Property guide · Dubai and Abu Dhabi
Dubai and Abu Dhabi communities
Dubai and Abu Dhabi areas side by side: the price paid per square metre, drive times to the airports and downtown, metro, beaches, schools and new projects.
- Checked2026-09-08
Areas
Prices and drive times, area by area
For each area: the price level with its source, drive times to the airports and the centre, and what is already built there.
Dubai Science Park
AED 18,588/m²DLDAll flats, registered sales
Flats in new towers inside a business park of labs and offices, between Al Barsha and Dubai Hills Estate: prices paid per square metre, mostly off-plan.
Dubai South
AED 13,280/m²DLDAll flats, registered sales
Freehold flats around Al Maktoum Airport, mostly bought off-plan: prices paid per square metre, drive times to both airports, an airport expansion still ahead.
Dubailand
AED 15,349/m²DLDDubai Land Residence Complex: all flats, registered sales
A marketing name for south-east Dubai: villa communities such as DAMAC Lagoons and DAMAC Islands, flat prices per square metre, Global Village, no metro.
Mohammed Bin Rashid City
AED 21,341/m²DLDSobha Heartland: all flats, registered sales
Mohammed Bin Rashid City in practice: Sobha Hartland and District One with their prices paid per square metre, the Ras Al Khor wildlife sanctuary, drive times.
Saadiyat Island
about AED 43,100/m²Knight FrankApartments
Abu Dhabi's island of museums and beaches: the Louvre, NYU Abu Dhabi, schools, nurseries, freehold for foreign buyers, flat and villa prices per square metre.
Business Bay
AED 25,942/m²DLDAll flats, registered sales
Flats along the Dubai Canal beside Downtown: prices paid per square metre for ready and off-plan units, the Business Bay metro and water bus, minutes to DIFC.
Downtown Dubai
AED 28,854/m²DLDBurj Khalifa: all flats, registered sales
Flats around Burj Khalifa and Dubai Mall: prices paid per square metre for ready and off-plan units, the metro, Dubai Opera, minutes to DIFC and the beach.
Dubai Creek Harbour
AED 28,344/m²DLDAl Khairan First: all flats, registered sales
Emaar's towers on Dubai Creek, mostly bought off-plan: prices paid per square metre, a Blue Line metro station due in 2029, and a wildlife sanctuary next door.
Dubai Hills Estate
AED 26,126/m²DLDHadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid: all flats, registered sales
Emaar's golf-course estate on Al Khail Road: villa and flat prices paid per square metre, a park, schools and Dubai Hills Mall, minutes to Downtown, no metro.
Dubai Marina
AED 19,987/m²DLDAll flats, registered sales
A finished waterfront district bought mostly as resale: prices paid per square metre, metro, tram and water transport all stopping here, the beach minutes away.
Jumeirah Village Circle
AED 15,596/m²DLDAll flats, registered sales
Flats and villas in Nakheel's Jumeirah Village Circle, mostly built by other developers: prices paid per square metre, parks, Circle Mall, and no metro yet.
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Drive times from the road map, not brochures
Schools, stations and beaches are counted from OpenStreetMap on a stated date, and a price level always names the report it comes from.
Schools, nurseries, stations and beaches are counted from OpenStreetMap on a stated date; drive times are computed on its road graph, never quoted from marketing. A price level is printed only as the report's own claim, with the report named.
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