What does a villa in Dubai South rent for?

The median registered rent is AED 132,907 a year, across 1,148 new Ejari contracts in the last 12 months, to 2026-10-12.

What is the rental yield in Dubai South?

As of 2026-10-12, villas in Dubai South return 3.0% gross, -1.8 pts against the Dubai villa median of 4.8%, on 1,148 registered Ejari contracts in the last 12 months. Gross means before service charge, maintenance and vacancy.

What does a villa in Dubai South cost per square foot?

The median is 64 AED/sqft a year, over registered records to 2026-10-12.

Are villa rents in Dubai South rising?

The median moved +6.3% 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 2026-10-12.

Villas for rent in Dubai South

A villa in Dubai South rents for a median AED 132,907 a year and yields 3.0% gross — -1.8 pts vs the Dubai villa median, across 1,148 registered contracts in the last 12 months.

Median rent: AED 132,907
Median AED/yr/sqft: 64AED/yr/sqft
Gross yield: 3.0%; ≈ 33 yrs gross payback
12-month rent change: +6.3%; Median building

1,148 registered rental contracts, last 12 monthsRent is from 1,148 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

Median rent per sqft per year across every registered new villa rental contract in Dubai South, as a rolling 3-month median. 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.

Bedrooms	Median rent	AED/yr/sqft	Yield	12-month change	Rentals
2 bed	AED 126,000	86	5.1%+2.1 pts	+0.8%	36
3 bed	AED 110,000	70	3.8%+0.8 pts	0.0%	605
4 bed	AED 175,000	51	4.0%+1.0 pts	+16.7%	474
5 bed	AED 250,000	60	4.3%+1.3 pts	+4.2%	33

Yield deltas are vs the Dubai South median (3.0%).

Where Dubai South is

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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 2026-10-13.

Bedroom mix, as registered

Bedrooms	Plots	Share
2 bed	134	1%
3 bed	3,872	40%
4 bed	4,023	42%
5 bed	1,315	14%
6+ bed	150	2%

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.

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Common questions

What does a villa in Dubai South rent for?: The median registered rent is AED 132,907 a year, across 1,148 new Ejari contracts in the last 12 months, to 2026-10-12.
What is the rental yield in Dubai South?: As of 2026-10-12, villas in Dubai South return 3.0% gross, -1.8 pts against the Dubai villa median of 4.8%, on 1,148 registered Ejari contracts in the last 12 months. Gross means before service charge, maintenance and vacancy.
What does a villa in Dubai South cost per square foot?: The median is 64 AED/sqft a year, over registered records to 2026-10-12.
Are villa rents in Dubai South rising?: The median moved +6.3% 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 2026-10-12.

Villa rental record for Dubai South

Record type: Community-level villa market record
Data date: 2026-10-12
Evidence base: 1,148 registered rental contracts in the last 12 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 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/rent/villas/dubai/dubai-south

Source: Dubai Land Department open data. Data as of 2026-10-12. 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.