What rental yield do Dubai apartments return?

The median building returns 6.8% gross, across 2,162 buildings in 75 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 apartments rent for per square foot?

The median building rents at 94 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 apartments?

AED 80,000 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 0.0% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it. That is a median across 2,162 buildings; individual areas and towers move further in both directions. Data to 2026-10-12.

Which Dubai area yields most?

Dubai Investment Park 1, where the median building returns 10.0% 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

What tenants actually pay

2,162 buildings · 75 areas · 301,509 registered rental contracts, last 12 months

The typical Dubai apartment building has a gross yield of 6.8% — medians across 2,162 buildings in 75 areas, from registered contracts over the last 12 months.

Median rent

80,000AED / yr

Median gross yield: 6.8%
Rent per sqft: AED 94
12-month rent change: 0.0%
Contracts, 12 months: 301,509
Buildings · areas: 2,162 · 75

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, International City yields most (8.6%) and Downtown Dubai least (5.2%)

#	Area	Buildings	Yield vs city	12-month change	Contracts, last 12 months
1	Remraam	92	7.7%+0.9 pts	AED 61,000AED 79/sqft a year	+1.7%	66,834
2	Dubai South	224	7.0%+0.2 pts	AED 85,800AED 61/sqft a year	+0.9%	23,619
3	International City	51	8.6%+1.9 pts	AED 36,000AED 62/sqft a year	+9.1%	20,589
4	Jumeirah Village Circle	206	7.5%+0.7 pts	AED 65,000AED 92/sqft a year	-2.9%	18,137
5	Business Bay	100	6.6%-0.2 pts	AED 90,000AED 111/sqft a year	-7.0%	13,238
6	Dubai Creek Harbour	96	5.3%-1.5 pts	AED 131,250AED 125/sqft a year	-1.8%	12,858
7	Arjan	78	7.9%+1.1 pts	AED 65,000AED 95/sqft a year	-1.3%	8,942
8	Dubai Production City	47	8.3%+1.5 pts	AED 64,000AED 89/sqft a year	+1.4%	8,890
9	Dubai Marina	75	5.4%-1.4 pts	AED 115,000AED 111/sqft a year	-8.7%	8,120
10	Downtown Dubai	63	5.2%-1.5 pts	AED 145,000AED 130/sqft a year	-5.3%	7,938
11	Dubai Hills Estate	47	5.8%-1.0 pts	AED 138,812AED 141/sqft a year	-11.2%	7,164
12	Al Quoz	11	7.6%+0.8 pts	AED 68,000AED 82/sqft a year	+23.6%	6,842
13	Town Square	32	7.0%+0.2 pts	AED 80,000AED 91/sqft a year	+1.9%	6,371
14	DAMAC Hills	37	7.2%+0.4 pts	AED 75,000AED 90/sqft a year	-2.6%	6,225
15	Sobha Hartland	29	6.3%-0.4 pts	AED 100,000AED 125/sqft a year	0.0%	6,203
16	Meydan	43	4.8%-1.9 pts	AED 85,000AED 94/sqft a year	-2.6%	5,880
17	Palm Jumeirah	59	5.1%-1.7 pts	AED 210,000AED 131/sqft a year	-6.8%	5,749
18	Dubailand Residence Complex	38	7.9%+1.1 pts	AED 57,250AED 65/sqft a year	+4.0%	5,504
19	Meydan One	58	7.8%+1.0 pts	AED 57,500AED 134/sqft a year	0.0%	5,225
20	Dubai Sports City	56	8.3%+1.5 pts	AED 57,500AED 76/sqft a year	+2.4%	4,947
21	Jumeirah Lake Towers	37	6.5%-0.3 pts	AED 84,000AED 102/sqft a year	-0.6%	4,021
22	Dubai Silicon Oasis	65	8.3%+1.5 pts	AED 56,000AED 75/sqft a year	+1.7%	3,572
23	MAG City	8	6.0%-0.8 pts	AED 60,000AED 120/sqft a year	+7.1%	3,280
24	Dubai Harbour	18	4.5%-2.2 pts	AED 169,504AED 169/sqft a year	-5.8%	3,070
25	Dubai Investment Park 2	11	7.8%+1.0 pts	AED 45,000AED 82/sqft a year	+25.0%	3,017
26	Al Furjan	49	6.6%-0.2 pts	AED 82,500AED 88/sqft a year	-0.3%	2,953
27	Jumeirah Village Triangle	32	7.5%+0.7 pts	AED 70,000AED 94/sqft a year	+3.9%	2,265
28	Dubai Studio City	13	8.2%+1.5 pts	AED 60,000AED 95/sqft a year	-1.1%	1,931
29	Zabeel	6	5.6%-1.2 pts	AED 162,500AED 144/sqft a year	-8.4%	1,749
30	Dubai Healthcare City Phase 2	15	6.4%-0.4 pts	AED 72,000AED 95/sqft a year	-3.4%	1,744
31	Umm Suqeim	19	4.8%-2.0 pts	AED 130,000AED 145/sqft a year	-5.5%	1,704
32	La Mer	26	5.0%-1.8 pts	AED 156,250AED 157/sqft a year	-3.5%	1,617
33	Bluewaters Island	10	4.4%-2.3 pts	AED 410,000AED 262/sqft a year	-9.6%	1,590
34	Liwan	50	8.6%+1.8 pts	AED 55,000AED 68/sqft a year	+4.9%	1,271
35	International City Phase 2	36	7.9%+1.2 pts	AED 52,250AED 77/sqft a year	+5.3%	1,233
36	City Walk	29	5.1%-1.7 pts	AED 240,000AED 148/sqft a year	-4.0%	1,224
37	Dubai Science Park	10	7.1%+0.3 pts	AED 70,000AED 92/sqft a year	-1.8%	1,121
38	Al Kifaf	6	5.0%-1.8 pts	AED 150,000AED 96/sqft a year	+3.5%	1,078
39	DAMAC Hills 2	14	8.3%+1.5 pts	AED 57,000AED 86/sqft a year	+3.6%	1,001
40	The Greens	9	4.0%-2.8 pts	AED 165,000AED 121/sqft a year	-2.4%	946
41	Al Barari	14	7.9%+1.1 pts	AED 232,500AED 144/sqft a year	+32.9%	891
42	Downtown Jebel Ali	7	8.8%+2.0 pts	AED 55,000AED 94/sqft a year	0.0%	854
43	Mirdif	9	5.8%-0.9 pts	AED 105,000AED 68/sqft a year	-4.3%	791
44	Living Legends	12	6.5%-0.2 pts	AED 74,000AED 78/sqft a year	-6.1%	756
45	Al Wasl	12	4.7%-2.1 pts	AED 210,000AED 143/sqft a year	+2.7%	750
46	Majan	20	6.8%+0.1 pts	AED 73,500AED 73/sqft a year	0.0%	742
47	Dubai Waterfront	8	6.8%+0.0 pts	AED 48,000AED 64/sqft a year	+6.7%	712
48	Rukan	4	7.9%+1.2 pts	AED 50,000AED 93/sqft a year	+6.1%	631
49	District One	28	5.7%-1.0 pts	AED 101,000AED 120/sqft a year	-7.7%	627
50	Jaddaf Waterfront	16	5.0%-1.8 pts	AED 78,500AED 96/sqft a year	+2.3%	623
51	Jumeirah Garden City	27	5.1%-1.7 pts	AED 80,000AED 101/sqft a year	+1.3%	497
52	Wasl Gate	6	6.3%-0.5 pts	AED 62,650AED 91/sqft a year	+0.4%	484
53	Mina Rashid	5	4.0%-2.8 pts	AED 100,000AED 94/sqft a year	—	396
54	Barsha Heights	6	5.9%-0.8 pts	AED 92,500AED 92/sqft a year	0.0%	387
55	Motor City	7	6.5%-0.2 pts	AED 79,935AED 80/sqft a year	+1.8%	373
56	Jumeirah Islands	6	5.4%-1.4 pts	AED 210,000AED 87/sqft a year	-8.7%	372
57	Jumeirah Beach Residence	4	3.9%-2.8 pts	AED 207,500AED 197/sqft a year	-30.4%	347
58	Dubai Investment Park 1	6	10.0%+3.3 pts	AED 58,863AED 74/sqft a year	+2.9%	300
59	Jumeirah Bay Island	6	3.8%-3.0 pts	AED 790,000AED 434/sqft a year	-27.9%	270
60	Jumeirah Golf Estates	6	5.5%-1.3 pts	AED 120,000AED 98/sqft a year	-5.5%	257
61	Maritime City	4	3.0%-3.8 pts	AED 81,924AED 94/sqft a year	+5.3%	119
62	Dubai Industrial City	9	6.5%-0.2 pts	AED 42,500AED 80/sqft a year	+10.0%	118
63	Sufouh Gardens	4	8.3%+1.6 pts	AED 103,995AED 109/sqft a year	-1.6%	111
64	Discovery Gardens	5	6.3%-0.4 pts	AED 65,000AED 82/sqft a year	-6.3%	81
65	Uptown Mirdif	1	7.9%+1.1 pts	AED 57,500AED 80/sqft a year	+7.5%	50
66	DIFC	3	2.2%-4.5 pts	AED 115,000AED 102/sqft a year	+9.1%	48
67	Jumeirah	5	5.0%-1.8 pts	AED 1.45MAED 473/sqft a year	—	45
68	City of Arabia	2	6.6%-0.1 pts	AED 62,500AED 72/sqft a year	+7.8%	44
69	District 11	4	6.2%-0.6 pts	AED 90,000AED 77/sqft a year	-4.3%	42
70	Nad Al Sheba Gardens	3	5.4%-1.3 pts	AED 115,000AED 101/sqft a year	—	35
71	Al Barsha	2	3.4%-3.4 pts	AED 107,500AED 69/sqft a year	+5.6%	29
72	Al Qusais Industrial Area	1	9.5%+2.7 pts	AED 39,000AED 57/sqft a year	-2.5%	28
73	Dubai Media City	2	4.2%-2.6 pts	AED 466,250AED 144/sqft a year	—	24
74	Dubai Islands	2	3.6%-3.2 pts	AED 128,213AED 95/sqft a year	—	10
75	Al Jaddaf	1	—	AED 74,000AED 118/sqft a year	—	3

Yield deltas are vs the Dubai median (6.8%) · Showing 20 of 75 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, all of DubaiAryene Greens leads at 17.6% gross

Full ranking

#	Building	Gross yield
1	Aryene GreensArjan	17.6%	AED 96,500/yr
2	Kyoto by ORO24Arjan	16.2%	AED 110,000/yr
3	Mazaya 4Liwan	15.8%	AED 65,000/yr
4	Zenith Tower A2Dubai Sports City	15.6%	AED 72,500/yr
5	Linden ResidencesInternational City Phase 2	15.6%	AED 75,000/yr
6	Samana Lake Views 2Dubai Production City	13.3%	AED 101,200/yr
7	Amal TowerDubai Sports City	13.1%	AED 74,000/yr
8	DEANSGATE by ADEMajan	12.5%	AED 80,000/yr
9	Purvanchal Triana ResidencesJumeirah Garden City	12.3%	AED 101,999/yr
10	Hera TowerDubai Sports City	12.2%	AED 78,358/yr

From buildings with their own registered rental contracts.

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Common questions

What rental yield do Dubai apartments return?: The median building returns 6.8% gross, across 2,162 buildings in 75 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 apartments rent for per square foot?: The median building rents at 94 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 apartments?: AED 80,000 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 0.0% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it. That is a median across 2,162 buildings; individual areas and towers move further in both directions. Data to 2026-10-12.
Which Dubai area yields most?: Dubai Investment Park 1, where the median building returns 10.0% 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 apartments rental record, by area

Record type: City-level property market record
Data date: 2026-10-12
Evidence base: 301,509 registered rental contracts across 2,162 eligible buildings in 75 areas
Sources: Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
Canonical record: /rent/apartments/dubai
Method: Definitions and calculations

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