Dubai area rankings

Dubai areas by median annual rent per sq ft: 5 bedrooms or more

The areas on our Dubai pages, ranked by median annual rent per sq ft, from Dubai Land Department open data (data to September 2026). Areas without a valid value follow the ranking with the reason.

Downtown Dubai ranks first by median annual rent per sq ft (5 bedrooms or more) with AED 176 per sq ft in the 12 months to September 2026. Source: Dubai open data via data.dubai, as of 23 Oct 2026, calculated by Zolia.

Median rent per sq ft

Rank	Area	Median rent per sq ft
1	Downtown Dubai	AED 176 per sq ft
2	Palm Jumeirah	AED 124 per sq ft
3	Dubai Hills Estate	AED 108 per sq ft
4	Business Bay	AED 99 per sq ft
5	Al Safouh First	AED 89 per sq ft
6	Al Kheeran	AED 88 per sq ft
7	Nad Al Shiba First	AED 88 per sq ft
8	Al Satwa	AED 88 per sq ft
9	Al Hebiah Fifth	AED 86 per sq ft
10	Me'Aisem First	AED 85 per sq ft
11	Dubai Sports City	AED 83 per sq ft
12	Dubai Marina	AED 81 per sq ft
13	Al Hebiah Third	AED 77 per sq ft
14	Wadi Al Safa 2	AED 75 per sq ft
15	Um Suqaim First	AED 74 per sq ft
16	Al Thanyah Third	AED 71 per sq ft
17	Jumeirah Village Circle	AED 70 per sq ft
18	Al Thanayah Fourth	AED 67 per sq ft
19	Motor City	AED 67 per sq ft
20	Al Furjan	AED 65 per sq ft
21	Madinat Hind 4	AED 63 per sq ft
22	Al Hebiah Second	AED 62 per sq ft
23	Jumeirah Second	AED 62 per sq ft
24	Jumeirah First	AED 61 per sq ft
25	Dubai South	AED 60 per sq ft
26	Jumeirah Lakes Towers	AED 58 per sq ft
27	Arabian Ranches	AED 55 per sq ft
28	Jumeirah Village Triangle	AED 55 per sq ft
29	Trade Center First	AED 54 per sq ft
30	Al Bada	AED 54 per sq ft
31	Hor Al Anz	AED 52 per sq ft
32	Al Barsha First	AED 52 per sq ft
33	Al Goze Fourth	AED 49 per sq ft
34	Dubai Land Residence Complex	AED 49 per sq ft
35	Al Barsha South Second	AED 42 per sq ft
36	Dubai Silicon Oasis	AED 41 per sq ft
37	Abu Hail	AED 37 per sq ft
38	Majan	AED 37 per sq ft
39	Ghadeer Al tair	AED 35 per sq ft
40	Mirdif	AED 35 per sq ft
41	Muhaisanah First	AED 35 per sq ft
42	Al Hebiah Sixth	AED 34 per sq ft
43	Al Waheda	AED 33 per sq ft
44	Al Khawaneej First	AED 31 per sq ft
45	Al Rashidiya	AED 31 per sq ft
46	Saih Shuaib 1	AED 30 per sq ft
47	Al Twar Fourth	AED 29 per sq ft
48	Al Wasl	AED 26 per sq ft
49	Um Suqaim Third	AED 22 per sq ft
50	Nad Al Hamar	AED 21 per sq ft
Not ranked: 33 areas without a valid value
	Arjan	under 3 rent contracts
	Dubai Creek Harbour	under 3 rent contracts
	Dubai Investment Park	under 3 rent contracts
	Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum City	parts lie in larger DLD areas (Al Merkadh, Wadi Al Safa 3, Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid)
	Dubai Islands	under 3 rent contracts
	International City	under 3 rent contracts
	Al Jadaf	under 3 rent contracts
	Al Yelayiss 1	under 3 rent contracts
	Wadi Al Safa 4	under 3 rent contracts
	Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah	under 3 rent contracts
	Jabal Ali Industrial Second	under 3 rent contracts
	Bukadra	under 3 rent contracts
	Al Yelayiss 2	under 3 rent contracts
	Al Yufrah 1	under 3 rent contracts
	Saih Shuaib 2	under 3 rent contracts
	Al Yelayiss 5	under 3 rent contracts
	Zaabeel Second	under 3 rent contracts
	Palm Jabal Ali	under 3 rent contracts
	Me'Aisem Second	under 3 rent contracts
	Ras Al Khor Industrial First	under 3 rent contracts
	Al Safouh Second	under 3 rent contracts
	Trade Center Second	under 3 rent contracts
	Al Thanyah First	under 3 rent contracts
	Al Kifaf	under 3 rent contracts
	Zaabeel First	under 3 rent contracts
	Al Rowaiyah First	under 3 rent contracts
	Al Qusais Industrial Fifth	under 3 rent contracts
	Al Warsan Third	under 3 rent contracts
	Jabal Ali Industrial First	under 3 rent contracts
	Al Ttay	under 3 rent contracts
	Saih Shuaib 4	under 3 rent contracts
	Saih Shuaib 3	under 3 rent contracts
	World Islands	under 3 rent contracts

Areas without a valid value follow the ranking with the reason, never with a number. “Under 3”: fewer than 3 registered records, so no figure is shown (no figures from single transactions). Gross yield needs enough ready apartment sales and apartment rent contracts in the same months.

Indicative figures from registered transactions and rent contracts, not a valuation of any unit.

A ranking of registered figures only, not a recommendation to buy, sell or invest.

Dubai areas by median annual rent per sq ft How this figure is calculated

Source: Dubai Land Department, open data via data.dubai (as of 23 Oct 2026). Prepared by Zolia; not an official product of the Dubai Land Department.

Open data portal: data.dubai · Licence: Dubai Open Data Licence

Source: Dubai Data and Statistics Establishment (Open Data via data.dubai), https://data.dubai/, under the Dubai Open Data Licence data.dubai
Source: Dubai Land Department (Open Data), https://dubailand.gov.ae/en/open-data/real-estate-data/, under the Dubai Open Data Licence dubailand.gov.ae
Source: Dubai Municipality (Open Data via data.dubai), https://data.dubai/, under the Dubai Open Data Licence data.dubai
Source: Knowledge and Human Development Authority (Open Data via data.dubai), https://data.dubai/, under the Dubai Open Data Licence data.dubai