Is rent in Amsterdam high or low for the Netherlands?

Amsterdam ranks 78 of 79 covered Dutch cities on median advertised rent, at €2,150 per month, +153% against the median of covered cities the covered-city median of €849.

What does a square metre cost to rent in Amsterdam?

Rent per square metre in Amsterdam is €32.2 per month, ranking 75 of 79, +76% against the median of covered cities the covered-city median of €18.3. This is the figure to use when comparing Amsterdam with another city, because it removes the effect of home size.

How big is a typical rental in Amsterdam?

The typical advertised home in Amsterdam measures 71 m², ranking 21 of 79 covered cities on size. Combined with the rent figure, that is why a Amsterdam asking rent works out at €32.2 per square metre.

How fast do rentals go in Amsterdam?

Listings in Amsterdam stay advertised for a median of 21 days before they are taken down, ranking 56 of 79 on market speed, with 231 homes newly advertised over the last thirty days.

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Amsterdam rental market

City overview

3, 6 and 12 month windows

Supply and mix

Amsterdam Rent Prices: the Benchmark Every Dutch City Is Judged Against

Amsterdam sets the reference point for rent across the Netherlands, so its numbers deserve reading rather than quoting. The median advertised rent sits next to the cost per square metre, because a capital asking rent usually buys far fewer square metres than the same money elsewhere. Three-, six- and twelve-month windows show how the asking price has moved, while new and active listing volumes show how much choice sits behind it. These are advertised rents, not signed contracts.

Homes for rent in Amsterdam Compare with other cities

Median advertised rent: €2,150
Rent per square metre: €32.2
Typical advertised size: 71 m²
Rank on rent, 79 cities: #78

Current reading

Average rent in Amsterdam right now: median rent, rent per m² and home size

Median advertised rent for Amsterdam over the last three months, shown next to the two figures that decide whether it is actually cheap: the cost per square metre, and the typical floor area an asking rent buys here.

Median advertised rent

€2,150#78 of 79+12.6%+153% vs median

Rent per square metre

€32.2#75 of 79+76% vs median

Typical advertised size

71 m²#21 of 79+16% vs median

Figures rebuilt October 10, 2026 from advertised listings collected across Dutch rental platforms; every city view and ranking is refreshed daily.

Where Amsterdam sits

Amsterdam rent compared with other Dutch cities

Where Amsterdam ranks on monthly rent and on rent per square metre among the 79 Dutch cities Luntero covers, with every other city on the same axis. A cheap-looking city often moves once rent is divided by floor area.

Median advertised rent

#78 of 79

Amsterdam · €2,150 · #78

Cheapest rentEnschede · €538Median€849Highest rentAmstelveen · €2,350

Rent per square metre

#75 of 79

Amsterdam · €32.2 · #75

Cheapest per m²Kampen · €9.4Median€18.3Priciest per m²Wageningen · €39.0

Is Amsterdam expensive?

Is Amsterdam expensive to rent in? What the data says

Plain answers from the current numbers: where Amsterdam ranks on rent and on cost per square metre, what a typical home there measures, and how quickly listings go.

Is rent in Amsterdam high or low for the Netherlands?: Amsterdam ranks 78 of 79 covered Dutch cities on median advertised rent, at €2,150 per month, +153% against the median of covered cities the covered-city median of €849.
What does a square metre cost to rent in Amsterdam?: Rent per square metre in Amsterdam is €32.2 per month, ranking 75 of 79, +76% against the median of covered cities the covered-city median of €18.3. This is the figure to use when comparing Amsterdam with another city, because it removes the effect of home size.
How big is a typical rental in Amsterdam?: The typical advertised home in Amsterdam measures 71 m², ranking 21 of 79 covered cities on size. Combined with the rent figure, that is why a Amsterdam asking rent works out at €32.2 per square metre.
How fast do rentals go in Amsterdam?: Listings in Amsterdam stay advertised for a median of 21 days before they are taken down, ranking 56 of 79 on market speed, with 231 homes newly advertised over the last thirty days.

Direction of travel

Amsterdam rent price trend over 3, 6 and 12 months

Each window holds the median advertised rent for that period next to the equally long period before it. Reading all three together separates a short-term swing from a longer drift, which one window on its own can never do.

Last 3 monthsvs previous 3 months
€2,150+12.6%previously €1,909
Last 6 monthsvs previous 6 months
€2,080-5.5%previously €2,200
Last 12 monthsvs previous 12 months
€2,150-8.5%previously €2,350

Windows overlap by design: the twelve-month figure includes the three-month one, so a fast recent move shows up sharply in the short window and softly in the long one. A shift also reflects what is being advertised, not only what landlords charge — a period with more rooms or more furnished stock moves the median without any individual rent changing.

What reaches the market

Rental supply and how fast homes go in Amsterdam

How much reaches the Amsterdam market and how long a typical listing stays up, each with the city's rank among covered cities.

Newly advertised, 30 days

231#1 of 79How many rental homes were newly advertised in each city over the last thirty days. Supply volume decides how often a search returns something new, and in smaller markets it matters considerably more than where the asking rent happens to sit.

Median days on the market

21 days#56 of 79The middle number of days between a listing being advertised and being taken down, across the last twelve months. Short durations describe a market where renters have to decide quickly; longer ones leave room to view several homes before applying.

Composition

What is for rent in Amsterdam: apartments, rooms, studios and furnishing

Two cities can share an asking rent and offer completely different things for it. This is the breakdown that explains the difference for Amsterdam, across the last twelve months of represented listings.

Bedrooms advertised

How the city's advertised supply splits by bedroom count. A market weighted towards studios and one-bedroom homes will always report a lower headline rent than one built around family housing, without being any cheaper per square metre.

1 bedroom: 24%
2 bedrooms: 19%
3 bedrooms: 38%
4 or more bedrooms: 20%

Property types advertised

The share of apartments, houses, rooms and studios in what landlords and agents advertise. Room-heavy cities are usually student markets, and their medians should never be read as the cost of renting a whole home.

Apartment: 74%
House: 3%
Room: 18%
Studio: 5%

Furnishing on offer

Furnished, upholstered and shell listings ask very different rents for the same floor area. In cities with a large international or relocation segment this split explains more of the headline figure than location does.

Furnished: 61%
Upholstered: 20%
Shell: 20%

In context

Amsterdam rent vs The Hague, Rotterdam, Utrecht, and Groningen

Median advertised rent in Amsterdam beside the covered Dutch cities closest to it in market depth, plus the median of all covered cities, so the figure has something to be compared against.

Median advertised rent

The middle advertised asking rent across listings collected for each city over the last three months. Half of what is advertised sits above it and half below, which makes it far more stable than an average when a handful of luxury or student listings enter the sample.

Amsterdam
€2,150
The Hague
€1,451
Rotterdam
€1,350
Median across covered cities
€849
Utrecht
€832
Groningen
€710

This cityMedian across covered citiesSee the full city comparison

Every figure describes advertised asking rents in listings Luntero collects from Dutch rental platforms, not signed contracts, social housing allocations or the complete local housing stock.

More for Amsterdam

Everything Luntero tracks for Amsterdam

Stay in Amsterdam and switch the question. The same represented listing sample powers every metric and report below, so you can move from asking rent to price per square meter, supply, space and neighbourhood detail without losing the local context.

Amsterdam metrics

Amsterdam reports

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See what the capital is actually advertising

Carry the square-metre figure into the listings and see how the capital's advertised homes measure up, or open the comparison to check Amsterdam against Amstelveen and Haarlem first.

Homes for rent in Amsterdam

The rental listings currently advertised in Amsterdam, with the market figures above as your reference point.

Homes for rent in Amsterdam

Rental market metrics

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