What rental yield do Dubai studio apartments return?

The median building returns 7.9% gross, across 897 buildings in 51 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 studio apartments rent for per square foot?

The median building rents at 106 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 studio apartments?

AED 46,600 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 897 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 11.8% 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

studio apartments for rent in Dubai

897 buildings · 51 areas · 66,903 registered rental contracts, last 12 months

The typical Dubai apartment building has a gross yield of 7.9% — medians across 897 buildings in 51 areas, from registered contracts over the last 12 months.

Median rent

46,600AED / yr

Median gross yield: 7.9%
Rent per sqft: AED 106
12-month rent change: 0.0%
Contracts, 12 months: 66,903
Buildings · areas: 897 · 51

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, Dubai Production City yields most (9.1%) and Business Bay least (6.8%)

#	Area	Buildings	Yield vs city	12-month change	Contracts, last 12 months
1	International City	40	8.5%+0.6 pts	AED 32,000AED 68/sqft a year	+6.7%	11,015
2	Remraam	67	8.8%+0.9 pts	AED 42,000AED 94/sqft a year	0.0%	8,643
3	Jumeirah Village Circle	160	8.0%+0.2 pts	AED 50,000AED 107/sqft a year	-1.3%	5,946
4	Arjan	47	8.1%+0.2 pts	AED 49,000AED 109/sqft a year	-2.0%	4,301
5	Dubai Production City	27	9.1%+1.2 pts	AED 44,000AED 106/sqft a year	+2.6%	4,022
6	Business Bay	57	6.8%-1.1 pts	AED 69,000AED 131/sqft a year	-8.4%	3,507
7	Meydan One	57	7.3%-0.6 pts	AED 49,000AED 138/sqft a year	0.0%	3,286
8	Dubai South	27	8.7%+0.8 pts	AED 40,000AED 100/sqft a year	+2.6%	3,161
9	DAMAC Hills	35	7.9%-0.0 pts	AED 46,000AED 98/sqft a year	-3.2%	2,886
10	Al Quoz	9	8.3%+0.4 pts	AED 50,000AED 91/sqft a year	+11.1%	2,637
11	MAG City	8	7.3%-0.6 pts	AED 55,000AED 132/sqft a year	0.0%	2,184
12	Dubai Sports City	46	8.6%+0.7 pts	AED 41,500AED 89/sqft a year	0.0%	2,130
13	Dubailand Residence Complex	17	8.9%+1.0 pts	AED 39,000AED 85/sqft a year	+5.4%	1,812
14	Al Furjan	17	8.1%+0.3 pts	AED 46,000AED 114/sqft a year	-4.3%	1,234
15	Dubai Studio City	11	8.2%+0.3 pts	AED 45,000AED 114/sqft a year	0.0%	1,110
16	Dubai Silicon Oasis	26	8.9%+1.0 pts	AED 42,000AED 94/sqft a year	+2.4%	978
17	Jumeirah Lake Towers	21	7.4%-0.5 pts	AED 57,000AED 131/sqft a year	-6.3%	918
18	Jumeirah Village Triangle	18	8.5%+0.6 pts	AED 50,756AED 113/sqft a year	+1.7%	828
19	Dubai Investment Park 2	5	10.6%+2.7 pts	AED 42,500AED 86/sqft a year	+9.0%	650
20	Dubai Marina	23	6.1%-1.8 pts	AED 68,500AED 155/sqft a year	-10.9%	550
21	Downtown Dubai	20	6.0%-1.8 pts	AED 71,500AED 155/sqft a year	-7.7%	500
22	Dubai Healthcare City Phase 2	8	7.6%-0.3 pts	AED 54,750AED 126/sqft a year	-3.9%	489
23	DAMAC Hills 2	5	8.4%+0.6 pts	AED 37,800AED 88/sqft a year	-0.5%	487
24	Dubai Science Park	5	7.7%-0.2 pts	AED 48,000AED 113/sqft a year	-4.0%	446
25	Town Square	19	8.1%+0.2 pts	AED 40,475AED 123/sqft a year	+6.5%	442
26	International City Phase 2	22	8.4%+0.5 pts	AED 40,000AED 93/sqft a year	+8.7%	404
27	Downtown Jebel Ali	3	8.4%+0.5 pts	AED 45,000AED 127/sqft a year	+2.4%	312
28	Rukan	3	7.9%+0.0 pts	AED 40,000AED 98/sqft a year	0.0%	255
29	Palm Jumeirah	7	6.2%-1.7 pts	AED 85,000AED 178/sqft a year	-4.5%	234
30	Majan	9	8.7%+0.9 pts	AED 45,000AED 96/sqft a year	+2.5%	228
31	Liwan	4	8.4%+0.5 pts	AED 42,000AED 93/sqft a year	+1.2%	199
32	Sobha Hartland	9	6.8%-1.0 pts	AED 69,812AED 126/sqft a year	-1.5%	164
33	Living Legends	9	8.4%+0.5 pts	AED 45,000AED 92/sqft a year	+12.5%	135
34	Mirdif	3	7.4%-0.4 pts	AED 52,095AED 105/sqft a year	-5.3%	108
35	Jaddaf Waterfront	8	7.0%-0.9 pts	AED 57,845AED 116/sqft a year	-3.9%	101
36	Barsha Heights	3	5.5%-2.4 pts	AED 57,000AED 125/sqft a year	-9.0%	92
37	Jumeirah Garden City	7	6.1%-1.8 pts	AED 59,500AED 159/sqft a year	-6.1%	73
38	Dubai Waterfront	4	—	AED 36,250AED 71/sqft a year	+3.6%	72
39	Discovery Gardens	2	6.3%-1.6 pts	AED 43,500AED 89/sqft a year	-5.4%	60
40	Wasl Gate	5	6.9%-1.0 pts	AED 50,000AED 91/sqft a year	-1.1%	59
41	Dubai Industrial City	5	6.5%-1.4 pts	AED 38,000AED 95/sqft a year	+8.7%	57
42	Dubai Hills Estate	2	7.2%-0.7 pts	AED 72,500AED 172/sqft a year	-6.5%	33
43	Al Barari	4	9.7%+1.8 pts	AED 94,745AED 169/sqft a year	+5.3%	28
44	Dubai Investment Park 1	4	11.8%+3.9 pts	AED 46,000AED 104/sqft a year	+2.4%	25
45	Sufouh Gardens	1	7.1%-0.8 pts	AED 55,000AED 125/sqft a year	-4.3%	25
46	Motor City	3	7.7%-0.2 pts	AED 51,500AED 87/sqft a year	+3.0%	22
47	Uptown Mirdif	1	—	AED 47,000AED 90/sqft a year	+4.4%	21
48	City of Arabia	1	7.3%-0.5 pts	AED 50,000AED 89/sqft a year	—	12
49	Maritime City	1	5.7%-2.2 pts	AED 65,000AED 148/sqft a year	+4.0%	9
50	Al Qusais Industrial Area	1	8.7%+0.8 pts	AED 30,456AED 58/sqft a year	+3.2%	8
51	The Greens	1	—	AED 75,000AED 134/sqft a year	+2.0%	5

Yield deltas are vs the Dubai median (7.9%) · Showing 20 of 51 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 studio apartments, all of DubaiLaguna Tower leads at 17.3% gross

Full ranking

#	Building	Gross yield
1	Laguna TowerJumeirah Lake Towers	17.3%	AED 68,000/yr
2	VERDANA 3 ResidenceDubai Investment Park 1	13.9%	AED 48,000/yr
3	Hera TowerDubai Sports City	13.2%	AED 52,300/yr
4	Dune Residency DubaiJumeirah Village Circle	12.7%	AED 55,000/yr
5	Alef Noon ResidenceJumeirah Village Circle	12.2%	AED 60,000/yr
6	The DiamondDubai Sports City	10.6%	AED 47,500/yr
7	Hanover SquareJumeirah Village Circle	10.4%	AED 42,500/yr
8	Desert Sun TowerDubailand Residence Complex	10.4%	AED 40,000/yr
9	Damac Maison de Ville TenoraDubai South	10.1%	AED 42,000/yr
10	Reef 996Dubai Production City	10.0%	AED 72,500/yr

From buildings with their own registered rental contracts.

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Common questions

What rental yield do Dubai studio apartments return?: The median building returns 7.9% gross, across 897 buildings in 51 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 studio apartments rent for per square foot?: The median building rents at 106 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 studio apartments?: AED 46,600 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 897 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 11.8% 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 studio apartments rental record, by area

Record type: City-level property market record
Data date: 2026-10-12
Evidence base: 66,903 registered rental contracts across 897 eligible buildings in 51 areas
Sources: Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
Canonical record: /rent/studio-apartments/dubai
Method: Definitions and calculations

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