East Dubai rent: the area average and the contract register
The three eastern districts people compare against each other are quoted at AED 3,836 a month in Al Qusais, AED 4,795 in Ras Al Khor and AED 6,854 in Nad Al Hamar. Those are area averages from the Betterhomes area guides at bhomes.com/area-guides, as of 1 September 2026, published there as annual rents of AED 46,027, AED 57,540 and AED 82,246. The monthly figures on this page are those annual figures divided by twelve. The guide publishes no sample size for them, so this page states no case count for these three lines, and none should be read into them.
The three eastern area figures
Area averages from an estate agency guide, annual rent in AED. Monthly = annual divided by twelve. No case count is published for these lines.
| District | What is being averaged | Per year | Per month | Contracts behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Qusais | area average, all sizes | AED 46,027 | AED 3,836 | not published |
| Ras Al Khor | area average, all sizes | AED 57,540 | AED 4,795 | not published |
| Nad Al Hamar | area average, all sizes | AED 82,246 | AED 6,854 | not published |
Read as a group these three do one useful thing: they show that east is not a price. Ras Al Khor is AED 11,513 a year above Al Qusais, AED 959 a month. Nad Al Hamar is AED 36,219 a year above Al Qusais, AED 3,018 a month, and AED 24,706 above Ras Al Khor. It also lands above the old city: Bur Dubai in the same guide is AED 70,079 a year, AED 12,167 below Nad Al Hamar, and AED 5,840 a month, AED 1,014 below it. The direction of travel is not a compass bearing.
What the tenancy register says about the same corner of the city
The register does not carry districts called Al Qusais, Ras Al Khor or Nad Al Hamar. Ejari books this side of the city under its own names, and four of them sit in and around these communities: Al Nahda Second and Muhaisanah Fourth on the Al Qusais side, Mirdif and Al Warsan First further south towards the Ras Al Khor road. The boundaries are not the same lines the agency guide draws, and that is part of why the numbers differ. What the register does give is a size and a sample: below are the two bedroom medians from registered new tenancy contracts, 539 of them across the four districts.
Registered new tenancy contracts, monthly rent in AED. Annual column = monthly median times twelve. Source: Dubai Land Department, Ejari tenancy register, September 2026.
| Register district | Registered new contracts | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile | Median per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirdif | 152 | AED 5,833 | AED 6,416 | AED 7,500 | AED 76,992 |
| Al Nahda Second | 199 | AED 4,750 | AED 5,416 | AED 5,833 | AED 64,992 |
| Muhaisanah Fourth | 138 | AED 4,875 | AED 5,416 | AED 6,083 | AED 64,992 |
| Al Warsan First | 50 | AED 4,666 | AED 5,375 | AED 6,166 | AED 64,500 |
The east is not primarily a two bedroom market, though, and the smaller sizes are where the volume is. Across the same four districts the studio, one and two bedroom lines below rest on 2,514 registered new contracts, and Al Warsan First alone carries 596 studio contracts, more than any other line on this page.
Median monthly rent from registered new tenancy contracts, with the number of contracts behind each figure in brackets.
| Register district | Studio | One bedroom | Two bedrooms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mirdif | AED 4,083 (30) | AED 4,916 (90) | AED 6,416 (152) |
| Al Nahda Second | AED 3,916 (135) | AED 4,416 (305) | AED 5,416 (199) |
| Muhaisanah Fourth | AED 2,916 (84) | AED 4,166 (202) | AED 5,416 (138) |
| Al Warsan First | AED 2,583 (596) | AED 3,666 (533) | AED 5,375 (50) |
Two different measurements, standing side by side
Now put the two sources next to each other, which is the only reason this page exists. An agency area average is one number for a whole district with no sample size and no size breakdown. A register median is what tenants signed for a stated number of rooms, with the contract count printed beside it. Neither is a correction of the other, and they must never share a column.
Left column: agency area guide, no case count. Right column: tenancy register, with registered new contracts in brackets.
| Agency area average | Register median nearby | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Al Qusais AED 3,836 | Al Nahda Second studio AED 3,916 (135 contracts) | register AED 80 higher |
| Al Qusais AED 3,836 | Al Nahda Second two bedrooms AED 5,416 (199 contracts) | register AED 1,580 higher |
| Nad Al Hamar AED 6,854 | Mirdif two bedrooms AED 6,416 (152 contracts) | register AED 438 lower |
| Ras Al Khor AED 4,795 | Al Warsan First one bedroom AED 3,666 (533 contracts) | register AED 1,129 lower |
The first row is the one that explains the rest. The Al Qusais area average of AED 3,836 lands almost exactly on the register median for a studio in Al Nahda Second, and AED 1,580 a month below the two bedroom median there. An area average is dragged down by whatever small units dominate the district, so it reads like a cheap district when it is really a district full of small flats. Nad Al Hamar shows the same thing in reverse: its average of AED 6,854 sits AED 438 above what a two bedroom flat was actually signed for in Mirdif on 152 contracts. Whoever budgets by the area average alone will overpay in one direction and be surprised in the other.
What we cannot show you
There is no register district in our extract named Al Qusais, Ras Al Khor or Nad Al Hamar, so no line on this page pairs an agency average with a register median for exactly the same ground. The four register districts are neighbours, not translations. Where a difference is printed above, read it as the distance between two measurements taken in the same corner of the city, not as a like for like correction. The studio spread inside the register alone makes the point: AED 4,083 in Mirdif against AED 2,583 in Al Warsan First is AED 1,500 a month between two districts a short drive apart.
Where the register figures are set out in full
The companion page, Deira two bedroom rent from the tenancy register, takes the register route through the northern half of the same corridor, with quartiles, contract counts and the deposit and fee arithmetic on top of the first month. For the creek districts and where their published averages come from, see rent in old Dubai: Deira, Al Rigga and Bur Dubai.
Questions and answers
How much is rent in Al Qusais per month?
AED 3,836 as an area average, AED 46,027 a year, from the Betterhomes area guides as of 1 September 2026. No case count is published with that figure.
Is east Dubai cheap?
Only partly. Al Qusais at AED 46,027 a year is the cheapest of the three averages, but Nad Al Hamar at AED 82,246 is AED 36,219 higher and even sits AED 12,167 above the Bur Dubai average of AED 70,079.
Why is the register median higher than the area average?
Because they count different things. The area average mixes all sizes with no published sample; the register median is per size. A two bedroom flat in Al Nahda Second was signed at AED 5,416 on 199 contracts, AED 1,580 above the Al Qusais area average.
What does a studio cost in this part of the city?
From AED 2,583 in Al Warsan First on 596 registered contracts to AED 4,083 in Mirdif on 30.
Which of the three areas is the cheapest?
Al Qusais, at AED 3,836 a month against AED 4,795 in Ras Al Khor and AED 6,854 in Nad Al Hamar.
Area averages: Betterhomes area guides, bhomes.com/area-guides, as of 1 September 2026. Annual rents; the monthly figure on this page is that annual figure divided by twelve. The guide publishes no case count, so none is claimed here. Register figures: Dubai Land Department, Ejari tenancy contract register, as of September 2026. New tenancies only; renewals and bulk contracts over several flats are excluded. Every new batch of register figures goes into the channel first: t.me/dxbradar.