Gear up, Dubai residents. Parking at Dubai Mall is about to cost you a few dirhams starting July 1. The move towards implementing a paid parking system in collaboration with Salik was announced earlier this year. Developers and mall owners Emaar have confirmed that the paid system will kick in next Monday.
However, here’s the good news – paid parking applies only to certain sections of the mall. Leaving your car in the Grand Parking, Cinema Parking, and Fashion Parking will be paid. But Zabeel and Fountain Views parking will continue to remain free.
Dubai Mall parking free for up to 4 hours
As for the charges, there’s more good news: parking is free for the first four hours on weekdays and the first six hours on weekends. After the complimentary period, parking charges will apply starting from AED 20 for five to six hours on weekdays and AED 80 for six to seven hours on weekends. Parking your car overnight inside Dubai Mall will cost you AED 1,000.
Find the full breakdown of parking charges below.
Weekdays
Hours Rate
0 – 4 AED 0
4 – 5 AED 20
5 – 6 AED 60
6 – 7 AED 80
7 – 8 AED 100
Over 8 AED 200
Over 12 AED 500
Over 24 AED 1000
Weekends
Hours Rate
0 – 4 AED 0
4 – 5 AED 0
5 – 6 AED 0
6 – 7 AED 80
7 – 8 AED 100
Over 8 AED 200
Over 12 AED 500
Over 24 AED 1000
The introduction of a paid parking system is to free up spaces so guests can find parking more easily. Who amongst us (who drives) hasn’t cut laps around the mall’s multilevel parking searching for parking?
Besides, the Salik toll system promises a seamless parking solution without any gates or barriers, so traffic will flow in and out of the mall smoothly.
This is just one of the many enhancements that Dubai Mall is introducing. The most visited place on Earth announced a massive AED 1.5 billion expansion plan that will add hundreds of luxury stores and F&B outlets.