What rental yield do Dubai 2 bedroom apartments return?

The median building returns 6.3% gross, across 1,679 buildings in 69 areas with enough registered sales and Ejari contracts to report. Half of them yield more, half less. Data to 2026-10-12.

What do Dubai 2 bedroom apartments rent for per square foot?

The median building rents at 87 AED/sqft a year, from registered Ejari contracts over the last 12 months. Data to 2026-10-12.

What is the median rent for Dubai 2 bedroom apartments?

AED 110,000 a year for the median building, from registered new Ejari contracts — renewals are a separate contract group and are reported separately on each building. Data to 2026-10-12.

Are Dubai rents rising?

The median building moved -1.8% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it. That is a median across 1,679 buildings; individual areas and towers move further in both directions. Data to 2026-10-12.

Which Dubai area yields most?

Al Barari, where the median building returns 9.7% gross. Every area's median, building count and evidence count is in the table on this page; a top row is an outlier by construction.

City index · Data to 12 Oct 2026

2 bedroom apartments for rent in Dubai

1,679 buildings · 69 areas · 78,748 registered rental contracts, last 12 months

The typical Dubai apartment building has a gross yield of 6.3% — medians across 1,679 buildings in 69 areas, from registered contracts over the last 12 months.

Median rent

110,000AED / yr

Median gross yield: 6.3%
Rent per sqft: AED 87
12-month rent change: -1.8%
Contracts, 12 months: 78,748
Buildings · areas: 1,679 · 69

Medians of the median building; 12-month change is the median building’s.

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Every area, ordered by registered rental contracts in the last 12 monthsOf the 10 busiest areas, Remraam yields most (7.6%) and Palm Jumeirah least (4.9%)

#	Area	Buildings	Yield vs city	12-month change	Contracts, last 12 months
1	Remraam	88	7.6%+1.3 pts	AED 82,000AED 75/sqft a year	0.0%	18,572
2	Dubai South	220	6.7%+0.4 pts	AED 83,000AED 66/sqft a year	-1.5%	13,023
3	Dubai Creek Harbour	93	5.4%-0.9 pts	AED 145,000AED 120/sqft a year	-0.6%	5,244
4	Town Square	30	7.2%+0.9 pts	AED 85,000AED 88/sqft a year	+4.3%	3,247
5	Dubai Hills Estate	46	5.9%-0.4 pts	AED 149,000AED 137/sqft a year	-10.4%	3,167
6	Downtown Dubai	56	5.5%-0.8 pts	AED 168,862AED 125/sqft a year	-5.7%	2,938
7	Business Bay	76	6.3%+0.0 pts	AED 140,000AED 105/sqft a year	-4.1%	2,638
8	Palm Jumeirah	44	4.9%-1.5 pts	AED 215,000AED 111/sqft a year	-6.3%	2,563
9	Dubai Marina	64	5.8%-0.6 pts	AED 150,000AED 106/sqft a year	-6.3%	2,268
10	Meydan	38	5.8%-0.5 pts	AED 147,304AED 95/sqft a year	-5.0%	2,161
11	Sobha Hartland	29	6.0%-0.3 pts	AED 145,000AED 125/sqft a year	-4.2%	2,010
12	Jumeirah Village Circle	133	7.2%+0.9 pts	AED 105,000AED 84/sqft a year	-5.1%	1,858
13	Dubailand Residence Complex	23	7.7%+1.4 pts	AED 75,000AED 61/sqft a year	+5.1%	1,535
14	Dubai Production City	30	7.7%+1.4 pts	AED 82,500AED 81/sqft a year	+0.1%	1,108
15	Arjan	61	7.3%+1.0 pts	AED 110,000AED 85/sqft a year	-2.4%	1,101
16	Dubai Harbour	15	4.6%-1.7 pts	AED 204,450AED 173/sqft a year	-11.3%	1,041
17	Zabeel	6	5.4%-0.9 pts	AED 172,500AED 145/sqft a year	-6.8%	896
18	Jumeirah Lake Towers	31	6.3%-0.1 pts	AED 120,000AED 95/sqft a year	-0.5%	852
19	Dubai Sports City	49	7.7%+1.4 pts	AED 81,000AED 66/sqft a year	0.0%	785
20	La Mer	24	5.7%-0.7 pts	AED 198,750AED 156/sqft a year	-4.8%	677
21	DAMAC Hills	37	6.4%+0.1 pts	AED 120,000AED 84/sqft a year	-2.1%	673
22	Al Quoz	9	8.8%+2.5 pts	AED 110,000AED 76/sqft a year	+22.2%	630
23	Al Furjan	41	6.5%+0.2 pts	AED 101,500AED 78/sqft a year	-2.2%	611
24	Al Kifaf	6	5.2%-1.1 pts	AED 151,000AED 95/sqft a year	-4.4%	606
25	Bluewaters Island	10	4.9%-1.5 pts	AED 450,000AED 270/sqft a year	+6.5%	550
26	Umm Suqeim	15	5.4%-0.9 pts	AED 200,000AED 148/sqft a year	-9.5%	538
27	Al Wasl	11	4.5%-1.9 pts	AED 210,000AED 140/sqft a year	+2.4%	529
28	City Walk	28	5.5%-0.8 pts	AED 244,250AED 153/sqft a year	+0.9%	526
29	International City	21	6.7%+0.4 pts	AED 69,000AED 65/sqft a year	+2.6%	477
30	Al Barari	14	9.7%+3.4 pts	AED 350,000AED 146/sqft a year	-1.4%	408
31	Meydan One	37	5.5%-0.8 pts	AED 100,000AED 119/sqft a year	-5.6%	392
32	Dubai Silicon Oasis	35	7.0%+0.6 pts	AED 85,000AED 71/sqft a year	0.0%	384
33	The Greens	9	5.7%-0.7 pts	AED 167,272AED 122/sqft a year	-4.3%	341
34	Mirdif	9	5.9%-0.5 pts	AED 102,500AED 69/sqft a year	-8.9%	332
35	Dubai Healthcare City Phase 2	11	5.0%-1.3 pts	AED 105,000AED 89/sqft a year	-1.9%	295
36	Jumeirah Village Triangle	19	7.3%+0.9 pts	AED 109,000AED 93/sqft a year	-1.3%	291
37	Liwan	40	8.2%+1.9 pts	AED 74,000AED 63/sqft a year	+0.7%	283
38	Dubai Investment Park 2	7	9.3%+2.9 pts	AED 88,000AED 56/sqft a year	+3.5%	255
39	Mina Rashid	4	4.4%-1.9 pts	AED 110,000AED 91/sqft a year	—	244
40	Wasl Gate	3	7.4%+1.1 pts	AED 80,000AED 102/sqft a year	+3.8%	233
41	Jaddaf Waterfront	12	5.8%-0.5 pts	AED 100,000AED 82/sqft a year	-2.5%	211
42	Living Legends	9	6.9%+0.5 pts	AED 105,000AED 73/sqft a year	+3.1%	189
43	Dubai Science Park	8	7.2%+0.9 pts	AED 100,000AED 86/sqft a year	-8.4%	186
44	Majan	15	6.5%+0.2 pts	AED 87,000AED 65/sqft a year	-5.6%	168
45	Barsha Heights	4	7.7%+1.4 pts	AED 131,250AED 86/sqft a year	+3.9%	166
46	Dubai Studio City	10	7.8%+1.5 pts	AED 87,500AED 79/sqft a year	-4.4%	155
47	Jumeirah Islands	6	5.3%-1.0 pts	AED 190,000AED 90/sqft a year	-4.2%	126
48	Motor City	6	6.3%+0.0 pts	AED 113,750AED 82/sqft a year	-1.8%	118
49	District One	14	6.4%+0.0 pts	AED 161,250AED 121/sqft a year	-15.0%	116
50	Jumeirah Garden City	11	4.3%-2.1 pts	AED 95,000AED 79/sqft a year	+3.2%	112
51	Jumeirah Beach Residence	4	4.1%-2.2 pts	AED 275,000AED 204/sqft a year	-14.1%	112
52	Jumeirah Golf Estates	5	6.0%-0.3 pts	AED 129,652AED 91/sqft a year	-7.4%	107
53	Jumeirah Bay Island	6	4.5%-1.8 pts	AED 940,000AED 445/sqft a year	-18.3%	102
54	Rukan	4	7.5%+1.2 pts	AED 78,000AED 81/sqft a year	+4.0%	91
55	International City Phase 2	10	8.1%+1.8 pts	AED 68,000AED 69/sqft a year	+11.1%	90
56	Dubai Waterfront	4	—	AED 70,000AED 54/sqft a year	+15.2%	76
57	Downtown Jebel Ali	5	7.5%+1.1 pts	AED 72,000AED 62/sqft a year	+2.9%	67
58	DAMAC Hills 2	5	7.2%+0.9 pts	AED 69,100AED 63/sqft a year	-7.6%	65
59	Maritime City	3	4.3%-2.0 pts	AED 120,000AED 90/sqft a year	-9.1%	49
60	Dubai Investment Park 1	4	6.7%+0.4 pts	AED 84,000AED 75/sqft a year	+4.8%	42
61	Sufouh Gardens	3	7.0%+0.6 pts	AED 120,000AED 93/sqft a year	+3.5%	30
62	Al Barsha	1	3.4%-3.0 pts	AED 95,000AED 66/sqft a year	0.0%	19
63	District 11	2	6.2%-0.1 pts	AED 80,000AED 63/sqft a year	-8.3%	16
64	Nad Al Sheba Gardens	1	6.0%-0.3 pts	AED 120,000AED 89/sqft a year	—	15
65	Dubai Industrial City	1	—	AED 65,000AED 68/sqft a year	+18.2%	12
66	City of Arabia	1	5.7%-0.7 pts	AED 95,000AED 69/sqft a year	—	8
67	Jumeirah	1	4.9%-1.4 pts	AED 450,000AED 235/sqft a year	—	7
68	DIFC	1	2.8%-3.5 pts	AED 115,000AED 96/sqft a year	+15.0%	7
69	Dubai Islands	1	—	AED 116,425AED 59/sqft a year	—	4

Yield deltas are vs the Dubai median (6.3%) · Showing 20 of 69 areas

Rent per sqft in Dubai, monthlyAED 91 a year, -4.6% on a year

Monthly median across every registered new rental contract, smoothed over three months. The band along the bottom is monthly volume.

Highest-yielding buildings with 2 bedroom apartments, all of DubaiHera Tower leads at 13.8% gross

Full ranking

#	Building	Gross yield
1	Hera TowerDubai Sports City	13.8%	AED 124,000/yr
2	VERDANA 3 ResidenceDubai Investment Park 1	12.2%	AED 86,000/yr
3	Fahad 2Barsha Heights	11.5%	AED 127,500/yr
4	The Wind Tower IIJumeirah Lake Towers	10.7%	AED 130,000/yr
5	Hyati AvenueJumeirah Village Circle	10.5%	AED 200,000/yr
6	The DiamondDubai Sports City	9.6%	AED 77,000/yr
7	Dana TowerJumeirah Village Circle	9.6%	AED 80,000/yr
8	Red ResidenceDubai Sports City	9.1%	AED 76,000/yr
9	Golf View ResidenceDubai Sports City	9.0%	AED 81,000/yr
10	Hanover SquareJumeirah Village Circle	8.8%	AED 92,500/yr

From buildings with their own registered rental contracts.

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Common questions

What rental yield do Dubai 2 bedroom apartments return?: The median building returns 6.3% gross, across 1,679 buildings in 69 areas with enough registered sales and Ejari contracts to report. Half of them yield more, half less. Data to 2026-10-12.
What do Dubai 2 bedroom apartments rent for per square foot?: The median building rents at 87 AED/sqft a year, from registered Ejari contracts over the last 12 months. Data to 2026-10-12.
What is the median rent for Dubai 2 bedroom apartments?: AED 110,000 a year for the median building, from registered new Ejari contracts — renewals are a separate contract group and are reported separately on each building. Data to 2026-10-12.
Are Dubai rents rising?: The median building moved -1.8% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it. That is a median across 1,679 buildings; individual areas and towers move further in both directions. Data to 2026-10-12.
Which Dubai area yields most?: Al Barari, where the median building returns 9.7% gross. Every area's median, building count and evidence count is in the table on this page; a top row is an outlier by construction.

Source: Dubai Land Department open data. Data to 12 Oct 2026.

Dubai 2 bedroom apartments rental record, by area

Record type: City-level property market record
Data date: 2026-10-12
Evidence base: 78,748 registered rental contracts across 1,679 eligible buildings in 69 areas
Sources: Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
Canonical record: /rent/2-bedroom-apartments/dubai
Method: Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Dubai 2 bedroom apartments for rent, by area.” Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/rent/2-bedroom-apartments/dubai