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2 bedroom apartments for rent in Downtown Dubai

Downtown Dubai's typical building yields 5.86% gross — -1.1 pts vs the Dubai median, across 52 buildings with enough registered activity to report.

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Edition DWI-AREA-DOWNTOWN-DUBAI
Median rent
AED 176,250
Median AED/yr/sqft
133AED/yr/sqft
Median gross yield
5.86%
≈ 17 yrs gross payback
Median rent change, 12mo
-2.8%

This record covers the 52 Downtown Dubai buildings with enough registered Ejari contracts for a median to mean anything. Gross yields inside the area run from 4.40% to 7.71%, so the 5.86% 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 2 bedroom apartments in Downtown Dubai

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

Burj CrownAED 160,0001497.71%+1.9 pts-6.3%159
DT1AED 230,0001437.67%+1.8 pts-4.2%24
The DistinctionAED 150,0001137.50%+1.6 pts+0.0%35
The SignatureAED 150,0001087.50%+1.6 pts+7.2%27
Al NOUJOUM TOWERAED 140,000997.18%+1.3 pts+9.8%47
Burj Views PodiumAED 150,0001086.76%+0.9 pts-9.7%126
Elite Downtown ResidenceAED 170,0001076.67%+0.8 pts+1.5%37
Claren Tower 1AED 165,0001286.51%+0.7 pts+3.1%38
Upper CrestAED 130,0001126.50%+0.6 pts+3.9%63
Blvd Central 1AED 162,5001336.50%+0.6 pts-3.0%60
The Address Residences Dubai Opera T2AED 251,0002096.44%+0.6 pts-3.6%326
Imperial AvenueAED 205,9761386.44%+0.6 pts-43.9%48
The Address Residences Dubai Opera T1AED 251,0002096.28%+0.4 pts-3.6%326
Bellevue Towers-1AED 172,5001386.27%+0.4 pts-7.4%54
Burj Views Tower BAED 150,0001086.25%+0.4 pts-9.7%126
Act One Act Two Tower 2AED 183,0001586.20%+0.3 pts-4.0%223
Act One Act Two Tower 1AED 183,0001586.20%+0.3 pts-4.0%223
Burj Views Tower CAED 150,0001086.19%+0.3 pts-9.7%126
Bahwan TowerAED 160,000996.15%+0.3 pts+0.0%30
Forte T1AED 180,0001606.12%+0.3 pts+0.6%287
The Address - The BLVDAED 320,0002116.04%+0.2 pts-6.1%34
Vida Residence DowntownAED 270,0001896.00%+0.1 pts+4.6%30
MADA Residences TowerAED 170,0001095.96%+0.1 pts-6.9%35
Burj ViewsTower AAED 150,0001085.93%+0.1 pts-9.7%126
BLVD CRESCENT Tower 1AED 188,3991235.89%+0.0 pts-2.6%58
Bd 29 Blvd PodiumAED 170,0001355.82%-0.0 pts-5.9%124
29 Blvd T1AED 170,0001355.76%-0.1 pts-5.9%124
Forte T2AED 180,0001605.63%-0.2 pts+0.6%287
Boulevard PointAED 245,0001735.63%-0.2 pts+2.0%69
Burj KhalifaAED 300,0001655.61%-0.2 pts+3.3%211
Mon ReveAED 155,0001075.54%-0.3 pts-7.8%35
Blvd Heights T1AED 210,0001305.53%-0.3 pts+0.0%154
Blvd Heights T2AED 210,0001305.53%-0.3 pts+0.0%154
Bd 29 Blvd T2AED 170,0001355.48%-0.4 pts-5.9%124
Claren PDAED 165,0001285.45%-0.4 pts+3.1%38
Burj RoyaleAED 202,5002015.44%-0.4 pts-4.8%208
BLVD CRESCENT PodiumAED 188,3991235.41%-0.4 pts-2.6%58
BD Standpoint BAED 150,0001295.26%-0.6 pts+2.5%70
Opera GrandAED 245,0001495.19%-0.7 pts-2.0%79
BD Standpoint AAED 150,0001295.17%-0.7 pts+2.5%70
Blvd Central 2AED 162,5001335.16%-0.7 pts-3.0%60
Vida Dubai Mall Tower 2AED 222,5002005.06%-0.8 pts-8.1%64
Vida Dubai Mall Tower 1AED 222,5002004.94%-0.9 pts-8.1%64
Claren Tower 2AED 165,0001284.89%-1.0 pts+3.1%38
BLVD CRESCENT Tower 2AED 188,3991234.77%-1.1 pts-2.6%58
BURJ VISTA Tower 2AED 185,0001334.63%-1.2 pts+0.0%153
Rp HeightsAED 185,0001014.51%-1.3 pts+0.0%77
GrandeAED 250,0002034.50%-1.4 pts-8.8%349
Blvd Heights PodiumAED 210,0001304.44%-1.4 pts+0.0%154
BURJ VISTA Tower 1AED 185,0001334.40%-1.5 pts+0.0%153
Blvd Central PodiumAED 162,500133—-3.0%60
Bellevue Towers-2AED 172,500138—-7.4%54

Yield deltas are vs the Downtown Dubai median (5.86%).

Common questions

What rental yield do apartments in Downtown Dubai return?
The median building in Downtown Dubai returns 5.86% gross, -1.1 pts against the Dubai median of 6.98%, across 52 buildings with enough registered activity to report.
What does an apartment in Downtown Dubai cost per square foot?
The median is 133 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 -2.8% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it. That is a median across 52 buildings, so individual towers move further in both directions.
Which building in Downtown Dubai yields most?
Burj Crown, at 7.71% 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?
52. 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.

2 bedroom apartments rental record for Downtown Dubai

Record type
Area-level property market record
Data date
Evidence base
5,757 registered rental contracts represented across 52 eligible buildings
Sources
Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
Canonical record
/rent/2-bedroom-apartments/dubai/downtown-dubai
Method
Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “2 bedroom apartments for rent in Downtown Dubai.” Data to 2026-08-26. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/rent/2-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.