Renting in Edinburgh
Median asking rent · all sizes · 1,694 live listings · October 2026
Rent in Edinburgh before the rush.
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Edinburgh is £1,475 a month, from 1,694 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £1,150/moasking · 476 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,450/moasking · 738 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,960/moasking · 287 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £2,800/moasking · 156 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £730/moasking · 113 listings · Oct 2026 |
Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated . Weekly prices normalised to monthly. Each figure counts the live listings behind it; rooms are per room.
Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent in Edinburgh by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/edinburgh, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Edinburgh
Edinburgh currently has 1,807 rental listings on the property sites we track, 1,694 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Edinburgh is £1,475 a month, from 1,694 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 546 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 8% are houses and the rest are flats. How we measure this
Rents vary sharply by postcode. Median asking rents for homes of all sizes run from £1,228 a month in EH30 (14 live listings) to £1,950 in EH9 (79 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Edinburgh (Dwellio, October 2026). For a wider view of where the UK’s cheapest rents are, see our guide to the cheapest cities to rent in the UK.
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Rent by property size
Median monthly asking rent for each property size in Edinburgh, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Edinburgh is £1,150 a month, 22% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 476 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Edinburgh is £1,450 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 738 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Edinburgh is £1,960 a month, 33% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 287 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Edinburgh is £2,800 a month, 90% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 156 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Edinburgh is £730 a month, from 113 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
Medians exclude prices that fail our junk-listing floor. Room rents are per room, not per property. Each size needs at least 10 live listings. Studio figures are hidden for now: listings whose bedroom count we couldn’t read were being counted as studios. How we measure this
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Rent trend · ONS PIPR
The ONS average rent paid in Lothian is £1,411 a month, up 1.0% on a year earlier, across private tenancies of all sizes (Office for National Statistics, September 2026). Lothian is the ONS area that covers Edinburgh. The Office for National Statistics’ Price Index of Private Rents is the official series for rents being paid, including long-running tenancies; Dwellio’s figures above are asking rents.
Annual
+1.0%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+37%
since 2021
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. How we measure this
Property types
85% of listings
8% of listings
7% of listings
0% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 41% of the 133 houses currently advertised in Edinburgh.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 1,527 live listings in 19 districts (October 2026). Districts with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental; rooms in shared houses are left out.
Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent by postcode district in Edinburgh, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/edinburgh, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Edinburgh
Live signal across 1,807 Edinburgh rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
72%
of 338 Edinburgh listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
77%
of 492 Edinburgh listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Floor area
£2.35/sq ft a monthMedian asking rent per sq ft · all sizes · 192 live listings · October 2026Median 775 sqft across the 192 Edinburgh listings that publish floor area.
Live from the portals
546 homes came onto the Edinburgh rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
2 bed property
Sheriff Brae, Edinburgh EH6
2 bed property
2 bed flat/apartment
Colonsay Close, Edinburgh, EH5
4 bed house
Stafford Street, ,
2 bed flat/apartment
St Vincent Place, New Town, City Centre
2 bed flat/apartment
Elder Street, New Town, Edinburgh, EH1
2 bed flat/apartment
Rossie Place, Edinburgh, EH7
2 bed flat/apartment
St Mary's Street, Old Town, Edinburgh, EH1
2 bed flat/apartment
Broomlea Crescent, Corstorphine, Edinburgh, EH12
2 bed flat/apartment
St Vincent Place, New Town, City Centre
2 bed flat/apartment
PLATFORM_ in Edinburgh, EH6
2 bed flat/apartment
Heron Place, Edinburgh, EH5
3 bed flat/apartment
PLATFORM_ in Edinburgh, EH6
1 bed flat/apartment
PLATFORM_ in Edinburgh, EH6
3 bed terraced house
Philip Terrace, Edinburgh, EH16
2 bed flat/apartment
Dublin Street Lane North, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH3
2 bed flat/apartment
Main Street, Davidson Mains, Edinburgh
2 bed property
121, Comiston Drive, Edinburgh, EH10 5QU
3 bed flat/apartment
PLATFORM_ in Edinburgh, EH6
2 bed property
121, Comiston Drive, Edinburgh, EH10 5QU
2 bed flat/apartment
PLATFORM_ in Edinburgh, EH6
1 bed flat/apartment
PLATFORM_ in Edinburgh, EH6
2 bed flat/apartment
Dublin Street Lane North, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH3
3 bed terraced house
Philip Terrace, Edinburgh, EH16
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Edinburgh. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Broadband · Ofcom Connected Nations
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
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.
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Frequently asked
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Edinburgh is £1,475 a month, from 1,694 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Edinburgh is £1,150 a month, 22% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 476 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Edinburgh is £1,450 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 738 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Edinburgh is £1,960 a month, 33% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 287 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Edinburgh is £2,800 a month, 90% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 156 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Edinburgh is £730 a month, from 113 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 1,807 rental properties available in Edinburgh, with 546 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Across Scotland
How Edinburgh compares with the other 17 places we track in Scotland — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across Scotland, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/edinburgh, updated 28 October 2026.
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