What rental yield do Dubai studio apartments return?

The median building returns 7.9% gross, across 1,341 buildings in 59 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 cost per square foot?

The median building sells at 1,590 AED/sqft, from registered Dubai Land Department sales over the last 12 months. Data to 2026-10-12.

What is the median rent for Dubai studio apartments?

AED 48,000 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 apartment prices rising?

The median building moved +2.6% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it. That is a median across 1,341 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 sale in Dubai

1,341 buildings · 59 areas · 42,950 registered sales, last 12 months

The typical eligible building yields 7.9% gross and sells at AED 1,590/sqft — medians across 1,341 buildings in 59 areas, last 12 months of registered records.

Median gross yield

7.9%gross

≈ 13 yrs gross payback

Price per sqft: AED 1,590
12-month change: +2.6%
Sales, 12 months: 42,950
Buildings · areas: 1,341 · 59

Medians of the median building; 12-month change is the median building’s.

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Every area, ordered by registered sales in the last 12 monthsOf the 10 busiest areas, Dubailand Residence Complex yields most (8.9%) and Business Bay least (6.8%)

#	Area	Buildings	Yield vs city	12-month change	Sales, last 12 months
1	Dubai South	82	8.7%+0.8 pts	AED 612,850AED 1,642/sqft	+2.2%	6,677
2	Jumeirah Village Circle	214	8.0%+0.2 pts	AED 680,000AED 1,575/sqft	+0.5%	3,626
3	Majan	28	8.7%+0.9 pts	AED 688,357AED 1,494/sqft	-3.3%	3,581
4	Dubailand Residence Complex	81	8.9%+1.0 pts	AED 628,960AED 1,486/sqft	+1.5%	3,155
5	City of Arabia	13	7.3%-0.5 pts	AED 598,000AED 1,720/sqft	+0.6%	1,956
6	Downtown Jebel Ali	17	8.4%+0.5 pts	AED 588,060AED 1,732/sqft	+10.0%	1,849
7	Arjan	73	8.1%+0.2 pts	AED 615,000AED 1,522/sqft	+5.8%	1,710
8	Business Bay	79	6.8%-1.1 pts	AED 1.10MAED 2,363/sqft	+0.7%	1,529
9	Jumeirah Village Triangle	35	8.5%+0.6 pts	AED 687,341AED 1,653/sqft	+4.2%	1,426
10	Dubai Science Park	16	7.7%-0.2 pts	AED 790,000AED 1,898/sqft	+3.3%	1,300
11	Dubai Production City	38	9.1%+1.2 pts	AED 624,081AED 1,466/sqft	+6.9%	1,201
12	Meydan	5	—	AED 1.37MAED 3,574/sqft	—	1,126
13	Motor City	18	7.7%-0.2 pts	AED 726,565AED 1,396/sqft	+4.5%	1,116
14	Dubai Sports City	52	8.6%+0.7 pts	AED 501,250AED 1,082/sqft	+1.8%	1,049
15	DAMAC Lagoons	6	—	AED 733,338AED 1,897/sqft	—	974
16	Dubai Studio City	21	8.2%+0.3 pts	AED 629,269AED 1,586/sqft	+0.8%	837
17	Maritime City	6	5.7%-2.2 pts	AED 1.23MAED 2,818/sqft	+0.6%	797
18	Meydan One	63	7.3%-0.6 pts	AED 675,000AED 1,967/sqft	-0.3%	741
19	International City	91	8.5%+0.6 pts	AED 335,000AED 703/sqft	+7.8%	657
20	Al Furjan	24	8.1%+0.3 pts	AED 552,500AED 1,455/sqft	+3.3%	624
21	Jumeirah Garden City	23	6.1%-1.8 pts	AED 1.02MAED 2,510/sqft	+4.1%	622
22	Dubai Industrial City	18	6.5%-1.4 pts	AED 570,730AED 1,469/sqft	+2.4%	550
23	International City Phase 2	43	8.4%+0.5 pts	AED 500,000AED 1,160/sqft	+3.7%	537
24	Discovery Gardens	46	6.3%-1.6 pts	AED 522,500AED 1,047/sqft	+3.3%	489
25	Dubai Silicon Oasis	25	8.9%+1.0 pts	AED 517,000AED 1,141/sqft	+7.2%	465
26	Dubai Healthcare City Phase 2	12	7.6%-0.3 pts	AED 881,401AED 2,077/sqft	+0.4%	417
27	Downtown Dubai	15	6.0%-1.8 pts	AED 1.20MAED 2,452/sqft	-1.2%	408
28	Jumeirah Lake Towers	30	7.4%-0.5 pts	AED 803,750AED 1,759/sqft	+2.9%	381
29	Dubai Investment Park 1	11	11.8%+3.9 pts	AED 406,994AED 1,093/sqft	+9.4%	342
30	Wasl Gate	9	6.9%-1.0 pts	AED 670,000AED 1,605/sqft	+6.4%	333
31	Al Jaddaf	4	—	AED 831,959AED 2,323/sqft	—	332
32	Dubai Marina	26	6.1%-1.8 pts	AED 1.04MAED 2,389/sqft	+4.3%	324
33	Dubai Investment Park 2	10	10.6%+2.7 pts	AED 759,000AED 1,630/sqft	+3.8%	310
34	DAMAC Hills	19	7.9%-0.0 pts	AED 600,000AED 1,249/sqft	+3.1%	291
35	Liwan	4	8.4%+0.5 pts	AED 582,300AED 1,375/sqft	+4.4%	264
36	Living Legends	6	8.4%+0.5 pts	AED 581,812AED 980/sqft	+8.2%	174
37	Falcon City of Wonders	3	—	AED 850,000AED 1,856/sqft	—	87
38	Palm Jumeirah	8	6.2%-1.7 pts	AED 1.38MAED 2,756/sqft	+4.3%	84
39	Barsha Heights	5	5.5%-2.4 pts	AED 913,727AED 2,234/sqft	0.0%	71
40	DAMAC Hills 2	5	8.4%+0.6 pts	AED 450,000AED 1,092/sqft	+7.0%	71
41	Al Wasl	2	—	AED 1.90MAED 3,639/sqft	+6.7%	71
42	Town Square	8	8.1%+0.2 pts	AED 595,000AED 1,706/sqft	+4.0%	53
43	Dubai Islands	3	—	AED 1.18MAED 3,229/sqft	-1.2%	46
44	Al Quoz	6	8.3%+0.4 pts	AED 600,000AED 1,031/sqft	+20.7%	38
45	Dubai Hills Estate	3	7.2%-0.7 pts	AED 960,000AED 2,170/sqft	+12.0%	37
46	Sobha Hartland	5	6.8%-1.0 pts	AED 1.03MAED 1,993/sqft	+2.9%	34
47	Rukan	3	7.9%+0.0 pts	AED 505,000AED 1,230/sqft	+15.7%	34
48	MAG City	6	7.3%-0.6 pts	AED 752,500AED 1,822/sqft	+6.5%	32
49	Jaddaf Waterfront	4	7.0%-0.9 pts	AED 950,610AED 1,917/sqft	+3.5%	25
50	The World Islands	2	—	AED 2.10MAED 4,695/sqft	+4.6%	16
51	Remraam	4	8.8%+0.9 pts	AED 479,011AED 965/sqft	—	15
52	The Greens	3	—	AED 865,000AED 2,000/sqft	+16.0%	15
53	Al Barari	2	9.7%+1.8 pts	AED 974,240AED 1,738/sqft	—	14
54	City Walk	1	—	AED 615,341AED 2,464/sqft	+3.2%	10
55	Jumeirah Beach Residence	1	—	AED 1.24MAED 1,730/sqft	+7.4%	9
56	Mirdif	1	7.4%-0.4 pts	AED 700,000AED 1,417/sqft	—	5
57	Al Qusais Industrial Area	1	8.7%+0.8 pts	AED 350,000AED 668/sqft	-1.9%	5
58	Al Barsha	1	—	AED 775,000AED 1,346/sqft	—	5
59	Sufouh Gardens	1	7.1%-0.8 pts	AED 775,000AED 1,599/sqft	—	3

Yield deltas are vs the Dubai median (7.9%) · Showing 20 of 59 areas

Price per sqft in Dubai, monthlyAED 1,673, -3.6% on a year

Monthly median across every registered apartment sale, 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	Median rent
1	Laguna TowerJumeirah Lake Towers	17.3%	AED 393,429	AED 68,000/yr
2	VERDANA 3 ResidenceDubai Investment Park 1	13.9%	AED 344,729	AED 48,000/yr
3	Hera TowerDubai Sports City	13.2%	AED 395,000	AED 52,300/yr
4	Dune Residency DubaiJumeirah Village Circle	12.7%	AED 432,382	AED 55,000/yr
5	Alef Noon ResidenceJumeirah Village Circle	12.2%	AED 492,788	AED 60,000/yr
6	The DiamondDubai Sports City	10.6%	AED 450,000	AED 47,500/yr
7	Hanover SquareJumeirah Village Circle	10.4%	AED 407,000	AED 42,500/yr
8	Desert Sun TowerDubailand Residence Complex	10.4%	AED 385,000	AED 40,000/yr
9	Damac Maison de Ville TenoraDubai South	10.1%	AED 415,000	AED 42,000/yr
10	Reef 996Dubai Production City	10.0%	AED 724,711	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 1,341 buildings in 59 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 cost per square foot?: The median building sells at 1,590 AED/sqft, from registered Dubai Land Department sales over the last 12 months. Data to 2026-10-12.
What is the median rent for Dubai studio apartments?: AED 48,000 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 apartment prices rising?: The median building moved +2.6% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it. That is a median across 1,341 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 sale record, by area

Record type: City-level property market record
Data date: 2026-10-12
Evidence base: 42,950 registered sales across 1,341 eligible buildings in 59 areas
Sources: Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
Canonical record: /sale/studio-apartments/dubai
Method: Definitions and calculations

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