Burj Khalifa rents
- 198 new leases and 148 renewals in 12 months
- 1,038 units
- Downtown Dubai
- near Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall Metro Station
A one-bed here leases for about AED 185,000 a year, 61% above the typical Downtown Dubai one-bed.
1 bed · typical new lease
185,000AEDa year
AED 167/sqft · -7.5% on a year
- A month, roughly
- AED 15,417
- Renewal
- AED 185,000
- vs Downtown Dubai 1 bed
- 61% above the median
- New leases, 12 months
- 88
What should a lease in Burj Khalifa cost?A one-bed leases for about AED 185,000 a year
Median annual rent, AED a year, on Ejari leases starting in the 12 months to 12 Oct 2026. Renewal is blank where too few were registered; “typical” is the Downtown Dubai median for the type.
Ask an agent about this rent →Rent history and contracts
Every contract registered with Ejari — data to 2026-10-12.
A one-bed here now costs 7.5% less than a year earlier: AED 185,000 against 200,000.
Chart data, 1 bed: Jan 2013, AED 78,000; latest, Aug 2026, AED 125,000; peak, Jan 2015, AED 160,000.
3 contracts starting on or after 12 Oct 2025.
About Burj KhalifaA 5-floor tower in Downtown Dubai, a 12-minute drive from DIFC
Burj Khalifa is an apartment building completed in 2012 by Emaar Properties in Downtown Dubai. 346 yearly leases, new and renewed, were registered with Ejari in the last 12 months.
The building, as registered
- Floors
- 5
- Lifts
- 2
- Parking bays
- 58
- Pools
- 2
- Master developer
- Emaar Properties
Drive times · typical
- Downtown
- 1 min · 0.0 km
- DXB Airport
- 20 min · 16 km
- DIFC
- 12 min · 5.4 km
- Dubai Marina
- 25 min · 22 km
- Palm Jumeirah
- 31 min · 27 km
Nearest, as registered
- Metro
- Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall Metro Station
- Mall
- Dubai Mall
- Landmark
- Burj Khalifa
Letting a unit in Burj Khalifa?New tenants pay less than renewing ones
- New tenant vs renewal
- -12.5%
- New leases AED 227,500, renewals 260,000, all types
- Short-let instead, one-bed
- AED 932
- a night on Airbnb; nets 1.0× the yearly rent at 70% occupancy, after fees, cleaning and utilities
Ejari leases to 12 Oct 2026 · Airbnb asking rates for the next 12 months; occupancy is an assumption, not a measurement
Thinking of selling? Burj Khalifa sale prices →Comparables in Downtown Dubai
Every Downtown Dubai building with a page, ranked by annual rent per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Burj Khalifa places 11th of 63; the nearest 8 are shown.
Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Burj Khalifa.
At 1 bed, Burj Khalifa ranks 6th of 59 by rent per square foot and 12th of 43 by gross yield in Downtown Dubai.
Market context in Downtown Dubai
Registered sales activity
1,759 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.
+0.4% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 1,759 current and 2,575 prior price observations.
Explore sales activityPlanned apartment projects
2,186 known registered units across 5 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.
1 projects had already passed their planned date; 1 have unknown timing.
Explore planned supplySupply against leasing, and same-building moves
3,663 apartments are planned in Downtown Dubai from 2026 to 2028, equal to 38% of the 9,689 homes let there today.
Ready prices per sqft fell in 49% of 109 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in Downtown Dubai with sales in both years; the typical one moved +0.1%.
New-lease rents fell in 76% of 54 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved −5.7%.
How these are countedDirect locality, all apartment bedroom types. Area context is not building performance. Planned dates are relative to the register date, not a delivery forecast; project unit counts can include mixed uses. Sales activity is not time on market or occupancy.
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Common questions
- What is the registered annual rent for a 1 bedroom in Burj Khalifa?
- The median new annual rent is AED 185,000, from 88 Ejari contracts in the trailing 12 months to 2026-10-12. These contracts cover the project, not this tower alone. Compare the same bedroom type; floor, view and condition can change an individual rent.
- Have registered rents in Burj Khalifa risen or fallen?
- The median new annual rent changed -7.5% in the trailing 12 months against the previous 12, using 88 new Ejari contracts in the current period to 2026-10-12. Different homes can appear in the two periods; this is not the change on an individual tenancy.
- How many apartments change hands in Burj Khalifa?
- 44 sales were registered with the Dubai Land Department in the last 12 months, alongside 88 Ejari rental contracts. Every median on this page rests on those counts.
- Which metro station is closest to Burj Khalifa?
- Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall Metro Station, per the Dubai Land Department's own nearest-landmark fields. The nearest mall is Dubai Mall.
- What is the rental yield in Burj Khalifa?
- Burj Khalifa returns 6.2% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 185,000 a year (88 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 3.00M (median of 44 sales in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
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Burj Khalifa rental record
- Record type
- Building-level property market record
- Data date
- · refreshed
- Evidence base
- 78 registered rental contracts in the last 12 months for the default unit type
- Sources
- Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts; public Airbnb search results for forward short-term rates
- Canonical record
- /rent/apartments/dubai/downtown-dubai/burj-khalifa
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Burj Khalifa rents and yield.” Downtown Dubai, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/rent/apartments/dubai/downtown-dubai/burj-khalifa
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