Eilat
The southernmost city, desert and Red Sea, with a tourism-driven economy. Secular, traditional and religious communities all present.
People
56,004
CBS, 2024-12-31
Rent, 3 rooms
₪4,695
Listings median, asking price. Signed leases typically run 2 to 5% below this, so it is not directly comparable to the CBS cities.
Less comparable than the rest: Eilat’s rental stock mixes in short-term and holiday letting, which pulls asking prices around.
Arnona here
No tariff on file for this city yet. The home-costs calculator uses a labelled national band until the city’s order is read.
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Checked 2026-09-10 · Weak evidence, treat as a guideEstimate this home’s running costs
Rental assistance here, by oleh status date
Paid from month 7 to month 30 after aliyah, by the address in the Population Registry. Which rate applies depends on the date you received oleh status.
| Oleh status | A month (single, couple, single parent) | |
|---|---|---|
| Before 1 March 2024 | An older schedule we do not compute | |
| 1 March 2024 to 31 March 2025 | The higher rate only if this town is on the priority, Negev and Galil list (order 429, annex A); otherwise the standard rate | |
| 1 April 2025 to 31 December 2025 | Higher rate | ₪1,336 / ₪2,000 / ₪2,239 |
| From 1 January 2026 | Higher rate | ₪1,336 / ₪2,000 / ₪2,239 |
CheckedConfidence: medium, confirm before actingSources: Ministry of Aliyah and Integration: זכאות לסיוע בשכר דירה (Rental assistance for olim), Ministry of Aliyah and Integration: הוראת שעה 429: זכאות סיוע בשכר דירה לעולים (Temporary order 429), Ministry of Aliyah and Integration: נוהל 19.000: סיוע בשכר דירה לעולים (Procedure 19.000), Ministry of Aliyah and Integration: יישובי מחוזות משרד הפנים: צפון, חיפה, דרום ויהודה ושומרון (district locality list)
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CBS counts 54,391 as Israeli residents, so roughly 3,100 of the population are legally-resident foreign nationals: the largest such gap proportionally in the country.
Olim who started here
In 2025, 159 olim were first registered in Eilat, out of 22,423 nationwide (Ministry of Aliyah and Integration records). That is where people were registered on arrival, not where they live now.
Source: Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, data.gov.il. Checked 2026-10-15. Next review due 2027-01-13.
See where olim land, 2015 to 2025