Confirmed 8 Oct
Property for Rent in Kileleshwa
9 live listings on SpaceYako, each published or renewed by its agent in the last 60 days.
Market snapshot
- Live listings
- 9
- Asking rent range
- KES 60K – KES 350K
- Median asking rent
- See breakdown
- Newest listing
- 8 October 2026
By property type
- Apartments8 · KES 223K a month
- Houses1 · no median
Asking prices from listings live on SpaceYako on 30 October 2026. Not sale prices or valuations. A median is shown only where there are at least five listings. Method and the full price index
Living in Kileleshwa
What Kileleshwa is like
Kileleshwa lies roughly 3 to 5 km west of Nairobi CBD, with the Nairobi Arboretum between it and the city centre. It is in Kileleshwa ward (which also covers Muthangari) of Dagoretti North constituency, and in Westlands sub-county. Its original houses stood on plots of three-quarters of an acre to a full acre; once zoning rules allowed higher plot ratios and taller buildings, most were demolished for apartment blocks. In a February 2025 case brought by residents, the Environment and Land Court held that zone 4B of the 2021 Nairobi City Development Control Policy caps buildings at 16 levels.
- Main roads
- Gatundu Road, Mandera Road, Gichugu Road, Kandara Road, Ole Kajuado Road, Othaya Road, Laikipia Road, Githunguri Road, Suguta Road, Siaya Road, Nyeri Road
- Getting around
- Approximately 3 to 5 km from the CBD. Matatu route 48 runs Town to Kileleshwa via Riverside; the Nairobi Arboretum's own directions say to board it on Latema Road near Tom Mboya Street. Route 48A runs Town to Lavington Green via Riverside.
- Nearby
- Kenya High School, Kenton College Preparatory School, Nairobi Arboretum
- Who it suits
- Buyers and renters looking for an apartment roughly 3 to 5 km west of the CBD, in an area where most of the original standalone houses have been replaced by apartment blocks.
Sources
- Kileleshwa ward, Dagoretti North NG-CDF
- Background: wards of Dagoretti North, Dagoretti North NG-CDF
- Westlands Constituency, Wikipedia
- Why Kileleshwa traded its leafy suburbs for high-rise apartments (25 May 2026), Business Daily
- Court halts high-rise buildings in Kileleshwa, orders Nairobi County, NEMA to enforce 16-floor limit (8 February 2025), Kenyans.co.ke
- Equitable Water Distribution Programme, June 2025, Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company
- Government to repair 158 roads in Nairobi (21 August 2018), Kenyans.co.ke
- Long and winding education journey of The Kenya High School (16 February 2017), Business Daily
- Kenton College, Paukwa
- Visitor information, Friends of Nairobi Arboretum
- List of all Nairobi matatu routes and their assigned numbers (27 July 2021), Kenyans.co.ke
Written by SpaceYako. Facts last checked 15 October 2026.
From the listings
Questions this page can answer
- How many properties are for rent in Kileleshwa?
- 9 on SpaceYako on 30 October 2026. Each was published or renewed by its agent within the last 60 days; listings older than that come down automatically.
- What is the asking rent for apartments in Kileleshwa?
- The median is KES 223K a month across 8 live listings, from KES 60K to KES 265K.
- Are these the prices homes actually sell or let for?
- No. They are asking prices on listings live on SpaceYako on 30 October 2026. Agreed prices are usually different and are not published. A median is only shown where there are at least five listings to take it from. How the figures are computed
Before you pay anyone
Renting guides
- Renting GuideHow to Rent an Apartment in Nairobi: A Complete Tenant GuideBudgeting, neighbourhood choice, landlord verification, lease essentials, and tenant rights. Everything a first-time renter in Nairobi needs before signing.
- SafetyHow to check an estate agent with EARBWho has to be registered with the Estate Agents Registration Board, the two certificates to ask for, how to check them on EARB's own tools and the Kenya Gazette, and where those tools fall short.
- SafetyHow to verify a landlord before you payThe checks to make, in order, before any money moves on a rental in Kenya: who you are dealing with, their authority, the title search, what changes for flats, and how to pay so you can prove it.
