Dubai rental trends
Contract volume, annual rents, rent per area and subtype movement over time. Complete periods only, through September 2026.
Summary
Residential contracts averaged AED 95.4K/yr (AED 86/sqft) in Sep 2026, with 50.7K contracts that month. The charts below split movement by usage bucket, subtype and new-vs-renewal.
Rental timeframe
Monthly physical-unit rental summaries across the last 5Y · rent per area in AED/sqft.
How is rental contract volume distributed by usage?
Monthly physical-unit rental contracts by usage bucket.
| Period | Residential | Commercial | Industrial | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10 | 44000 | 10382 | 96 | 83 |
| 2021-11 | 42077 | 10733 | 124 | 71 |
| 2021-12 | 40851 | 9689 | 88 | 60 |
| 2022-01 | 47734 | 19906 | 170 | 117 |
| 2022-02 | 40287 | 11129 | 115 | 66 |
| 2022-03 | 40767 | 10710 | 89 | 80 |
| 2022-04 | 38343 | 10821 | 122 | 69 |
| 2022-05 | 33395 | 8799 | 109 | 68 |
| 2022-06 | 35492 | 9649 | 108 | 62 |
| 2022-07 | 39342 | 10228 | 133 | 132 |
| 2022-08 | 41228 | 11390 | 135 | 62 |
| 2022-09 | 44428 | 13053 | 137 | 59 |
| 2022-10 | 46956 | 15942 | 144 | 75 |
| 2022-11 | 45656 | 16505 | 151 | 77 |
| 2022-12 | 43668 | 12737 | 112 | 66 |
| 2023-01 | 50966 | 24024 | 173 | 125 |
| 2023-02 | 42319 | 15508 | 120 | 82 |
| 2023-03 | 44661 | 14974 | 127 | 90 |
| 2023-04 | 40565 | 14524 | 121 | 84 |
| 2023-05 | 37935 | 14910 | 107 | 73 |
| 2023-06 | 38816 | 13869 | 126 | 73 |
| 2023-07 | 42377 | 14800 | 122 | 108 |
| 2023-08 | 45930 | 14550 | 133 | 63 |
| 2023-09 | 48276 | 17375 | 132 | 73 |
| 2023-10 | 50823 | 20130 | 128 | 54 |
| 2023-11 | 48525 | 19659 | 152 | 66 |
| 2023-12 | 46231 | 18737 | 104 | 76 |
| 2024-01 | 54120 | 27814 | 197 | 123 |
| 2024-02 | 47525 | 20872 | 127 | 88 |
| 2024-03 | 45558 | 18504 | 100 | 85 |
| 2024-04 | 41968 | 16345 | 130 | 91 |
| 2024-05 | 41855 | 18778 | 84 | 63 |
| 2024-06 | 41117 | 13698 | 115 | 80 |
| 2024-07 | 45976 | 16480 | 130 | 109 |
| 2024-08 | 50405 | 13745 | 118 | 77 |
| 2024-09 | 51985 | 15571 | 125 | 82 |
| 2024-10 | 54080 | 13286 | 139 | 73 |
| 2024-11 | 50929 | 13825 | 146 | 65 |
| 2024-12 | 47661 | 13167 | 112 | 71 |
| 2025-01 | 56113 | 24979 | 165 | 118 |
| 2025-02 | 47739 | 14845 | 127 | 86 |
| 2025-03 | 48889 | 13419 | 131 | 74 |
| 2025-04 | 44608 | 13539 | 123 | 87 |
| 2025-05 | 44480 | 12648 | 106 | 57 |
| 2025-06 | 42780 | 11024 | 115 | 64 |
| 2025-07 | 48296 | 12209 | 121 | 69 |
| 2025-08 | 53628 | 11624 | 122 | 68 |
| 2025-09 | 56163 | 12549 | 131 | 83 |
| 2025-10 | 57600 | 14253 | 157 | 61 |
| 2025-11 | 53512 | 12665 | 138 | 54 |
| 2025-12 | 49731 | 12191 | 107 | 64 |
| 2026-01 | 58941 | 23256 | 153 | 113 |
| 2026-02 | 49395 | 13427 | 122 | 68 |
| 2026-03 | 44653 | 12870 | 120 | 60 |
| 2026-04 | 39512 | 16401 | 113 | 79 |
| 2026-05 | 41025 | 11630 | 89 | 61 |
| 2026-06 | 42334 | 12351 | 104 | 66 |
| 2026-07 | 48648 | 11282 | 114 | 66 |
| 2026-08 | 50705 | 9199 | 82 | 54 |
| 2026-09 | 50745 | 9645 | 73 | 62 |
Source: Dubai Land Department via Dubai Data Establishment
How are annual rents moving by usage?
Average annual rent by monthly period.
| Period | Residential | Commercial | Industrial | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10 | 62312 | 107820 | 147439 | 341707 |
| 2021-11 | 61402 | 120028 | 163246 | 198153 |
| 2021-12 | 61244 | 111149 | 123194 | 65737 |
| 2022-01 | 59924 | 116599 | 190596 | 284390 |
| 2022-02 | 63154 | 127361 | 138961 | 255350 |
| 2022-03 | 63612 | 124676 | 176557 | 333810 |
| 2022-04 | 63497 | 116425 | 186147 | 329224 |
| 2022-05 | 64321 | 127025 | 147888 | 120047 |
| 2022-06 | 67313 | 111631 | 150167 | 89116 |
| 2022-07 | 69873 | 123832 | 153756 | 334215 |
| 2022-08 | 71313 | 102249 | 207183 | 302113 |
| 2022-09 | 70243 | 102570 | 163658 | 875098 |
| 2022-10 | 69886 | 89697 | 172394 | 388713 |
| 2022-11 | 68462 | 90275 | 171434 | 186066 |
| 2022-12 | 66741 | 97955 | 156270 | 68186 |
| 2023-01 | 65948 | 109373 | 209106 | 313990 |
| 2023-02 | 70176 | 96021 | 153046 | 481153 |
| 2023-03 | 69455 | 100310 | 176796 | 270934 |
| 2023-04 | 69428 | 100826 | 156859 | 241680 |
| 2023-05 | 71346 | 95177 | 166416 | 198936 |
| 2023-06 | 74940 | 94415 | 192618 | 95245 |
| 2023-07 | 75610 | 100029 | 178128 | 507747 |
| 2023-08 | 78917 | 100941 | 207729 | 343038 |
| 2023-09 | 77855 | 92790 | 155545 | 583524 |
| 2023-10 | 76416 | 82758 | 162124 | 538638 |
| 2023-11 | 75224 | 89267 | 150011 | 249742 |
| 2023-12 | 74362 | 86493 | 185773 | 365256 |
| 2024-01 | 72573 | 112125 | 213038 | 299860 |
| 2024-02 | 77949 | 89131 | 145335 | 290975 |
| 2024-03 | 77153 | 95948 | 204627 | 282811 |
| 2024-04 | 76254 | 98423 | 210325 | 149218 |
| 2024-05 | 80181 | 91452 | 190802 | 114979 |
| 2024-06 | 82782 | 110210 | 183312 | 275309 |
| 2024-07 | 83713 | 100520 | 203149 | 285841 |
| 2024-08 | 86357 | 119741 | 221890 | 273994 |
| 2024-09 | 87106 | 120872 | 192743 | 796071 |
| 2024-10 | 85119 | 129058 | 204668 | 447264 |
| 2024-11 | 84385 | 133101 | 175481 | 91563 |
| 2024-12 | 82861 | 129561 | 204178 | 153767 |
| 2025-01 | 80177 | 131563 | 279802 | 362474 |
| 2025-02 | 85822 | 127693 | 231868 | 300567 |
| 2025-03 | 84170 | 142386 | 231468 | 316530 |
| 2025-04 | 83577 | 137857 | 238545 | 320855 |
| 2025-05 | 86491 | 143480 | 245477 | 131971 |
| 2025-06 | 90578 | 144854 | 303942 | 321237 |
| 2025-07 | 90512 | 138521 | 227341 | 457142 |
| 2025-08 | 93713 | 145855 | 260088 | 107361 |
| 2025-09 | 93378 | 158132 | 240945 | 1080188 |
| 2025-10 | 91513 | 128590 | 260589 | 514809 |
| 2025-11 | 90562 | 157082 | 201029 | 111609 |
| 2025-12 | 88088 | 141001 | 254845 | 128140 |
| 2026-01 | 86501 | 145740 | 339138 | 274496 |
| 2026-02 | 92149 | 139217 | 206113 | 206081 |
| 2026-03 | 87404 | 141145 | 240084 | 451814 |
| 2026-04 | 85854 | 103713 | 376458 | 512465 |
| 2026-05 | 89160 | 139405 | 250162 | 125530 |
| 2026-06 | 91812 | 118803 | 248264 | 95034 |
| 2026-07 | 91894 | 132167 | 205504 | 485604 |
| 2026-08 | 94961 | 139072 | 264817 | 115509 |
| 2026-09 | 95366 | 134249 | 230878 | 1164284 |
Source: Dubai Land Department via Dubai Data Establishment
How does rent per area vary over time?
Rent per sqft shown only where physical unit area is available.
| Period | Residential | Commercial | Industrial | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10 | 53.97509730318714 | 113.58183031127035 | 25.84040272915376 | 56.7087280376153 |
| 2021-11 | 54.61580742608138 | 120.61935676640587 | 28.720695189351353 | 52.910582813773445 |
| 2021-12 | 54.74333700411999 | 121.0824843215348 | 28.098946789168302 | 51.848519276646925 |
| 2022-01 | 54.590843269567756 | 135.01115619161226 | 29.44047041842894 | 82.80012005885355 |
| 2022-02 | 55.46766957537262 | 127.98171729455721 | 27.935438814605067 | 84.21012575421345 |
| 2022-03 | 55.25904970898171 | 133.17171567801827 | 25.67212982113852 | 74.38204514758404 |
| 2022-04 | 55.6429322702612 | 139.44101466785978 | 30.098408621113922 | 103.73970458239033 |
| 2022-05 | 55.82878182362119 | 128.66024976502337 | 27.691160960646318 | 93.05894194457072 |
| 2022-06 | 56.57277891804579 | 121.42972647971287 | 26.55326984670476 | 70.85194059928571 |
| 2022-07 | 55.883142369167395 | 145.82324436911787 | 25.89336824085679 | 175.07201099073123 |
| 2022-08 | 57.42366074698341 | 125.85472110268218 | 25.9796676743095 | 81.00313706636172 |
| 2022-09 | 59.69513931814639 | 112.82530831227656 | 27.91956858412423 | 62.42248930817746 |
| 2022-10 | 61.31403879245513 | 106.76619848556568 | 25.648755947690177 | 71.3260269892307 |
| 2022-11 | 61.28077439775383 | 106.80743945356572 | 29.84450698417549 | 71.63891792863495 |
| 2022-12 | 60.76399510485263 | 114.10597926948961 | 29.75349073177468 | 48.19125374170816 |
| 2023-01 | 60.48326861090747 | 132.16311660613178 | 29.914267076941023 | 80.75812599154622 |
| 2023-02 | 62.36547151525631 | 112.90552130285715 | 28.822470132901785 | 83.2513904204483 |
| 2023-03 | 62.60935912925433 | 120.85347146435355 | 26.07818090214435 | 73.20936444525458 |
| 2023-04 | 62.25219066837128 | 124.51562745316673 | 28.09655047289652 | 96.82302859389948 |
| 2023-05 | 62.96372610628757 | 110.15587489685349 | 28.953783262864622 | 102.954255604005 |
| 2023-06 | 64.14334168976555 | 113.60411206592798 | 28.90564582373731 | 71.07247074250846 |
| 2023-07 | 63.1271171680981 | 129.42304148630535 | 29.178943357542547 | 138.27922075062497 |
| 2023-08 | 65.28104995280931 | 116.81318109720759 | 30.675855923158192 | 77.91149686832566 |
| 2023-09 | 68.30096013286786 | 106.79728820950908 | 31.462005586921652 | 69.83044015595476 |
| 2023-10 | 69.34578647425238 | 104.6721426257356 | 30.560787268984264 | 84.43646179066661 |
| 2023-11 | 69.57688322733475 | 107.67385813071385 | 31.086090598927168 | 82.19847952925394 |
| 2023-12 | 68.62768283714502 | 107.64034590151323 | 29.68435089037159 | 57.015243188638266 |
| 2024-01 | 67.84057678821654 | 134.39171478238728 | 31.433884397563784 | 80.031938480363 |
| 2024-02 | 70.75382474769391 | 116.24963587839073 | 30.860339427751963 | 74.84380441387086 |
| 2024-03 | 71.2036632734521 | 119.16966704243963 | 29.407879873036475 | 93.95319338874256 |
| 2024-04 | 70.00511244604226 | 128.9459969296698 | 32.39499670782283 | 101.08736169753374 |
| 2024-05 | 72.21037543944732 | 114.91624411333187 | 32.860720415229295 | 107.62797910564207 |
| 2024-06 | 73.22422768349398 | 125.35890226214876 | 32.89206222091179 | 67.19973027737153 |
| 2024-07 | 72.09095138884703 | 130.94257886444495 | 33.68697757854195 | 169.17108993538628 |
| 2024-08 | 73.75641136932738 | 126.57472975607426 | 33.868821255813806 | 92.54098655652611 |
| 2024-09 | 78.1597963517434 | 122.1375002511958 | 30.67590155674122 | 85.79597552253135 |
| 2024-10 | 78.79965443042565 | 139.87318850137936 | 32.52773056119953 | 80.56256993173719 |
| 2024-11 | 78.895164776061 | 135.80431317105035 | 34.83251152193386 | 90.61184719073184 |
| 2024-12 | 76.46998353640294 | 133.5623294447146 | 35.59770670291947 | 69.35473220161606 |
| 2025-01 | 75.31580004013283 | 151.6173337775129 | 36.580242704132246 | 79.8269954104792 |
| 2025-02 | 78.6761212821591 | 139.2279608040045 | 34.39013902662811 | 66.47460048958742 |
| 2025-03 | 77.74710728468604 | 151.09262258477443 | 32.56750521252183 | 91.31812667576926 |
| 2025-04 | 77.04482070345149 | 150.2508314512288 | 35.292164245202954 | 109.62302247354597 |
| 2025-05 | 78.57732753144232 | 141.60666365482322 | 38.18658893544187 | 70.928032591608 |
| 2025-06 | 78.65503318710358 | 148.48211546006473 | 34.40880850342653 | 67.85947863133111 |
| 2025-07 | 77.90728954332108 | 165.86866117482475 | 34.3743697045546 | 87.73066644761536 |
| 2025-08 | 81.17143503795359 | 154.2915782533784 | 39.29764627420463 | 92.24865452382511 |
| 2025-09 | 84.64064051366233 | 147.56909628531912 | 36.65316453046143 | 64.98666356142735 |
| 2025-10 | 85.6668373465424 | 142.14736773450213 | 38.19947019457067 | 77.61313207536622 |
| 2025-11 | 84.98007457705661 | 150.2458830470029 | 40.612192909947304 | 78.37585677940993 |
| 2025-12 | 82.35152474865585 | 147.42411274613198 | 40.88329384421782 | 58.31389584252929 |
| 2026-01 | 81.52510217273466 | 167.4045515434628 | 41.48123838474192 | 70.7911170751772 |
| 2026-02 | 85.41608032160362 | 152.8545637427815 | 38.83232016483174 | 65.9449877997443 |
| 2026-03 | 80.62285090742228 | 151.02107833213867 | 34.19722060741391 | 70.12568560500921 |
| 2026-04 | 77.67682451036038 | 128.14435319435557 | 39.04092300575977 | 82.03575980206972 |
| 2026-05 | 79.25709184919693 | 139.06622527019482 | 40.59069979115526 | 78.807162459017 |
| 2026-06 | 80.05665388979858 | 132.6319001796963 | 43.57642353991536 | 75.71179716965024 |
| 2026-07 | 79.98379943307032 | 165.5189666677746 | 37.011349958140904 | 82.63501885692926 |
| 2026-08 | 82.48726758712405 | 147.20889777158644 | 41.61386656019268 | 79.88780998449192 |
| 2026-09 | 85.97515649867681 | 138.36040187138337 | 39.44940797181563 | 57.35496920860583 |
Source: Dubai Land Department via Dubai Data Establishment
New versus renewal pressure
Monthly contracts split by registration type.
| Period | New | Renew |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-10 | 31163 | 23398 |
| 2021-11 | 30289 | 22716 |
| 2021-12 | 27364 | 23324 |
| 2022-01 | 27968 | 39959 |
| 2022-02 | 25629 | 25968 |
| 2022-03 | 25333 | 26313 |
| 2022-04 | 24196 | 25159 |
| 2022-05 | 19972 | 22399 |
| 2022-06 | 23342 | 21969 |
| 2022-07 | 22384 | 27451 |
| 2022-08 | 25980 | 26835 |
| 2022-09 | 28710 | 28967 |
| 2022-10 | 31899 | 31218 |
| 2022-11 | 32055 | 30334 |
| 2022-12 | 25813 | 30770 |
| 2023-01 | 28966 | 46322 |
| 2023-02 | 26762 | 31267 |
| 2023-03 | 27319 | 32533 |
| 2023-04 | 23578 | 31716 |
| 2023-05 | 24818 | 28207 |
| 2023-06 | 24913 | 27971 |
| 2023-07 | 24961 | 32446 |
| 2023-08 | 28290 | 32386 |
| 2023-09 | 31791 | 34065 |
| 2023-10 | 34535 | 36600 |
| 2023-11 | 33219 | 35183 |
| 2023-12 | 30365 | 34783 |
| 2024-01 | 31568 | 50686 |
| 2024-02 | 31253 | 37359 |
| 2024-03 | 29718 | 34529 |
| 2024-04 | 23556 | 34978 |
| 2024-05 | 29051 | 31729 |
| 2024-06 | 23582 | 31428 |
| 2024-07 | 27928 | 34767 |
| 2024-08 | 28346 | 35999 |
| 2024-09 | 30318 | 37445 |
| 2024-10 | 28107 | 39471 |
| 2024-11 | 27345 | 37620 |
| 2024-12 | 23935 | 37076 |
| 2025-01 | 28244 | 53131 |
| 2025-02 | 25246 | 37551 |
| 2025-03 | 23378 | 39135 |
| 2025-04 | 22409 | 35948 |
| 2025-05 | 23527 | 33764 |
| 2025-06 | 20696 | 33287 |
| 2025-07 | 23785 | 36910 |
| 2025-08 | 27116 | 38326 |
| 2025-09 | 29397 | 39529 |
| 2025-10 | 31698 | 40373 |
| 2025-11 | 28054 | 38315 |
| 2025-12 | 24711 | 37382 |
| 2026-01 | 28244 | 54219 |
| 2026-02 | 25730 | 37282 |
| 2026-03 | 19519 | 38184 |
| 2026-04 | 21577 | 34528 |
| 2026-05 | 20588 | 32217 |
| 2026-06 | 23720 | 31135 |
| 2026-07 | 26505 | 33605 |
| 2026-08 | 28444 | 31596 |
| 2026-09 | 32294 | 28231 |
Source: Dubai Land Department via Dubai Data Establishment
Residential subtypes
Top 0 subtypes by contract volume · monthly periods · rent per area in AED/sqft/yr.
Monthly
How are average annual rents moving by subtype?
Average contracted annual rent per subtype, per month.
Source: Dubai Land Department via Dubai Data Establishment
How is rent per area moving by subtype?
Average rent per sqft per subtype, per month; shown only where unit area is available.
Source: Dubai Land Department via Dubai Data Establishment
Methodology & caveats
- Physical-unit rental metrics exclude virtual Ejari, land leases, and whole-asset leases.
- Rent per area depends on available unit area fields and is omitted where missing.
- Subtype charts cover the five residential subtypes with the highest contract volume.
- Quarter and year periods aggregate complete months only, with contract-weighted rates.