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1 bedroom apartments for rent in Downtown Dubai

Downtown Dubai's typical building yields 6.14% gross — -0.8 pts vs the Dubai median, across 54 buildings with enough registered activity to report.

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Edition DWI-AREA-DOWNTOWN-DUBAI
Median rent
AED 120,000
Median AED/yr/sqft
138AED/yr/sqft
Median gross yield
6.14%
≈ 16 yrs gross payback
Median rent change, 12mo
-0.9%

This record covers the 54 Downtown Dubai buildings with enough registered Ejari contracts for a median to mean anything. Gross yields inside the area run from 4.81% to 8.93%, so the 6.14% median says much less about any one building than the table below does. The Dubai Land Department registers Downtown Dubai as Burj Khalifa. The Dubai median for comparison is 6.98%, over the same 24-month window of Dubai Land Department and Ejari records to 2026-08-26.

Rents in Downtown Dubai

AED/yr/sqft, monthly median
Monthly median rent per sqft per year across every registered new rental contract in Downtown Dubai, smoothed over three months. The band along the bottom is monthly volume.

Buildings with 1 bedroom apartments in Downtown Dubai

Sorted by gross yield. Click any column to re-sort.

The SignatureAED 100,0001148.93%+2.8 pts-5.0%122
Bd 29 Blvd PodiumAED 115,0001348.33%+2.2 pts-4.2%229
Al NOUJOUM TOWERAED 90,0001128.18%+2.0 pts+4.4%44
Claren PDAED 110,0001327.59%+1.4 pts+0.0%105
BLVD CRESCENT Tower 1AED 132,0001327.55%+1.4 pts+0.8%69
Upper CrestAED 100,0001087.41%+1.3 pts-5.0%106
Address Fountain Views HotelAED 192,5002117.40%+1.3 pts—6
Bellevue Towers-1AED 110,0001377.33%+1.2 pts-1.4%160
The Dubai Mall ResidencesAED 160,0001977.27%+1.1 pts-12.6%49
Mon ReveAED 105,0001217.12%+1.0 pts-9.5%17
Imperial AvenueAED 140,0001567.09%+0.9 pts-6.7%54
Bellevue Towers-2AED 110,0001377.05%+0.9 pts-1.4%160
The Address - The BLVDAED 200,0002216.90%+0.8 pts+0.0%46
Claren Tower 2AED 110,0001326.88%+0.7 pts+0.0%105
Burj ViewsTower AAED 100,0001166.83%+0.7 pts+5.0%262
Bahwan TowerAED 110,0001076.67%+0.5 pts+1.9%23
Burj KhalifaAED 190,0001736.61%+0.5 pts-2.6%179
29 Blvd T1AED 115,0001346.53%+0.4 pts-4.2%229
BD Standpoint AAED 110,0001396.47%+0.3 pts-0.2%199
The DistinctionAED 100,0001186.45%+0.3 pts+5.0%29
Vida Residence DowntownAED 150,0001976.38%+0.2 pts-8.9%21
BD Standpoint BAED 110,0001396.32%+0.2 pts-0.2%199
Boulevard PointAED 140,0001506.31%+0.2 pts-10.3%83
The Address Residences Dubai Opera T2AED 186,0002306.26%+0.1 pts-5.1%120
Burj Views Tower BAED 100,0001166.21%+0.1 pts+5.0%262
Blvd Central PodiumAED 110,0001286.18%+0.0 pts-0.9%140
Burj RoyaleAED 120,0001886.15%+0.0 pts-6.3%181
BURJ VISTA Tower 2AED 135,0001516.14%-0.0 pts-4.8%92
Burj Views Tower CAED 100,0001166.12%-0.0 pts+5.0%262
Forte T2AED 125,0001776.10%-0.0 pts+0.0%125
Burj Views PodiumAED 100,0001166.06%-0.1 pts+5.0%262
Bd 29 Blvd T2AED 115,0001346.05%-0.1 pts-4.2%229
The Address Residences Dubai Opera T1AED 186,0002306.00%-0.1 pts-5.1%120
MADA Residences TowerAED 120,0001136.00%-0.1 pts+0.0%30
Act One Act Two Tower 1AED 125,0001815.95%-0.2 pts+0.0%183
Blvd Heights PodiumAED 130,0001465.86%-0.3 pts-6.1%117
Opera GrandAED 140,0001895.83%-0.3 pts-7.1%20
Act One Act Two Tower 2AED 125,0001815.81%-0.3 pts+0.0%183
Claren Tower 1AED 110,0001325.79%-0.4 pts+0.0%105
DT1AED 150,0001455.77%-0.4 pts+4.7%19
BURJ VISTA Tower 1AED 135,0001515.74%-0.4 pts-4.8%92
Burj CrownAED 120,0001905.71%-0.4 pts+0.0%103
BLVD CRESCENT PodiumAED 132,0001325.67%-0.5 pts+0.8%69
Vida Dubai Mall Tower 2AED 132,5001695.64%-0.5 pts-7.1%32
Rp HeightsAED 115,0001125.61%-0.5 pts-2.6%110
GrandeAED 128,0001615.57%-0.6 pts+2.4%293
Blvd Heights T2AED 130,0001465.57%-0.6 pts-6.1%117
Vida Dubai Mall Tower 1AED 132,5001695.52%-0.6 pts-7.1%32
Blvd Central 2AED 110,0001285.43%-0.7 pts-0.9%140
Blvd Heights T1AED 130,0001465.37%-0.8 pts-6.1%117
Elite Downtown ResidenceAED 110,0001255.37%-0.8 pts-4.5%106
Blvd Central 1AED 110,0001285.20%-0.9 pts-0.9%140
BLVD CRESCENT Tower 2AED 132,0001324.97%-1.2 pts+0.8%69
Forte T1AED 125,0001774.81%-1.3 pts+0.0%125

Yield deltas are vs the Downtown Dubai median (6.14%).

Common questions

What rental yield do apartments in Downtown Dubai return?
The median building in Downtown Dubai returns 6.14% gross, -0.8 pts against the Dubai median of 6.98%, across 54 buildings with enough registered activity to report.
What does an apartment in Downtown Dubai cost per square foot?
The median is 138 AED/sqft a year, over registered Dubai Land Department and Ejari records to 2026-08-26.
Are prices in Downtown Dubai rising?
The median building moved -0.9% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it. That is a median across 54 buildings, so individual towers move further in both directions.
Which building in Downtown Dubai yields most?
The Signature, at 8.93% gross. A top row is an outlier by construction — the sample size beside it on the table is the check.
How many buildings in Downtown Dubai does this record cover?
54. A building appears once it has enough registered sales and contracts for a median to mean anything; the rest are listed but not ranked. Data to 2026-08-26.

1 bedroom apartments rental record for Downtown Dubai

Record type
Area-level property market record
Data date
Evidence base
6,491 registered rental contracts represented across 54 eligible buildings
Sources
Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
Canonical record
/rent/1-bedroom-apartments/dubai/downtown-dubai
Method
Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “1 bedroom apartments for rent in Downtown Dubai.” Data to 2026-08-26. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/rent/1-bedroom-apartments/dubai/downtown-dubai.

Source: Dubai Land Department open data. Data as of 2026-08-26. Area figures are medians across the buildings listed above, not a separate calculation.