Dubai area rankings

Dubai areas by median annual rent per sq ft: Studio

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.

Palm Jumeirah ranks first by median annual rent per sq ft (Studio) with AED 196 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	Palm Jumeirah	AED 196 per sq ft
2	Trade Center First	AED 169 per sq ft
3	Downtown Dubai	AED 144 per sq ft
4	Dubai Hills Estate	AED 138 per sq ft
5	Business Bay	AED 138 per sq ft
6	Dubai Marina	AED 138 per sq ft
7	Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah	AED 137 per sq ft
8	Al Thanyah Third	AED 130 per sq ft
9	Jumeirah Lakes Towers	AED 128 per sq ft
10	Wadi Al Safa 4	AED 127 per sq ft
11	Al Hebiah Second	AED 125 per sq ft
12	Jabal Ali Industrial Second	AED 125 per sq ft
13	Al Satwa	AED 124 per sq ft
14	Al Yelayiss 2	AED 124 per sq ft
15	Al Jadaf	AED 124 per sq ft
16	Al Thanyah First	AED 122 per sq ft
17	Trade Center Second	AED 119 per sq ft
18	Nad Al Shiba First	AED 117 per sq ft
19	Al Barsha South Second	AED 109 per sq ft
20	Jumeirah Village Circle	AED 108 per sq ft
21	Al Barsha First	AED 108 per sq ft
22	Jumeirah First	AED 106 per sq ft
23	Al Bada	AED 104 per sq ft
24	Arjan	AED 104 per sq ft
25	Al Hebiah Third	AED 103 per sq ft
26	Jumeirah Village Triangle	AED 102 per sq ft
27	Dubai South	AED 96 per sq ft
28	Wadi Al Safa 2	AED 94 per sq ft
29	Al Rashidiya	AED 91 per sq ft
30	Al Goze Fourth	AED 90 per sq ft
31	Al Hebiah Fifth	AED 90 per sq ft
32	Dubai Silicon Oasis	AED 89 per sq ft
33	Saih Shuaib 2	AED 89 per sq ft
34	Dubai Sports City	AED 89 per sq ft
35	Hor Al Anz	AED 89 per sq ft
36	Me'Aisem First	AED 88 per sq ft
37	Jabal Ali Industrial First	AED 87 per sq ft
38	Al Furjan	AED 87 per sq ft
39	Madinat Hind 4	AED 86 per sq ft
40	Al Safouh First	AED 84 per sq ft
41	Majan	AED 84 per sq ft
42	Ras Al Khor Industrial First	AED 84 per sq ft
43	Dubai Land Residence Complex	AED 82 per sq ft
44	Al Wasl	AED 82 per sq ft
45	Dubai Investment Park	AED 80 per sq ft
46	Al Kheeran	AED 79 per sq ft
47	Abu Hail	AED 78 per sq ft
48	Mirdif	AED 77 per sq ft
49	Motor City	AED 76 per sq ft
50	Al Rowaiyah First	AED 71 per sq ft
51	Nad Al Hamar	AED 69 per sq ft
52	Al Qusais Industrial Fifth	AED 67 per sq ft
53	Al Warsan Third	AED 63 per sq ft
54	International City	AED 62 per sq ft
55	Saih Shuaib 1	AED 60 per sq ft
56	Al Ttay	AED 50 per sq ft
Not ranked: 27 areas without a valid value
	Dubai Creek Harbour	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
	Arabian Ranches	under 3 rent contracts
	Al Yelayiss 1	under 3 rent contracts
	Bukadra	under 3 rent contracts
	Al Yufrah 1	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
	Al Hebiah Sixth	under 3 rent contracts
	Al Thanayah Fourth	under 3 rent contracts
	Um Suqaim Third	under 3 rent contracts
	Al Safouh Second	under 3 rent contracts
	Al Kifaf	under 3 rent contracts
	Jumeirah Second	under 3 rent contracts
	Zaabeel First	under 3 rent contracts
	Ghadeer Al tair	under 3 rent contracts
	Um Suqaim First	under 3 rent contracts
	Muhaisanah First	under 3 rent contracts
	Saih Shuaib 4	under 3 rent contracts
	Al Waheda	under 3 rent contracts
	Al Khawaneej First	under 3 rent contracts
	Saih Shuaib 3	under 3 rent contracts
	World Islands	under 3 rent contracts
	Al Twar Fourth	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