Buying a studio in Dubai: prices across every area
The studio is the smallest tradeable unit and for many buyers the first step into the market. The sale register records it as its own property type, so it is not estimated from floor area. The spread between areas is wide: medians run from AED 436,455 to AED 1,390,000. Source: Dubai Land Department, sale contract register, September 2026.
Resale studios by area
The first table covers areas with at least 40 sale contracts, sorted by median. Jumeirah Village Circle leads on sample size with 417 registered studio purchases at a median of AED 581,000. Business Bay follows on 274 contracts at AED 935,000. Two register names to note: Downtown Dubai appears as Burj Khalifa, and Dubai Sports City as Al Hebiah Fourth, a register area that also covers parts of Tilal Al Ghaf, so that row is not pure Sports City.
| Area | Type | Sale contracts | Median | Middle half (p25 to p75) | Median per m2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai Sports City | Studio | 195 | AED 436,455 | AED 380,000 to AED 504,000 | AED 10,672 |
| Dubai South | Studio | 86 | AED 470,000 | AED 400,000 to AED 499,000 | AED 12,020 |
| Al Furjan | Studio | 70 | AED 540,300 | AED 330,000 to AED 575,000 | AED 13,371 |
| Arjan | Studio | 219 | AED 550,000 | AED 480,000 to AED 610,000 | AED 14,248 |
| Jumeirah Village Circle | Studio | 417 | AED 581,000 | AED 500,000 to AED 630,000 | AED 13,523 |
| Business Bay | Studio | 274 | AED 935,000 | AED 750,000 to AED 1,150,000 | AED 21,293 |
| Downtown Dubai | Studio | 43 | AED 1,080,000 | AED 860,000 to AED 1,485,481 | AED 21,940 |
Source: Dubai Land Department, sale contract register, September 2026.
The last column is the interesting one. A studio in Dubai Sports City trades at AED 10,672 per m2, one in Business Bay at AED 21,293 and one in Downtown Dubai at AED 21,940 per m2, roughly double for the same property type. The gap in headline price is therefore not only about location but about how much floor area the money buys.
Dubai Marina is absent from this table. Its studio purchases ran largely through a single project selling at one fixed price, registered a hundred times over, which put the median and the upper quartile on the same figure. That is a developer price rather than a market median, so the group was removed from the data behind this page and is not estimated back in here.
Areas with thin samples
Five areas carry too few studio contracts for a reliable statement. They are listed separately so the table above stays clean.
| Area | Type | Sale contracts | Median | Middle half (p25 to p75) | Median per m2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town Square | Studio | 18 | AED 505,000 | AED 470,000 to AED 550,000 | AED 16,076 |
| Mirdif | Studio | 6 | AED 548,000 | AED 432,000 to AED 620,000 | AED 10,655 |
| Motor City | Studio | 18 | AED 630,000 | AED 540,000 to AED 675,000 | AED 10,225 |
| Dubai Hills | Studio | 15 | AED 800,000 | AED 640,000 to AED 940,000 | AED 20,757 |
| Palm Jumeirah | Studio | 22 | AED 1,390,000 | AED 1,250,000 to AED 1,600,000 | AED 35,775 |
Source: Dubai Land Department, sale contract register, September 2026. Palm Jumeirah is the most expensive studio floor area in this reading at AED 35,775 per m2 from 22 contracts; Motor City the cheapest at AED 10,225 per m2 from 18 contracts. Both rest on very few cases. Town Square shows a median of AED 505,000 from 18 contracts, again too thin to state as a market price.
Off-plan studios
Off-plan studios trade separately and cost noticeably more per square metre than resale ones.
| Area | Type | Sale contracts | Median | Middle half (p25 to p75) | Median per m2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Furjan | Studio | 31 | AED 590,730 | AED 572,220 to AED 625,670 | AED 18,774 |
| Dubai South | Studio | 62 | AED 597,812 | AED 553,656 to AED 711,648 | AED 17,406 |
| Dubai Sports City | Studio | 135 | AED 612,750 | AED 538,780 to AED 751,290 | AED 15,341 |
| Jumeirah Village Circle | Studio | 345 | AED 746,278 | AED 667,000 to AED 815,360 | AED 19,446 |
| Arjan | Studio | 346 | AED 789,832 | AED 632,000 to AED 826,999 | AED 19,767 |
| Motor City | Studio | 64 | AED 800,000 | AED 750,000 to AED 856,813 | AED 20,870 |
| Business Bay | Studio | 94 | AED 1,177,000 | AED 1,024,000 to AED 1,313,000 | AED 27,173 |
Source: Dubai Land Department, sale contract register, September 2026. Arjan as an example: AED 19,767 per m2 off-plan from 346 contracts against AED 14,248 per m2 in resale from 219 contracts.
What a studio rents for
Five areas carry both studio sale contracts and registered new leases. The rent figures therefore get their own table, together with the calculation. Dubai Marina cannot be calculated: with the studio group removed there is no purchase median to divide by. Source: Dubai Land Department, Ejari contract register, September 2026, new contracts only.
| Area | Sale contracts | Median sale price | Rent contracts | Median monthly rent | Annual rent | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai Sports City | 195 | AED 436,455 | 576 | AED 3,333 | AED 39,996 | 9.2 percent |
| Arjan | 219 | AED 550,000 | 719 | AED 3,750 | AED 45,000 | 8.2 percent |
| Jumeirah Village Circle | 417 | AED 581,000 | 752 | AED 3,750 | AED 45,000 | 7.7 percent |
| Downtown Dubai | 43 | AED 1,080,000 | 90 | AED 6,023 | AED 72,276 | 6.7 percent |
| Business Bay | 274 | AED 935,000 | 733 | AED 5,000 | AED 60,000 | 6.4 percent |
Source: Dubai Land Department, sale contract register, September 2026. Source: Dubai Land Department, Ejari contract register, September 2026, new contracts only. Gross means before service charges, vacancy and maintenance.
Questions and answers
What does a studio in Dubai cost at the median?
It depends entirely on the area. The best evidenced resale figures: AED 581,000 in Jumeirah Village Circle from 417 sale contracts, AED 935,000 in Business Bay from 274, AED 550,000 in Arjan from 219 and AED 436,455 in Dubai Sports City from 195.
Where is studio gross yield highest?
Dubai Sports City: AED 3,333 monthly rent across 576 lease contracts is AED 39,996 a year, against a purchase median of AED 436,455 from 195 sale contracts, which gives 9.2 percent. Arjan follows at 8.2 percent on AED 45,000 of annual rent from 719 leases. Business Bay sits at the other end with 6.4 percent.
Why is a studio dearer per square metre than a larger apartment?
Because the rate per m2 falls as size rises. In Downtown Dubai the studio sits at AED 21,940 per m2 across 43 contracts, in Business Bay at AED 21,293 per m2. The lowest ticket price buys the dearest square metres.
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