Maadi or New Cairo? Prices, sizes and access compared

Maadi and New Cairo stand at the two ends of one question. Maadi is an established district on the southern side of Cairo where the catalogue lists two compounds and nineteen units, while New Cairo is the capital's eastern continuation, where the same catalogue holds 258 compounds and 2,368 units across nine internal zones. The choice between them is not really a choice between two prices; it is a choice between two shapes of stock — a compact studio or apartment inside a district that is already built, or a broad menu of apartments, villas, townhouses, duplexes, offices, clinics and retail units with delivery dates running from 2025 to 2031.

Who each one suits

Maadi suits the buyer who wants a small home in a district that is already finished. The stock there is studios and apartments only, from 33 to 166 square metres, and both compounds are sold by their developers rather than by individual owners. It also suits whoever wants to stay inside the city: the catalogue files Maadi beside Central Cairo to its north and Mokattam to its east, and the two compounds' own landmarks put them within a couple of kilometres of the district's daily life — a square above the metro, a maternity hospital and the Grand Mall.

New Cairo suits the buyer who needs a choice. Its stock in the catalogue runs across eleven unit types: apartments (1,053 units in the record), offices (313), townhouses (148), duplexes (141), retail (137), villas (132), clinics (95), penthouses (41), twin houses (33), studios (26) and hotel apartments (10). A family that wants a villa on its own plot, a couple that wants a one-bedroom flat, and an investor who wants a clinic or a shop in the same district as a home can all be answered inside one area. New Cairo is also where the record's longest payment terms sit, and where the deposit starts lower than in Maadi.

A third buyer sits between the two: whoever wants delivery soon. New Cairo's record carries dates from 2025 to 2031, and Maadi's two compounds are dated 2027 and 2030. The difference between the areas is not the presence of an early date but the number of them — in Maadi there are two dates to choose between, in New Cairo almost every year between now and 2031 is represented by more than one compound.

The compounds worth knowing

Maadi holds only two compounds in the catalogue, and both of them are the district:

• Skyline from Morshedy Group — 11 units in the record, studios and apartments from 40 to 166 square metres, asking prices from 2,952,000 EGP, a 5% deposit over 12 years, delivery dated 2030. Its landmarks put it 1.7 km from One Kattameya and 6.5 km from Bandar Maadi mall.
• Reve Du Nil from Nouvara Developments — 8 units, studios from 33 to 72 square metres, asking prices from 7,833,000 EGP, 20% down over 4 years, with a 35% plan also listed in its record, delivery dated 2027. It is the closer of the two to the district's core, 0.2 km from Station Square and 1.4 km from Maadi Grand Mall.

New Cairo holds 258 compounds, and these eight show how far apart they sit on the two things a buyer compares first — size and terms:

• Noll from Kleek Developments — 31 units, studios, apartments and duplexes from 75 to 381 square metres, asking from 7,400,000 EGP, 10% down over 12 years, delivery 2029, 4.7 km from Dorat AlKaraz Mall.
• Bluetree from Sky AD Developments — 30 apartments from 75 to 240 square metres, asking from 6,042,000 EGP, 5% down over 8 years, delivery 2030, 2.7 km from Lotus Square.
• East Vale from SODIC — 29 units, apartments through to villas and penthouses, 70 to 311 square metres, asking from 9,361,000 EGP, 5% down over 9 years, delivery 2030, 4.4 km from the University of Canada.
• cityzen from Al Qamzi Developments — 25 units, 62 to 275 square metres, asking from 3,786,000 EGP, 5% down over 9 years, delivery 2030, 3.5 km from Al Nady Square.
• Garnet from Jadeer Real Estate — 24 units, 62 to 208 square metres, asking from 3,943,200 EGP, 10% down over 9 years, delivery 2028, 0.7 km from Future University in Egypt.
• Maliv from Kulture Developments — 24 units, 43 to 298 square metres, asking from 2,784,250 EGP, 10% down over 10 years, delivery 2030, 5.9 km from Dorat AlKaraz Mall.
• The Butterfly from Madinet Masr — 23 units, 38 to 259 square metres, asking from 3,986,708 EGP, 1.5% down over 12 years, delivery 2030, 5.9 km from Arabisque Mall.
• D2N - Sarai from Madinet Masr — 40 units, the largest count in this list, offices, clinics and retail units from 46 to 597 square metres, asking from 7,404,009 EGP, 10% down over 15 years, which is the longest term in the record, delivery 2030, 5.7 km from Arabisque Mall.

Prices and payment terms

The asking prices in the two areas sit at different levels, and the figures below are dated 30 September 2026. Maadi's page carries a price floor of 2,952,000 EGP, and its two compounds start at 2,952,000 EGP (Skyline) and 7,833,000 EGP (Reve Du Nil). New Cairo's page carries a floor of 2,353,000 EGP, and the compounds listed above start at 2,784,250 EGP (Maliv), 3,786,000 EGP (cityzen), 3,943,200 EGP (Garnet), 3,986,708 EGP (The Butterfly) and 6,042,000 EGP (Bluetree), rising through 9,361,000 EGP at East Vale. Every one of those is an asking price, not a sale price: the catalogue holds what sellers ask, it records no completed sale, and it therefore cannot show what any of these homes was actually paid for.

On terms the two areas are not mirror images. Maadi's page records a minimum deposit of 5% and a maximum term of 12 years, but that is Skyline's plan; Reve Du Nil asks 20% down over 4 years, and its record lists a 35% plan as well. New Cairo's range is wider: deposits in the record start at 1.5% for The Butterfly and 5% for several of the compounds above, while terms run from 8 years at Bluetree to 15 years at D2N - Sarai. A buyer holding a Maadi offer and a New Cairo offer should read the deposit and the years together, because a lower deposit in this catalogue generally comes with a longer term.

Delivery and what the record shows

Maadi's two compounds are dated 2027 (Reve Du Nil) and 2030 (Skyline). New Cairo's compounds are dated in 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030 and 2031, and 2030 is the most common year in the record, followed by 2029 and 2028. That spread is the practical difference between the two areas for anyone buying before handover.

The record carries the delivery date the developer states and nothing beyond it. It holds no construction progress, no percentage complete and no revised dates, so nothing here can tell you which project is running ahead of its schedule — only which year each one is sold against.

Access and landmarks

Maadi's two compounds stand at the scale of the district's own life. Reve Du Nil is 0.2 km from Station Square, 0.6 km from Maadi Maternity Hospital and 1.4 km from Maadi Grand Mall; Skyline is 1.7 km from One Kattameya and 6.5 km from Bandar Maadi mall. The catalogue files the district beside Central Cairo to the north and Mokattam to the east.

New Cairo's access depends on which of its nine zones a compound sits in — the 6th settlement, Golden Square, Mostakbal City, North Investors, South Investors, El Lotus, El Choueifat, South New Cairo and the core district. The compounds above show how much that shifts the numbers: Garnet is 0.7 km from Future University in Egypt and 11.7 km from Cairo International Airport, while Noll and Maliv are more than 22 km from the same airport. East Vale, cityzen and D2N - Sarai measure their airport leg to the Capital International Airport, at 13.8, 19.1 and 15.3 km.

Between the two areas the record is quieter. It places Maadi on Cairo's southern side and New Cairo on its eastern side, and files both under the same city, but it carries no measured Maadi-to-New Cairo leg, so no distance between them is quoted here.

FAQ

How much is an apartment in New Cairo?

The area page's own price floor is 2,353,000 EGP, and the compounds in this article start at 2,784,250 EGP (Maliv), 3,786,000 EGP (cityzen), 3,943,200 EGP (Garnet), 3,986,708 EGP (The Butterfly) and 6,042,000 EGP (Bluetree). These are asking prices dated 30 September 2026, not sale prices.

Which are the best compounds in New Cairo?

The record holds no ranking, so "best" has to mean "best for what". For the longest payment term it is D2N - Sarai (15 years); for the smallest deposit, The Butterfly (1.5%); for the largest stock in this list, D2N - Sarai (40 units), then Noll (31) and Bluetree (30); for the widest spread of sizes, East Vale (70 to 311 square metres) and Noll (75 to 381). The eight above are eight different answers, and New Cairo's page holds 258 compounds in all.

Which compounds are in Maadi?

Two: Skyline from Morshedy Group and Reve Du Nil from Nouvara Developments. Two of the searches that surround Maadi name addresses the catalogue does not hold — Zahraa El Maadi and compounds on the Ring Road — and no compound in the record is filed under either name.

How far is New Cairo from Maadi?

The record carries no measured distance between the two areas. It places Maadi on Cairo's southern side and New Cairo on its eastern side, and leaves the leg between them unstated; what it does carry is each compound's own distances, from Station Square at 0.2 km in Maadi to Cairo International Airport at anything between 11.7 and 22.7 km in New Cairo depending on the zone.

Is Maadi in Cairo or Giza?

The catalogue files Maadi as an area under Cairo, and New Cairo under the same city, so both areas on this page sit inside one governorate in the record. Maadi is still its own district in the catalogue, with a single district name in its record and one area page of its own.