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What renting in Nijmegen actually costs

Across the 199 homes we currently track in Nijmegen, the median advertised rent is €1.307 a month, and half of them sit between €750 and €1.768. These figures come from our own listings and are at most an hour old, so they follow the market rather than the day someone wrote about it.

By type of home

Type	Listings	Median rent	Per m²
Apartments	134	1.437	23.5 (134)
Rooms	40	620	38.0 (38)
Houses	22	1.825	-

Prices per square metre are worked out listing by listing, then taken at the median. The figure in brackets is the number of listings that publish a surface area.

24.5 % of the independent homes advertised here stay below €1.228,07, the threshold beneath which a legal maximum rent can apply. Rooms are governed by a separate scale of their own.

Compare with the rest of the Netherlands

Measured on 2026-10-24 across 199 active listings.

Before you apply in Nijmegen

Three things that decide whether an application works here, explained in full.

Is my rent legal in the Netherlands? The points system explained (2026)In the Netherlands the rent is not free to set: a points system fixes a legal maximum for most homes. How to check yours, what your own maximum depends on, and which deadline applies to you.
Rental application documents in the Netherlands (2026)Dutch landlords ask for an employer statement, three payslips and three months of bank statements, and expect a gross income of 3 to 4 times the rent. What each document is, and where to get it.
Huurtoeslag: the Dutch housing benefit for newcomers (2026)The Dutch tax office pays part of the rent of tenants with a modest income in a self-contained home. The 2026 conditions (age, income, assets, residence permit, type of home) and how to apply, with the official figures.

Nijmegen is one of the oldest cities in the Netherlands and lies close to the German border, which gives it a steady mix of Dutch students and arrivals from across the frontier. Its university drives much of the demand, so rooms and small flats turn over with the academic year. In Nijmegen the supply is smaller than in the Randstad, and that makes reacting quickly more decisive, not less.

Nearby cities

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