Most expensive Dubai communities by off-plan price per sqft
Of the 135 Dubai communities with tracked off-plan inventory, 77 have at least 30 priced unit records, which is the bar for a ranked price per sqft. This page publishes the 25 most expensive of them by median asking price per sqft, as of July 2026. The other end of the same distribution has a page of its own, and the complete list of all 77 sits on the communities index.
Jumeirah sits at the expensive end at AED 6,951 per sqft, 244% above the Dubai-wide off-plan median of AED 2,021. Palm Jebel Ali closes this table at AED 2,501, so the 25 published here span 2.8x on their own, against 6.2x across all 77. The median of the 77 community medians is AED 1,982 per sqft.
The ten most expensive all sit at or above AED 3,463 per sqft, on a median asking price of AED 7.24M. Price per sqft is the honest comparison here because unit sizes differ: a cheap headline price often buys less floor area.
The ranking
Dot is the median AED per sqft, bar is p25 to p75, dashed rule is the Dubai median at 2,021. Figures after each name are the median AED per sqft and the base count.
- Jumeirah6,951 57
- Palm Jumeirah5,629 261
- Dubai Marina4,678 203
- DIFC4,181 41
- Dubai Harbour4,124 278
- Bur Dubai3,936 30
- Sheikh Zayed Road3,691 138
- Nad Al Sheba3,552 2,987
- Al Wasl3,528 246
- Downtown Dubai3,463 231
- Jabal Ali3,200 564
- Business Bay3,188 1,458
- Dubai Design District3,167 151
- Dubai Maritime City3,140 513
- World of Islands2,997 51
- Sobha Central2,924 710
- Dubai Media City2,852 30
- Jebel Ali2,819 999
- Jumeirah Islands2,700 218
- City Walk2,698 314
The first 20 of 25 rows, in the order of the table below. Where a row publishes a p25 to p75 band it is drawn as the bar; where it does not, only the median is plotted.
| # | Community | Median AED/sqft | p25 to p75 | Median price | Projects | Priced units | Pre-handover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jumeirah | 6,951 | 6,152 to 7,391 | AED 36.6M | 16 | 57 | 60% |
| 2 | Palm Jumeirah | 5,629 | 4,000 to 7,619 | AED 21.0M | 30 | 261 | 60% |
| 3 | Dubai Marina | 4,678 | 2,689 to 5,390 | AED 11.9M | 20 | 203 | 60% |
| 4 | DIFC | 4,181 | 3,224 to 7,244 | AED 7.70M | 6 | 41 | 65% |
| 5 | Dubai Harbour | 4,124 | 3,800 to 5,238 | AED 7.08M | 21 | 278 | 68% |
| 6 | Bur Dubai | 3,936 | 3,714 to 4,045 | AED 4.33M | 5 | 30 | 60% |
| 7 | Sheikh Zayed Road | 3,691 | 1,881 to 6,929 | AED 4.59M | 10 | 138 | 50% |
| 8 | Nad Al Sheba | 3,552 | 3,419 to 3,779 | AED 2.35M | 25 | 2,987 | 70% |
| 9 | Al Wasl | 3,528 | 2,822 to 4,055 | AED 7.39M | 14 | 246 | 55% |
| 10 | Downtown Dubai | 3,463 | 2,748 to 5,723 | AED 5.93M | 24 | 231 | 60% |
| 11 | Jabal Ali | 3,200 | 3,175 to 3,224 | AED 2.12M | 2 | 564 | 60% |
| 12 | Business Bay | 3,188 | 2,650 to 3,664 | AED 3.61M | 68 | 1,458 | 60% |
| 13 | Dubai Design District | 3,167 | 2,652 to 3,310 | AED 4.88M | 10 | 151 | 50% |
| 14 | Dubai Maritime City | 3,140 | 2,462 to 3,892 | AED 2.81M | 37 | 513 | 50% |
| 15 | World of Islands | 2,997 | 2,800 to 4,314 | AED 1.82M | 7 | 51 | 80% |
| 16 | Sobha Central | 2,924 | 2,879 to 2,960 | AED 2.12M | 2 | 710 | 60% |
| 17 | Dubai Media City | 2,852 | 2,642 to 3,466 | AED 5.74M | 2 | 30 | 60% |
| 18 | Jebel Ali | 2,819 | 2,749 to 2,870 | AED 2.20M | 31 | 999 | 50% |
| 19 | Jumeirah Islands | 2,700 | 2,422 to 2,882 | AED 3.88M | 13 | 218 | 60% |
| 20 | City Walk | 2,698 | 2,306 to 3,234 | AED 3.67M | 13 | 314 | 70% |
| 21 | Umm Suqeim | 2,646 | 2,012 to 3,154 | AED 3.15M | 6 | 103 | 50% |
| 22 | Jumeirah Lake Towers | 2,581 | 2,216 to 2,710 | AED 2.45M | 22 | 283 | 60% |
| 23 | Bukadra | 2,560 | 2,333 to 2,904 | AED 2.63M | 32 | 1,353 | 60% |
| 24 | Al Sufouh | 2,556 | 2,430 to 2,772 | AED 3.11M | 5 | 42 | 40% |
| 25 | Palm Jebel Ali | 2,501 | 2,266 to 2,927 | AED 18.1M | 48 | 94 | 80% |
How this is computed
Price per sqft is the asking price of a unit divided by its built-up area, taken from developer-published unit inventories and unit-type starting prices, then aggregated per community. A community is ranked only when it has at least 30 priced unit records, so a single small launch cannot move it. The table stops at 25 rather than printing all 77: the opposite end of this distribution is its own page, and publishing the whole list on both would be the same table twice. p25 to p75 is the middle half of the distribution and is the number to read when the median looks surprising. Pre-handover is the median share of the purchase price due before keys across that community's published payment plans, and is blank where no plans are published. Outliers beyond plausible price and size bounds are dropped before any statistic is computed. Figures are OffplanIndex aggregates over developer-published project facts and unit inventories, not a copy of any listing database.
Full definitions, exclusion rules and sources are in the methodology, and what we do and do not republish is set out in the data policy. Built 2026-09-02 from data observed to 2026-07-30. Not investment advice.
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