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Villas for rent in Dubai South

A villa in Dubai South rents for a median AED 128,000 a year and yields 2.69% gross — -2.0 pts vs the Dubai villa median, across 2,333 registered contracts in the last 24 months.

Edition DWI-VILLAS-DUBAI-SOUTH
Median rent
AED 128,000
Median AED/yr/sqft
65AED/yr/sqft
Gross yield
2.69%
37 yrs gross payback
Median rent change, 12mo
+12.5%

2,333 registered rental contracts, last 24 monthsRent is from 2,333 registered contracts inside Dubai South itself.

Registered by the Land Department as Madinat Al Mataar. A villa has no building record, so this page reports the community as a whole; the bedroom table below is the finest grain the registry supports.

Villa rents in Dubai South

AED/yr/sqft, monthly median
Monthly median rent per sqft per year across every registered new villa rental contract in Dubai South, smoothed over three months. The band along the bottom is monthly volume.

Rents by bedroom count in Dubai South

Medians per bedroom count. The headline above covers every registered rental contract in Dubai South, including the ones the Land Department filed without a bedroom count, so the rows below do not sum to it.

BedroomsMedian rentAED/yr/sqftYield12moRentals
2 bedAED 125,000865.05%+2.4 pts+0.8%61
3 bedAED 110,000713.24%+0.6 pts+0.0%1,415
4 bedAED 160,000523.37%+0.7 pts+16.7%797
5 bedAED 247,115603.92%+1.2 pts+1.7%60

Yield deltas are vs the Dubai South median (2.69%).

As registered in Dubai South

What the Land Department’s building register holds for Dubai South: 9,574 villa plots, of which 3,663 carry a registered title. Counts are plots as registered, not houses as built. Register edition 2026-09-01.

Bedroom mix, as registered

BedroomsPlotsShare
2 bed1341%
3 bed3,87240%
4 bed4,02342%
5 bed1,31514%
6+ bed1502%

Built-up area, sqft

Smaller quarter
2,432
Median
2,767
Larger quarter
3,801

9,574 of 9,574 plots carry a built-up area.

Common questions

What does a villa in Dubai South rent for?
The median registered rent is AED 128,000 a year, across 2,333 new Ejari contracts in the last 24 months, to 2026-08-26.
What rental yield do villas in Dubai South return?
2.69% gross, -2.0 pts against the Dubai villa median of 4.67%. Gross means before service charge, maintenance and vacancy.
What does a villa in Dubai South cost per square foot?
The median is 65 AED/sqft a year, over registered records to 2026-08-26.
Are villa rents in Dubai South rising?
The median moved +12.5% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, per square foot.
Why is there no page for a specific villa in Dubai South?
The Land Department records no building for a villa — every villa sale and lease is filed against the community, so the community is the finest grain any registered figure can carry. Data to 2026-08-26.

Villa rental record for Dubai South

Record type
Community-level villa market record
Data date
Evidence base
2,333 registered rental contracts in the last 24 months
Sources
Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
Canonical record
/rent/villas/dubai/dubai-south
Method
Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Villas for rent in Dubai South.” Data to 2026-08-26. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/rent/villas/dubai/dubai-south.

Source: Dubai Land Department open data. Data as of 2026-08-26. Villa figures are medians over the community’s registered rental contracts; the Land Department records no building for a villa, so no finer grain exists.