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studio apartments for rent in Downtown Dubai

Downtown Dubai's typical building yields 6.79% gross — -0.2 pts vs the Dubai median, across 20 buildings with enough registered activity to report.

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Edition DWI-AREA-DOWNTOWN-DUBAI
Median rent
AED 75,000
Median AED/yr/sqft
158AED/yr/sqft
Median gross yield
6.79%
≈ 15 yrs gross payback
Median rent change, 12mo
-2.5%

This record covers the 20 Downtown Dubai buildings with enough registered Ejari contracts for a median to mean anything. Gross yields inside the area run from 5.84% to 8.50%, so the 6.79% 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 studio apartments in Downtown Dubai

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

Al NOUJOUM TOWERAED 63,7501428.50%+1.7 pts-7.7%148
The DistinctionAED 85,0001637.98%+1.2 pts-4.3%14
Rp HeightsAED 70,0001747.90%+1.1 pts-3.6%5
Claren PDAED 72,0001457.20%+0.4 pts-5.6%27
Upper CrestAED 70,0001437.14%+0.4 pts+0.7%37
Blvd Central 2AED 75,0001597.14%+0.4 pts+0.0%37
Elite Downtown ResidenceAED 75,0001456.94%+0.2 pts-2.6%146
Claren Tower 2AED 72,0001456.86%+0.1 pts-5.6%27
The Dubai Mall ResidencesAED 135,0002326.84%+0.1 pts-15.2%56
DT1AED 93,0001746.81%+0.0 pts+11.1%21
Bd 29 Blvd PodiumAED 75,0001586.76%-0.0 pts+0.7%56
29 Blvd T1AED 75,0001586.73%-0.1 pts+0.7%56
BD Standpoint AAED 78,7301726.56%-0.2 pts-2.5%28
BD Standpoint BAED 78,7301726.56%-0.2 pts-2.5%28
The Address - The BLVDAED 130,0002336.34%-0.4 pts-6.6%31
Bd 29 Blvd T2AED 75,0001586.25%-0.5 pts+0.7%56
Claren Tower 1AED 72,0001456.15%-0.6 pts-5.6%27
Burj KhalifaAED 125,0002285.95%-0.8 pts-9.8%15
Burj Views PodiumAED 80,0001175.93%-0.9 pts+0.0%66
Blvd Central PodiumAED 75,0001595.84%-0.9 pts+0.0%37

Yield deltas are vs the Downtown Dubai median (6.79%).

Common questions

What rental yield do apartments in Downtown Dubai return?
The median building in Downtown Dubai returns 6.79% gross, -0.2 pts against the Dubai median of 6.98%, across 20 buildings with enough registered activity to report.
What does an apartment in Downtown Dubai cost per square foot?
The median is 158 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 -2.5% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it. That is a median across 20 buildings, so individual towers move further in both directions.
Which building in Downtown Dubai yields most?
Al NOUJOUM TOWER, at 8.50% 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?
20. 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.

studio apartments rental record for Downtown Dubai

Record type
Area-level property market record
Data date
Evidence base
918 registered rental contracts represented across 20 eligible buildings
Sources
Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
Canonical record
/rent/studio-apartments/dubai/downtown-dubai
Method
Definitions and calculations

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