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Emirate head to head · July 2026

Compare UAE emirates

Cheaper per square foot does not mean a cheaper home, and the UAE proves it twice over. Abu Dhabi sits close to Dubai on price per sqft and roughly double it on the median ticket, because it sells twice the floor area. Ras Al Khaimah asks more per sqft than Dubai outright. Each page below settles one of those questions on a single table instead of two browser tabs.

All 6 benchmarked emirates are covered, which is 15 comparisons: price per sqft and the spread around it, unit size and ticket, booking deposit and how much falls due before keys, how concentrated the book is, and when it is scheduled to hand over.

15 comparisons6 emirates2,920 projects covered
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6 emirates to choose from. Pairs that already have a written page open on it.

Dubai

2,337 projects · AED 2,021/sqft median · AED 1.91M typical · 60% before keys
vs Abu Dhabi1,981vs Ajman764vs Ras Al Khaimah2,721vs Sharjah1,193vs Umm Al Quwain2,599

Abu Dhabi

269 projects · AED 1,981/sqft median · AED 4.58M typical · 50% before keys
vs Ajman764vs Dubai2,021vs Ras Al Khaimah2,721vs Sharjah1,193vs Umm Al Quwain2,599

Sharjah

118 projects · AED 1,193/sqft median · AED 1.68M typical · 40% before keys
vs Abu Dhabi1,981vs Ajman764vs Dubai2,021vs Ras Al Khaimah2,721vs Umm Al Quwain2,599

Ras Al Khaimah

131 projects · AED 2,721/sqft median · AED 2.73M typical · 50% before keys
vs Abu Dhabi1,981vs Ajman764vs Dubai2,021vs Sharjah1,193vs Umm Al Quwain2,599

Ajman

35 projects · AED 764/sqft median · AED 1.05M typical · 50% before keys
vs Abu Dhabi1,981vs Dubai2,021vs Ras Al Khaimah2,721vs Sharjah1,193vs Umm Al Quwain2,599

Umm Al Quwain

30 projects · AED 2,599/sqft median · AED 2.05M typical · 60% before keys
vs Abu Dhabi1,981vs Ajman764vs Dubai2,021vs Ras Al Khaimah2,721vs Sharjah1,193

Chips carry the other emirate's median AED per sqft, against Dubai's 2,021. An emirate median is computed over whatever is published there, so a thin book with one large waterfront scheme reads as a market level when it is closer to a single project decision. Al Ain and Fujairah fall below the 20 project floor and have no benchmark page. See the methodology and the outside-Dubai note. Not investment advice.