18 areas mapped
Furnished apartment neighbourhoods in Nairobi
Nairobi is not one rental market, it is eighteen, and the difference between them is measured in hours of commuting, tens of thousands of shillings a month, and whether your water arrives by pipe or by tanker. Here is every area we cover, with the numbers that matter.
Central Nairobi
Dense, walkable, young-professional heartland
- 2BR from
- KES 200,000
- Yield
- 8.6%
- Occupancy
- 78.2%
Quiet residential pocket between Kilimani and Lavington
- 2BR from
- KES 160,000
- Yield
- 8.3%
- Occupancy
- 82.7%
Dense, diverse, hospital-and-school adjacent
- 2BR from
- KES 140,000
- Yield
- 8.9%
- Occupancy
- 80.4%
Corporate tower district with a small residential core
- 2BR from
- KES 185,000
- Yield
- 9.2%
- Occupancy
- 81%
West Nairobi
Nairobi's commercial and nightlife engine
- 2BR from
- KES 180,000
- Yield
- 11.4%
- Occupancy
- 79.1%
Green, low-density, family and equestrian
- 2BR from
- KES 160,000
- Yield
- 6.4%
- Occupancy
- 84.5%
Established, leafy, quietly expensive
- 2BR from
- KES 180,000
- Yield
- 8.3%
- Occupancy
- 82.7%
Understated leafy suburb off Waiyaki Way
- 2BR from
- KES 130,000
- Yield
- 7.6%
- Occupancy
- 83%
Long transport spine with dense mid-market apartments
- 2BR from
- KES 110,000
- Yield
- 8.8%
- Occupancy
- 80%
North Nairobi
Diplomatic quarter. UN, embassies, highest security
- 2BR from
- KES 200,000
- Yield
- 7.8%
- Occupancy
- 98%
Gated, spacious, diplomatic-family default
- 2BR from
- KES 170,000
- Yield
- 6.8%
- Occupancy
- 91%
Old-money colonial-era estate, very low density
- 2BR from
- KES 160,000
- Yield
- 6.2%
- Occupancy
- 88%
Green valley estates, quiet and family-oriented
- 2BR from
- KES 140,000
- Yield
- 6.9%
- Occupancy
- 86%
Fast-growing high-rise town beside Two Rivers
- 2BR from
- KES 85,000
- Yield
- 9.6%
- Occupancy
- 77%
South Nairobi
East Nairobi
Satellite Nairobi
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