Renting an apartment in Tashkent as a foreigner: registration, contract, districts, prices, furnished or not
Long-term rent in Tashkent is $750 a month at the median, $500 for one room. Registration within 3 working days of entry, the lease, agent fees, districts and furniture.
In short
- Long-term rent in Tashkent is $750 a month at the median: $500 for one room, $700 for two and $900 for three (UyScan, 28 September 2026).
- A visitor has to be registered at the address within 3 working days of entering Uzbekistan, and the law makes the owner of the flat responsible for it.
- Furniture is the default: 96% of listings that state it are furnished, and an unfurnished two-room flat asks $400 against $600 furnished.
- Agencies post 92% of rental listings. Where the fee is named, it is 50% of a month's rent in almost every case.
Long-term rent in Tashkent costs $750 a month at the median, $500 for a one-room flat and $700 for two rooms. That is UyScan data on 19,861 listings as of 28 September 2026. Below is what a foreigner needs on top of the price: registration, the lease, agent fees, districts and furniture.
Everything here is about renting by the month. Daily rentals are a different market and are not in our data. One local habit to know before you read listings: the living room counts as a room, so a two-room flat usually has one bedroom.
How much does long-term rent cost in Tashkent?
The median rent is $750 a month, about UZS 8,869,050 at the Central Bank rate of 11,825.4 sum per dollar on 26 Sep 2026. Half of all listings ask between $550 and $1,100.
| Rooms | Median a month | Middle half of listings | Typical size | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500 | $400–$600 | 39 m² | 2,000 |
| 2 | $700 | $550–$900 | 60 m² | 9,526 |
| 3 | $900 | $700–$1,300 | 86 m² | 6,363 |
| 4+ | $1,400 | $900–$1,800 | 130 m² | 1,965 |
UyScan data as of 28 Sep 2026, long-term rent, listings: 19,861.
Two-room flats are the bulk of the market: 9,526 of 19,861 listings. Rents are quoted in dollars in 99% (UyScan data as of 26 Sep 2026, listings: 19,687) of listings, so write into the lease which currency you pay in and at what rate if you pay in sum. These are asking rents; what people agree after a viewing does not show up in listings. Live numbers by room count and budget are on the rent prices page.
Which districts do expats rent in, and at what price?
591 (UyScan data as of 26 Sep 2026, listings: 19,687) rental listings, or 3% (UyScan data as of 26 Sep 2026, listings: 19,687), address foreigners directly: "for foreigners", "family or foreigners" and the like, in Russian, Uzbek or English. Of these, 63% (UyScan data as of 26 Sep 2026, listings: 591) are in four districts: Mirabad, Mirzo Ulugbek, Yakkasaray and Yunusabad.
That looks like an expat map, but the same four districts hold 65% (UyScan data as of 26 Sep 2026, listings: 19,687) of all rental listings. Offers to foreigners follow the market: where there are many flats, some landlords say foreigners are welcome. The median rent in listings aimed at foreigners is $800 (UyScan data as of 26 Sep 2026, listings: 591), close to the city median of $750.
| District | Median a month | In sum | Middle half | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaykhantakhur | $1,000 | UZS 11,825,400 | $650–$1,400 | 2,271 |
| Mirabad | $1,000 | UZS 11,825,400 | $700–$1,400 | 3,405 |
| Yakkasaray | $900 | UZS 10,642,860 | $650–$1,300 | 3,207 |
| Yunusabad | $750 | UZS 8,869,050 | $600–$1,000 | 3,157 |
| Mirzo Ulugbek | $700 | UZS 8,277,780 | $600–$1,000 | 3,190 |
| Yashnabad | $600 | UZS 7,095,240 | $500–$750 | 1,706 |
| Almazar | $600 | UZS 7,095,240 | $500–$700 | 771 |
| Chilanzar | $550 | UZS 6,503,970 | $450–$683 | 1,060 |
| Uchtepa | $500 | UZS 5,912,700 | $400–$600 | 156 |
| Sergeli | $450 | UZS 5,321,430 | $400–$550 | 800 |
| Bektemir | $400 | UZS 4,730,160 | $300–$500 | 138 |
UyScan data as of 28 Sep 2026, long-term rent in 11 districts of Tashkent, listings: 19,861. Yangihayot is not in the data.
The gap between districts is wide: the median is $1,000 in Mirabad and $900 in Yakkasaray, against $550 in Chilanzar. Yunusabad and Mirzo Ulugbek sit in between, at $750 and $700. The cheapest median is in Bektemir, $400, but that district has only 138 listings, so the choice there is thin. Sale prices and supply by district, next to rent, are compared in Tashkent districts for living.
Do you pay an agent, and how much?
Agencies and middlemen post 92% of rental listings, owners only 8%. 15% (UyScan data as of 26 Sep 2026, listings: 19,687) of listings state the agent's fee as a percentage, and it is 50% (UyScan data as of 26 Sep 2026, listings: 2,882) in almost every one of them. Listings that give the base count it from the first month's rent.
For a two-room flat at the median, that is half of $700 on top of the first payment. Owners' listings ask $600 at the median, against $750 for the city, but part of that gap is location. Owners post 43% of listings in Bektemir and only 4% in Mirabad, so their flats lean towards cheaper districts. The listings the platforms mark as private are collected on the rent by owner page, and the steps of a search without an agent are in renting without an agent.
Who registers a foreign tenant, and how?
A foreigner who lives abroad must be registered at the place of stay within 3 working days (lex.uz, 27 Sep 2026) of entering Uzbekistan. That is Article 7 of the registration law ZRU-1074 (lex.uz, 27 Sep 2026), in force since 12 October 2025 (lex.uz, 27 Sep 2026). The same article allows a different term where an international treaty sets one, so check the rule for your citizenship.
The law puts the duty on the owner: whoever provides housing has to register the people living in it in time. Hotels and other accommodation register guests through the E-mehmon system. For a private flat the application goes through the government portal my.gov.uz or in person to a migration office, and it cannot go without the owner: the office needs their written consent, and an online form has to be confirmed by both of you. Agree in advance who fills it in and on which day.
If you live in Uzbekistan permanently, on a residence permit, the deadline after moving to a new address is 10 working days (lex.uz, 27 Sep 2026). For visitors the law counts the deadline from entry, not from moving in. If you arrive at a hotel and move into a flat later, treat the day you get the keys as the day to file, and keep a copy of the confirmation.
Landlords rarely raise the subject themselves: only 40 (UyScan data as of 26 Sep 2026, listings: 19,687) of 19,861 listings mention registration at all, and some of those mean the tenant's own Tashkent propiska. Ask before the viewing whether the owner will register you. If the answer is "no need", that is not the owner's call to make. We could not confirm the current fines for missing registration, so we do not quote them.
What should the lease say?
A residential lease has to be in writing, a notary is not required, and the term is at most 5 years (gov.uz, 27 Sep 2026). The lease then has to be registered with the tax service on ijara.soliq.uz (gov.uz, 27 Sep 2026): it is free, and an unregistered lease carries an administrative fine of 5 to 10 base calculation amounts (gov.uz, 27 Sep 2026).
Put these in the contract:
- The owner's name as it appears in the ownership document, and your passport details. If someone else signs, they need a power of attorney from the owner.
- The rent, the currency, the payment date and how you pay: card, transfer or cash with a receipt.
- The deposit: amount, what it can be kept for, and when it comes back. 6% (UyScan data as of 26 Sep 2026, listings: 19,687) of listings mention a deposit, and we found no separate rule for it in the official explanations, so the contract is your only protection.
- Who pays utilities, internet and building fees, and whether they are included in the rent.
- An inventory of furniture and appliances, with photos from the day you move in.
- Notice period for leaving early, on both sides.
- Who files your registration and by when.
Furnished or unfurnished?
Furnished is the default: 96% of listings that state it come with furniture, 11,382 against 418. Furnished flats ask $700 at the median, unfurnished ones $400.
Part of that gap comes from size and district, so compare flats with the same number of rooms. A furnished one-room flat asks $450 (UyScan data as of 26 Sep 2026, listings: 1,306) and an unfurnished one $300 (UyScan data as of 26 Sep 2026, listings: 129). For two rooms it is $600 (UyScan data as of 26 Sep 2026, listings: 5,526) against $400 (UyScan data as of 26 Sep 2026, listings: 179). The saving is real, but unfurnished flats are rare, and a fridge, a washing machine and beds become your problem. It pays off only if you stay long enough for the monthly difference to cover what you buy, and if you are ready to move it all out when you leave.
Only OLX listings have a furniture field; the 8,061 uybor listings do not, so all furniture numbers here come from OLX. Rents on OLX run lower than on uybor, which is why these medians sit below the room-count table above. In the apartment search and in the UyScan bot you can filter rentals by furniture, district, rooms and rent, and the bot sends new listings every morning.
How do you avoid rental scams?
A whole flat far below its district's median is the first warning sign. Half of one-room listings ask between $400 and $600, and even the cheapest district has a median of $400.
Do not pay for a viewing, a "reservation" or a list of addresses. Pay after you have seen the flat and the owner's documents, and to the person named in them. For a foreigner who does not read Russian or Uzbek, bring someone who does to the signing, or ask for the contract in two languages. Nine signs of a fake listing are covered in our guide to rental scams, and if you are thinking about buying instead, start with whether a foreigner can buy an apartment in Uzbekistan.
How we counted
- Long-term rental listings from OLX and uybor active on 28 September 2026: 26,439 listings, of which 19,861 remain after merging copies of the same flat. We keep monthly rents of $150–$15,000 in 11 districts; Yangihayot is not in the data.
- Mentions of foreigners, deposits, agent fees and registration were found by searching listing texts in Russian, Uzbek and English; a listing counts once, however many times it repeats the word.
- Furniture shares and medians use OLX listings only, because uybor has no furniture field. Room-count comparisons of furnished and unfurnished flats use segments of more than a hundred listings.
- These are asking rents, not signed contracts. The full rules are in the methodology.
Sources
- ZRU-1074: Law of 10 July 2025 on registration at the place of residence and the place of stay. lex.uz, checked
- 12 October 2025: Date the registration law came into force. lex.uz, checked
- 3 working days: Article 7: deadline for a foreigner living abroad to register at the place of stay, counted from entry into Uzbekistan, unless a treaty sets another term. lex.uz, checked
- 10 working days: Article 7: deadline for people living in Uzbekistan permanently, foreigners included, after moving to a new address. lex.uz, checked
- 5 years: Maximum term of a residential lease; written form, no notary required. gov.uz, checked
- ijara.soliq.uz: Free registration of a lease with the tax service. gov.uz, checked
- 5 to 10 base calculation amounts: Administrative fine for a lease not registered with the tax authorities. gov.uz, checked
Where the numbers come from
UyScan data as of 28 September 2026: 28,842 apartments for sale without duplicates, from OLX and uybor listings. These are asking prices, not transaction prices.
Numbers with a dotted underline are filled in from this data on every site update.
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UyScan (uyscan.uz), asking prices of apartments in Tashkent, data as of 28 Sep 2026
Questions and answers
How much is a one-room apartment in Tashkent per month?
According to UyScan data as of 28 September 2026, the median one-room flat rents for $500 a month, about UZS 5,912,700. Half of one-room listings ask between $400 and $600, and the typical size is 39 m². In Tashkent the living room counts as a room, so a one-room flat is a studio or a flat without a separate bedroom.
Do I need to register when I rent an apartment?
Yes. Under the registration law ZRU-1074, in force since 12 October 2025, a foreigner who lives abroad must be registered at the place of stay within 3 working days of entering Uzbekistan, unless a treaty with their country sets a different term. Hotels do it for their guests. In a rented flat it is done online on my.gov.uz or at a migration office.
Who registers a foreign tenant, me or the landlord?
The law puts the duty on the owner: whoever provides housing has to register the people living in it in time. The application needs the owner's written consent, and an online form on my.gov.uz is confirmed by both of you. Only 40 of 19,861 rental listings mention registration at all, so agree on it before you pay anything.
Are most apartments in Tashkent rented furnished?
Yes. Among listings that say whether there is furniture, 96% are furnished: 11,382 against 418. Furnished flats ask $700 at the median, unfurnished ones $400. Only OLX has a furniture field, uybor does not.
Is it cheaper to rent directly from the owner?
Owners post only 8% of rental listings, and their median is $600 against $750 for the whole city. Part of the gap is location: owners are more common in outer districts. The clearer saving is the agent's fee, which is 50% of a month's rent in almost every listing that names it.
Which districts do foreigners rent in?
Of the 591 rental listings that address foreigners directly, 63% are in Mirabad, Mirzo Ulugbek, Yakkasaray and Yunusabad. These four districts hold 65% of all rental listings, so offers to foreigners follow the market rather than a separate expat area. Median rent is $1,000 in Mirabad, $900 in Yakkasaray, $750 in Yunusabad and $700 in Mirzo Ulugbek.
Apartments by district
Median price per m² and every listing in the district without duplicates.