Tehran's first rent heat map puts the average monthly rent for an 85 square metre apartment at 51 million tomans

The newspaper Donya-e-Eqtesad reported on Tuesday, 4 August 2026 (13 Mordad 1405), the publication of the first rent heat map covering Tehran's 22 municipal districts. The map was produced by the Housing Market Observatory channel, the same source behind the weekly house price heat map.

The figures on the map are estimated from the average asking rent per square metre across listings in each district, then converted into the rent for a single 85 square metre residential unit. On that basis, the rent landlords are asking for such an apartment across Tehran as a whole is 51 million tomans a month. The figure is calculated without any upfront deposit.

According to the same report, in five Tehran districts, numbers 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6, the rent for an 85 square metre apartment sits above the citywide average at more than 50 million tomans a month. These are landlords' asking rents and do not necessarily match the final rates in signed contracts. Housing rent is one of the heaviest items in the Iranian household basket, and according to the Statistical Centre of Iran, monthly rent inflation in Tir 1405 was 2.3 percent, below the overall monthly rate.