Rental market · Gelderland

Rental prices Nijmegen 2026

The median rent in Nijmegen is €830 per month, or €33,71 per square metre at a median of 26 m². Average of the monthly figures over mrt–jun 2026, 476 active listings per month from 41 agencies.

71,3% above the legal maximum rent. Of the checked supply in Nijmegen, that share asks above the WWS maximum. 71,3% above WWS max
Median rent€/mo
830
Per m²
33,71
Median m²
26
Median time listeddays
16,5
Above WWS max%
71,3
Income req.×
3,1
By property type

Rooms breach the legal maximum most

Not every property type is priced over the limit equally often. In Nijmegen, 88,2% of rooms sit above the legal maximum rent, against 3,8% of houses. That pattern is national: across the Netherlands 79% of rooms exceed the legal maximum, because small spaces score few points while the asking rent stays high.

Rent by property type
n≈476/mnd
Median per type · pooled mrt–jun 2026
TypeSupplyMedian€/m²Listed% > max
Apartment185€1.390€29,0416,4 d60%
Room254€674€38,3615,7 d88,2%
House27€1.605€14,0819,1 d3,8%
Compliance

Above the legal maximum rent

The points system ties the maximum rent to the quality of the home. In Nijmegen, 71,3% of checked homes sit above that maximum. No one else publishes this figure per municipality.

Legal maximum rent (WWS)
n=1.501
Distribution of checked homes · pooled mrt–jun 2026
  • Above the maximum 71,3%
  • Within the maximum 5,9%
  • Free sector 18%
  • Uncertain 4,8%
Energy labels in the supply
77,2% labelled
Share per label class · pooled mrt–jun 2026
Label A+++
3,4%
Label A++
13,1%
Label A+
11,2%
Label A
20,2%
Label B
8,4%
Label C
20,3%
Label D
9,7%
Label E
6,9%
Label F
5,4%
Label G
1,4%
Median rent per month
Median per month · mrt–jun 2026
€827mrt€801apr€818mei€875jun
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This is one slice of the data. The full study (prices, affordability, WWS compliance, speed and geography over March–May 2026) is free and quotable with attribution.