Dubailand vs Meydan
At the median, Meydan asks AED 2,425 per sqft against AED 2,189 in Dubailand, 11% dearer per sqft. Half of Meydan inventory sits between AED 2,151 and AED 2,844 per sqft, against AED 1,900 to AED 2,355 in Dubailand.
Dubailand carries the larger pipeline: 108 tracked off-plan projects and 2,507 priced units, against 51 projects and 720 priced units in Meydan.
Payment plans are lighter before handover in Meydan: the median plan asks 50% before keys across 88 published plans, against 60% across 112 plans in Dubailand.
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.
Dot is the median asking price per sqft, bar is the middle half of the priced inventory. Bases are 2,507 priced units in Dubailand and 720 in Meydan.
Side by side
| Metric | Dubailand | Meydan |
|---|---|---|
| Off-plan projects tracked | 108 | 51 |
| Priced units | 2,507 | 720 |
| Median AED per sqft | 2,189 | 2,425 |
| AED per sqft, p25 to p75 | 1,900 to 2,355 | 2,151 to 2,844 |
| Median asking price | AED 895K | AED 2.58M |
| Lowest starting price | AED 396K | AED 480K |
| Median paid before handover | 60% | 50% |
| Plans with a post-handover tail | 7% | 6% |
| Peak handover year | 2028 (33 projects) | 2023 (24 projects) |
| Active developers | 23 | 35 |
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
Dubailand is the cheaper side per sqft, at AED 2,189 against AED 2,425 in Meydan, so Meydan is 11% dearer per sqft. On the typical unit that reads as AED 895K for a median 471 sqft home in Dubailand, against AED 2.58M for a median 1,007 sqft home in Meydan.
Inventory is weighted differently. Dubailand is dominated by studios, 1,271 priced records at a median AED 2,351 per sqft and AED 796K a unit. Meydan leans to 1 BR units, 375 records at AED 2,403 per sqft and AED 2.00M a unit.
Entry pricing: the lowest published starting price is AED 396K in Dubailand and AED 480K in Meydan.
Supply and delivery
Dubailand peaks in 2028, when 33 of its 108 tracked projects are scheduled to hand over. Meydan peaks in 2023 with 24 of 51. Published handover dates move, so read them as developer intent rather than a delivered date.
Of the projects tracked, 24% in Dubailand and 48% in Meydan are listed as sold out or out of stock, which is the share of the pipeline no longer taking new bookings at listed prices.
23 developers are active in Dubailand, led by Aldar, DAMAC, Azizi. Meydan has 35, led by Azizi, Binghatti, Gulf Land.
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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.