Where should you
actually live in Dubai?
The data knows.
Your budget, your commutes, your life — Roostrate ranks every community in Dubai by what it really costs, how long your drives really take, and what living there is really like. Built on official Dubai Land Department records and the real road network. Not listings. Not broker talk. Buying as an investment? We rank that too — with real Ejari yields.
- Registered sales, 12 mo
- 186,128
- Communities ranked
- 113
- Citywide AED/sqft, YoY
- -2.6%
Why trust the ranking
Drives, not distances
Pick the places your week revolves around — office, school run, the airport — and we score every community by actual drive time on the real road network. A "nearby" area behind the wrong interchange loses to a farther one on a clear run.
Registered data, not asking prices
Prices and rents come from actual DLD registrations and Ejari contracts — matched within the same property class and bedroom count. Listings can lie; the registry can't. Data through 2026-09-17.
Cautions, not just selling points
Off-plan supply pressure, price volatility, thin markets, long hauls — every recommendation shows what's wrong with it too. Investment outlooks come as conservative / base / optimistic scenarios, never promises.