Is rent in Lelystad high or low for the Netherlands?

Lelystad ranks 28 of 75 covered Dutch cities on median advertised rent, at €785 per month, -5% against the median of covered cities the covered-city median of €831.

What does a square metre cost to rent in Lelystad?

Rent per square metre in Lelystad is €13.7 per month, ranking 16 of 75, -24% against the median of covered cities the covered-city median of €18.1. This is the figure to use when comparing Lelystad with another city, because it removes the effect of home size.

How big is a typical rental in Lelystad?

The typical advertised home in Lelystad measures 66 m², ranking 26 of 75 covered cities on size. Combined with the rent figure, that is why a Lelystad asking rent works out at €13.7 per square metre.

How fast do rentals go in Lelystad?

Listings in Lelystad stay advertised for a median of 56 days before they are taken down, ranking 74 of 75 on market speed, with 17 homes newly advertised over the last thirty days.

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Lelystad rental market

City overview

3, 6 and 12 month windows

Supply and mix

Lelystad Rent Prices: Modern Homes Built on Reclaimed Seabed

Lelystad was laid out on drained seabed from the 1960s, which gives it something unusual for a provincial capital: no historic core, generous plot sizes and a housing stock that is modern almost without exception. Typical advertised homes are correspondingly larger than in older cities of similar size, so the headline rent and the cost per square metre can point in different directions. Both are shown together, with three windows of movement and the current supply picture.

Homes for rent in Lelystad Compare with other cities

Median advertised rent: €785
Rent per square metre: €13.7
Typical advertised size: 66 m²
Rank on rent, 75 cities: #28

Current reading

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

Median advertised rent for Lelystad 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

€785#28 of 75+2.6%-5% vs median

Rent per square metre

€13.7#16 of 75-24% vs median

Typical advertised size

66 m²#26 of 75+10% vs median

Figures rebuilt October 18, 2026 from advertised listings collected across Dutch rental platforms; every city view and ranking is refreshed daily.

Where Lelystad sits

Lelystad rent compared with other Dutch cities

Where Lelystad ranks on monthly rent and on rent per square metre among the 75 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

#28 of 75

Lelystad · €785 · #28

Cheapest rentEnschede · €525Median€831Highest rentAmstelveen · €2,350

Rent per square metre

#16 of 75

Lelystad · €13.7 · #16

Cheapest per m²Kampen · €10.4Median€18.1Priciest per m²Wageningen · €40.0

Is Lelystad expensive?

Is Lelystad expensive to rent in? What the data says

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

Is rent in Lelystad high or low for the Netherlands?: Lelystad ranks 28 of 75 covered Dutch cities on median advertised rent, at €785 per month, -5% against the median of covered cities the covered-city median of €831.
What does a square metre cost to rent in Lelystad?: Rent per square metre in Lelystad is €13.7 per month, ranking 16 of 75, -24% against the median of covered cities the covered-city median of €18.1. This is the figure to use when comparing Lelystad with another city, because it removes the effect of home size.
How big is a typical rental in Lelystad?: The typical advertised home in Lelystad measures 66 m², ranking 26 of 75 covered cities on size. Combined with the rent figure, that is why a Lelystad asking rent works out at €13.7 per square metre.
How fast do rentals go in Lelystad?: Listings in Lelystad stay advertised for a median of 56 days before they are taken down, ranking 74 of 75 on market speed, with 17 homes newly advertised over the last thirty days.

Direction of travel

Lelystad 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
€785+2.6%previously €765
Last 6 monthsvs previous 6 months
€765-6.9%previously €822
Last 12 monthsvs previous 12 months
€797-43.1%previously €1,400

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 Lelystad

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

Newly advertised, 30 days

17#49 of 75How 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

56 days#74 of 75The 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 Lelystad: 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 Lelystad, 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: 17%
2 bedrooms: 27%
3 bedrooms: 28%
4 or more bedrooms: 28%

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: 54%
House: 31%
Room: 13%
Studio: 3%

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: 27%
Upholstered: 13%
Shell: 60%

In context

Lelystad rent vs Zaanstad, Leidschendam-Voorburg, Roosendaal, and Roermond

Median advertised rent in Lelystad 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.

Zaanstad
€1,583
Leidschendam-Voorburg
€1,233
Roosendaal
€933
Median across covered cities
€831
Roermond
€822
Lelystad
€785

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 Lelystad

Everything Luntero tracks for Lelystad

Stay in Lelystad 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.

Lelystad metrics

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Homes for rent in Lelystad

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

Homes for rent in Lelystad

Rental market metrics

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