,500 a month. 350 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 5% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is EH91 at around £1,095/mo, while EH9 sits nearer £2,200/mo. For a wider view of where the UK’s cheapest rents are, see our guide to the cheapest cities to rent in the UK.

Dwellio watches Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders for Edinburgh around the clock — so a new listing reaches your inbox before most renters have refreshed the app. Here’s how our rental alerts work. Looking further afield? You can browse rentals in every UK city.

Rent by property size

Average rent in Edinburgh by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 11,680 live listings across 5 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in Edinburgh

£1,500/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in Edinburgh is £1,500 a month, in line with the city-wide median of £1,500, based on 531 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Edinburgh

£1,150/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Edinburgh is £1,150 a month, 23% below the city-wide median of £1,500, based on 2,720 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 2-bed flat or house in Edinburgh

£1,450/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Edinburgh is £1,450 a month, 3% below the city-wide median of £1,500, based on 4,281 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Edinburgh

£2,150/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Edinburgh is £2,150 a month, 43% above the city-wide median of £1,500, based on 1,819 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Edinburgh

£3,200/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Edinburgh is £3,200 a month, 113% above the city-wide median of £1,500, based on 1,240 listings currently on the market.

Average room rent in Edinburgh

£710/mo

The median asking rent for a room in a Edinburgh house share is £710 a month, 53% below the city-wide median of £1,500, based on 1,089 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

Medians exclude prices that fail our junk-listing floor. Room rents are per room, not per property.

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Rent trend · ONS PIPR

How Lothian rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Lothian, the ONS area that covers Edinburgh. Latest: £1,415/mo (Jul 26, +1.6% YoY).

Latest

£1,415

Jul 26

Annual

+1.6%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£1,026

Aug 21

Total change

+38%

since 2021

£1,025£1,225£1,425Aug 21Feb 24Jul 26

Source: Office for National Statistics · Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR). Updated monthly with a ~2-month lag. ONS uses Broad Rental Market Areas in Scotland — figures may aggregate beyond the city itself.

Property types

What’s on offer in Edinburgh

Flats & apartments

8762

85% of listings

Houses

478

5% of listings

Rooms

1089

11% of listings

Bungalows

27

0% of listings

Property mix · houses

Houses to rent in Edinburgh — what's on the market

Terraced houses make up 42% of the 505 houses currently advertised in Edinburgh.

  • Terraced
    42%214
  • Semi-detached
    25%128
  • Detached
    17%86
  • Other house
    10%50
  • Bungalow
    5%27

Rent by postcode

Where Edinburgh rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 9,235 live listings in 21 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Edinburgh

  1. 1EH9£2,200/mo644 rentals
  2. 2EH3£1,800/mo1206 rentals
  3. 3EH10£1,750/mo491 rentals

Cheapest in Edinburgh

  1. 1EH91£1,095/mo5 rentals
  2. 2EH13£1,250/mo65 rentals
  3. 3EH11£1,300/mo1165 rentals

Features · Edinburgh

Garden, parking, and floor area in Edinburgh

Live signal across 11,680 Edinburgh rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

75%

of 1,942 Edinburgh listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

80%

of 2,919 Edinburgh listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Edinburgh this week

350 homes came onto the Edinburgh rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.

350 new this weekUpdated today
  1. 1 bed property for rent in Ravenscroft Street, Gilmerton, Edinburgh EH17
    £995/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    Ravenscroft Street, Gilmerton, Edinburgh EH17

    1View listing
  2. 2 bed property for rent in Loganlea Road, Craigentinny, Edinburgh EH7
    £1,200/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Loganlea Road, Craigentinny, Edinburgh EH7

    2View listing
  3. 2 bed property for rent in Elfin Square, Edinburgh EH11
    £1,350/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Elfin Square, Edinburgh EH11

    2View listing
  4. 2 bed property for rent in Hopetoun Crescent, Broughton, Edinburgh EH7
    £1,550/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Hopetoun Crescent, Broughton, Edinburgh EH7

    2View listing
  5. 1 bed property for rent in Logie Green Road, Canonmills, Edinburgh EH7
    £1,275/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    Logie Green Road, Canonmills, Edinburgh EH7

    1View listing
  6. 1 bed flat/apartment for rent in Eildon Terrace, Inverleith, Edinburgh
    £1,300/moRightmove

    1 bed flat/apartment

    Eildon Terrace, Inverleith, Edinburgh

    11View listing
  7. 2 bed flat/apartment for rent in Simpson Loan, Edinburgh, EH3
    £2,700/moRightmove

    2 bed flat/apartment

    Simpson Loan, Edinburgh, EH3

    22View listing
  8. 3 bed flat/apartment for rent in Margaret Rose Avenue, Fairmilehead, Edinburgh
    £2,195/moRightmove

    3 bed flat/apartment

    Margaret Rose Avenue, Fairmilehead, Edinburgh

    33View listing
  9. 2 bed flat/apartment for rent in Hopetoun Crescent, Broughton, Edinburgh, EH7
    £1,550/moRightmove

    2 bed flat/apartment

    Hopetoun Crescent, Broughton, Edinburgh, EH7

    22View listing
  10. 2 bed flat/apartment for rent in Loganlea Road, Craigentinny, Edinburgh, EH7
    £1,200/moRightmove

    2 bed flat/apartment

    Loganlea Road, Craigentinny, Edinburgh, EH7

    21View listing
  11. 1 bed flat/apartment for rent in Ravenscroft Street, Gilmerton, Edinburgh, EH17
    £995/moRightmove

    1 bed flat/apartment

    Ravenscroft Street, Gilmerton, Edinburgh, EH17

    11View listing
  12. 1 bed flat/apartment for rent in Oxford Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian
    £1,500/moRightmove

    1 bed flat/apartment

    Oxford Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian

    11View listing
  13. 5 bed property for rent in Cleekim Drive, Edinburgh EH15
    £625/moPrimeLocation

    5 bed property

    Cleekim Drive, Edinburgh EH15

    5View listing
  14. 1 bed property for rent in Lynedoch Place Lane, Edinburgh EH3
    £1,260/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    Lynedoch Place Lane, Edinburgh EH3

    1View listing
  15. 2 bed property for rent in Simpson Loan, Edinburgh EH3
    £2,700/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Simpson Loan, Edinburgh EH3

    2View listing
  16. 3 bed flat/apartment for rent in 3 Bed Flat, Spottiswoode Road, EH9
    £1,900/moOpenRent

    3 bed flat/apartment

    3 Bed Flat, Spottiswoode Road, EH9

    32View listing
  17. 2 bed flat/apartment for rent in - Embankment West - Elfin Square, Edinburgh, EH11
    £1,350/moRightmove

    2 bed flat/apartment

    - Embankment West - Elfin Square, Edinburgh, EH11

    21View listing
  18. 5 bed property for rent in 0208L Cleekim Drive, Edinburgh, EH15 3HT
    £625/moRightmove

    5 bed property

    0208L Cleekim Drive, Edinburgh, EH15 3HT

    52View listing
  19. 1 bed flat/apartment for rent in Lynedoch Place Lane, Edinburgh, EH3
    £1,260/moRightmove

    1 bed flat/apartment

    Lynedoch Place Lane, Edinburgh, EH3

    11View listing
  20. 6 bed property for rent in Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh EH1
    £725/moPrimeLocation

    6 bed property

    Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh EH1

    6View listing
  21. 1 bed property for rent in Tytler Gardens, Abbeyhill, Edinburgh EH8
    £1,000/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    Tytler Gardens, Abbeyhill, Edinburgh EH8

    1View listing
  22. 1 bed property for rent in Westfield Road, Edinburgh EH11
    £1,100/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    Westfield Road, Edinburgh EH11

    1View listing
  23. 1 bed property for rent in Nicolson Street, Newington, Edinburgh EH8
    £1,150/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    Nicolson Street, Newington, Edinburgh EH8

    1View listing
  24. 2 bed property for rent in Hutchison Road, Edinburgh EH14
    £1,200/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Hutchison Road, Edinburgh EH14

    2View listing

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Broadband · Ofcom Connected Nations

Broadband coverage across Edinburgh

83% of Edinburgh premises can already get full-fibre and 93% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.

Full fibre

83%

FTTP-ready premises

Gigabit

93%

≥1Gbit/s available

Superfast

99%

≥30Mbit/s available

Mean speed

477 Mbit/s

bucket-weighted estimate

  • Full fibre (FTTP)
    83%
  • Gigabit-capable
    93%
  • Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
    99%

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (City of Edinburgh), July 2025, covering 272,499 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.

Where we search

Edinburgh listings by portal

We watch 5 property sites for rentals in Edinburgh.

Rightmove
7656
OpenRent
1702
SpareRoom
1089
PrimeLocation
684
OnTheMarket
549

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Frequently asked

Renting in Edinburgh — your questions answered

How much is rent in Edinburgh?

The average (median) asking rent in Edinburgh is £1,500 a month — a 1-bed is £1,150 and a 2-bed £1,450, based on 11,680 live listings across 5 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in Edinburgh?

The median asking rent for a studio in Edinburgh is £1,500 a month, in line with the city-wide median of £1,500, based on 531 studios currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 1-bed flat in Edinburgh?

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Edinburgh is £1,150 a month, 23% below the city-wide median of £1,500, based on 2,720 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 2-bed flat or house in Edinburgh?

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Edinburgh is £1,450 a month, 3% below the city-wide median of £1,500, based on 4,281 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 3-bed house in Edinburgh?

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Edinburgh is £2,150 a month, 43% above the city-wide median of £1,500, based on 1,819 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 4-bed house in Edinburgh?

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Edinburgh is £3,200 a month, 113% above the city-wide median of £1,500, based on 1,240 listings currently on the market.

What is the average room rent in Edinburgh?

The median asking rent for a room in a Edinburgh house share is £710 a month, 53% below the city-wide median of £1,500, based on 1,089 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

How many rental properties are available in Edinburgh?

There are currently 11,680 rental properties available in Edinburgh, with 350 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Across Scotland

Average rent across Scotland

How Edinburgh compares with the other 17 places we track in Scotland — median asking rent from live listings, updated September 2026.

Every city, every region, one table: the UK rental index.

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Average rent in major UK cities

See how Edinburgh compares with the UK’s largest rental markets — median rents, area data and live alerts for each.

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