Downtown Dubai
The typical Downtown Dubai building earns 1.4× its yearly lease on a nightly let.
- Short-term vs lease
- 1.4×
- Damac Maison Dubai Mall Street (The Signature) leads at 2.1×
- Nightly rate
- 1,007 AED
- AED 1.03/sqft a night
- Modelled short-term yield
- 7.8%
- At an assumed 70% occupancy
- Listings sampled
- 524
- 20 buildings · next 12 months
Typical Downtown Dubai building · nightly rate
1,007 AED a night
- Modelled short-term yield
- 7.8%
- Short-term vs lease
- 1.4×
- AED/night/sqft
- 1.03
- Buildings · listings
- 20 · 524
Which Downtown Dubai development or building? 20 buildings, ranked by what a nightly let earns over the lease
4 developments and 12 buildings · 20 towers with a nightly rate · 126 listed units
Each building at the bedroom type with the highest ratio to its lease, gathered under its development where two or more share one. Pick a bedroom type to compare developments: a pooled figure across types divides one mix by another. A missing modelled yield means too few sales to price the unit.
Rent it or buy it to let short-term? On a rented unit, the typical building breaks even at 52% occupancy, against the 70% assumed
Medians across the 20 buildings where the nightly let beats the lease. Self-managed, net of platform fees, cleaning and utilities.
- Break-even occupancy, against the 70% assumed
- 52%
- Short-term vs lease
- 1.4×
- Modelled short-term yield, on the purchase price
- 7.8%
Rent a unit, let it short-term
Start with annual short-term revenue after modelled operating costs, then subtract the annual lease. Compare break-even occupancy with your own occupancy scenario and replace the registered rent benchmark with your actual contract.
Buy to short-term let
Compare modelled operating revenue with the supported purchase benchmark. Add acquisition, furnishing, service charges and financing costs before assessing your own return. A missing modelled yield means insufficient sales evidence; rental economics can still be shown.
The assumptions behind these figuresThe assumptions behind these figures
These scenarios assume 70% occupancy and self-management. Surplus excludes furnishing, deposits, permits, owner service charges and finance. Sampled asks are not achieved bookings; building-level rental benchmarks may pool project contracts.
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How the Downtown Dubai figures are made
Nightly rates are median asking prices for a 7-night stay over the next 12 months, not achieved bookings. Yields assume 70% occupancy. Area figures are medians across the buildings listed above. Buildings where the nightly let earns less than the lease are excluded from every figure on this page. Data to .
Every building in Downtown Dubai 20 buildings with a nightly rate, A to Z
20 buildings
B
- Bahwan Tower1,503
- Blvd Central 11,114
- Blvd Central 21,044
- BLVD CRESCENT Tower 1700
- Boulevard Point877
- Burj Crown855
- Burj Royale1,760
- Burj Views Tower C617
- Burj ViewsTower A642
- BURJ VISTA Tower 11,465
D
E
F
G
- Grande913
I
- Imperial Avenue1,244
T
Median nightly rate, AED, each building at its highest-ratio bedroom type · asking rates for the next 12 months, not bookings
Back to top ↑Short-term rental record for Downtown Dubai
- Record type
- Area-level short-term market record
- Data date
- Evidence base
- 524 sampled listings across 20 eligible building and bedroom records
- Sources
- Public Airbnb search results joined to Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
- Canonical record
- /short-term/apartments/dubai/downtown-dubai
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Short-term rentals in Downtown Dubai.” Data to 2 Nov 2026. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/short-term/apartments/dubai/downtown-dubai
Source: public Airbnb search and Dubai Land Department open data. Nightly rates are asking rates, not registered records. Data to .