How Much Is Rent in Airport Residential Today?
Airport Residential's typical 2-bedroom rents for $1,650/month, moving +3.1% week-on-week. Ranked #2 of 45 tracked neighborhoods. The address of choice for frequent flyers and multinationals — quiet, secure, and minutes from the terminal.
2BR median
+3.1% w/w
1BR median
+0.5% w/w
3BR median
+0.5% w/w
Rank vs Accra
of 45 tracked
Full breakdown by bedroom count
| Bedrooms | Low | Median | High | w/w | 1m |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1BR | $950 | $1,150≈₵13,380 | $1,500 | +0.5% | +1.0% |
| 2BR | $1,300 | $1,650≈₵19,198 | $2,100 | +3.1% | +3.5% |
| 3BR | $1,800 | $2,250≈₵26,179 | $3,000 | +0.5% | +1.0% |
| 4BR | $2,400 | $3,000≈₵34,905 | $4,000 | +0.5% | +1.0% |
Who rents in Airport Residential
Airport Residential draws corporate executives, airline and oil-and-gas staff, expats who value proximity to Kotoka. The address of choice for frequent flyers and multinationals — quiet, secure, and minutes from the terminal.
Commuting from Airport Residential
It takes 15-20 min to central Accra via the Airport bypass and Liberation Rd; 5 min to the airport. Traffic is manageable off-peak but builds at rush hour, so time your run either side of the 7–9am and 5–7pm peaks.
The short, central commute is part of what the rent buys here — you are paying a premium to stay minutes from the offices, embassies and the airport, and getting your time back in return.
Why Airport Residential is quoted in dollars
Dollar-quoted — a corporate-transfer and expat tenant base paid in foreign currency, with landlords indexing to the dollar. For a tenant earning cedis, that means the rent quietly rises in cedi terms whenever the currency slips — the figure you see is indexed above at the current rate.
A $1,650 quote is about ₵19,198 at today's ₵11.63/$.
Rent vs buy in Airport Residential
A 2-bedroom apartment in Airport Residential sells for a median of $230,000, while a 2-bedroom rents for $1,650/month. Annualised, that's a gross rental yield of about 8.6% (₵230,373 annual rent ÷ ₵2,676,050 price, both at today's BoG rate).
For context, mid-market gated and executive stock in Accra typically runs an 8–12% gross yield; short-let corridors like Osu and Cantonments can reach 15–25%. Yield is gross of service charge, vacancy and management.
What's near Airport Residential
Kotoka International Airport, Marina Mall, Polo Club, 37 Military Hospital.
Comparable neighborhoods
Closest to Airport Residential by cedi-equivalent 2-bedroom rent — compared like-with-like across currencies.
Common questions
- The median 2-bedroom in Airport Residential rents for $1,650/month. The lower end starts around $1,300 for older or further-from-main-road units; premium new-build units reach $2,100.
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