Dubai South vs Palm Jebel Ali
At the median, Palm Jebel Ali asks AED 2,501 per sqft against AED 1,847 in Dubai South, 35% dearer per sqft. Half of Palm Jebel Ali inventory sits between AED 2,266 and AED 2,927 per sqft, against AED 1,528 to AED 2,155 in Dubai South.
Dubai South carries the larger pipeline: 136 tracked off-plan projects and 4,518 priced units, against 48 projects and 94 priced units in Palm Jebel Ali.
Payment plans are lighter before handover in Dubai South: the median plan asks 50% before keys across 176 published plans, against 80% across 42 plans in Palm Jebel Ali.
Price per sqft, and the band around it
Dot is the median AED per sqft, bar is p25 to p75. Figures after each name are the median AED per sqft and the priced units.
- Palm Jebel Ali2,501 94
- Dubai South1,847 4,518
Dot is the median asking price per sqft, bar is the middle half of the priced inventory. Bases are 4,518 priced units in Dubai South and 94 in Palm Jebel Ali.
Side by side
| Metric | Dubai South | Palm Jebel Ali |
|---|---|---|
| Off-plan projects tracked | 136 | 48 |
| Priced units | 4,518 | 94 |
| Median AED per sqft | 1,847 | 2,501 |
| AED per sqft, p25 to p75 | 1,528 to 2,155 | 2,266 to 2,927 |
| Median asking price | AED 1.34M | AED 18.1M |
| Lowest starting price | AED 426K | AED 2.50M |
| Median paid before handover | 50% | 80% |
| Plans with a post-handover tail | 34% | 0% |
| Peak handover year | 2028 (49 projects) | 2028 (23 projects) |
| Active developers | 66 | 1 |
Every figure is computed by OffplanIndex over developer-published unit inventories and payment plans. Rows a community cannot answer are left out rather than filled in. Not investment advice.
Price
Dubai South is the cheaper side per sqft, at AED 1,847 against AED 2,501 in Palm Jebel Ali, so Palm Jebel Ali is 35% dearer per sqft. On the typical unit that reads as AED 1.34M for a median 891 sqft home in Dubai South, against AED 18.1M for a median 7,724 sqft home in Palm Jebel Ali.
Inventory is weighted differently. Dubai South is dominated by 2 BR units, 1,663 priced records at a median AED 1,998 per sqft and AED 2.41M a unit. Palm Jebel Ali leans to 5 BR units, 32 records at AED 2,206 per sqft and AED 18.1M a unit.
Entry pricing: the lowest published starting price is AED 426K in Dubai South and AED 2.50M in Palm Jebel Ali.
Supply and delivery
Dubai South peaks in 2028, when 49 of its 136 tracked projects are scheduled to hand over. Palm Jebel Ali peaks in 2028 with 23 of 48. Published handover dates move, so read them as developer intent rather than a delivered date.
Of the projects tracked, 35% in Dubai South and 20% in Palm Jebel Ali are listed as sold out or out of stock, which is the share of the pipeline no longer taking new bookings at listed prices.
66 developers are active in Dubai South, led by Emaar, Dubai South Properties, Azizi. Palm Jebel Ali has 1, led by Nakheel.
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Source: OffplanIndex derived analytics, built 2026-09-02 from developer-published project facts and unit inventories aggregated from public portals (latest observation 2026-07-30). All statistics are computed by OffplanIndex; no third-party database is reproduced. See the methodology and data policy. Not investment advice.