Curtain Prices in Dubai 2026: Cost per Sqm for Sheer, Blackout, Linen and Motorized

By the Curtain Installation Dubai team · 10 min read · Updated October 2026

Made-to-measure curtains in Dubai cost AED 45 to AED 120 per square metre in 2026, depending on the fabric, plus AED 99 per window for fitting. Sheer sits at the lower end of that range, blackout in the middle and linen at the top.

A 3 m x 2.7 m bedroom window in blackout works out at about AED 445 for the curtain, or roughly AED 545 fitted. Motors, new tracks and a second layer add to that. The tables below show what each fabric costs, how the price is worked out and what a full apartment usually comes to.

Curtain price list Dubai 2026

These are our made-to-measure prices for 2026. The last column shows a 3 m wide x 2.7 m drop window (8.1 sqm), sewn and fitted, so you can compare fabrics on the same window.

Fitting is AED 99 per window, or AED 150 for a double track. New tracks are extra. The Somfy figure is approximate, and Wi-Fi and battery motors cost less. For noisy rooms, ask us about soundproof curtains.

How curtain prices are worked out

Every made-to-measure quote starts with the same sum: width x drop x rate per sqm, plus fitting, plus a track if you need one.

Width is the length of the track or rod, end to end, not the glass. Drop runs from the track to the floor, minus 1 cm so the hem clears it. Our curtain measuring guide shows how to take both.

Take a 2 m track with a 2.6 m drop in a sheer at AED 50 per sqm. That is 5.2 sqm, so AED 260 for the curtain. Fitting adds AED 99, which brings it to AED 359. A new track goes on top of that.

Our rate is per square metre of finished curtain, so the extra fabric for fullness is already included in it. Some shops price the fabric instead, and their numbers look lower until the fullness is added.

Per sqm, per pair or per window?

Shops in Dubai quote in three different ways, which makes prices hard to compare. Turn each one into a price per square metre first:

• Per pair (ready-made): divide the price by one panel width x its drop. A pair of 140 x 250 cm panels hangs at about 1.4 m wide once gathered, so AED 229 is about AED 65 per sqm, before shortening, hooks, a rod and fitting.
• Per window: divide the quote by track width x drop. AED 900 for a 3 m x 2.7 m window is about AED 111 per sqm.
• Per metre of fabric: multiply by the fullness (usually 2 to 2.5), then divide by the drop. AED 40 per metre at 2.5x fullness on a 2.7 m drop is about AED 37 per sqm, before stitching.

Once every quote is in AED per sqm, check what each one includes. One may cover lining, fitting and a track, and another none of them. The quote checklist below helps with that.

What you get at each price level

The rate per square metre moves with the fabric itself, not the brand name on the sample book. Four things push a fabric up or down its range: how it is woven, how heavy it is, how wide the roll is (wide rolls need no joins) and whether it has a lining or coating behind it.

Sheer: AED 45 to 70 per sqm

At the lower end you get plain polyester voile: light, easy to wash and on wide rolls, so even a wide window needs no joins. At the upper end are textured, slub and linen-look weaves that are heavier, hang in fuller folds and often have a weighted hem to fall straight. A cheaper sheer looks fine closed. The extra money shows in how it falls when it is open. See our sheer curtains.

Blackout: AED 55 to 80 per sqm

Lower-priced blackout is usually polyester with a coated back. It blocks light well, but the coating can stiffen and crack after years of strong sun. Higher up the range the fabric is heavier and softer, with linen-look and textured faces, and the best are woven-through, with the dark layer inside the weave and nothing to crack. For a west-facing bedroom, the upper end lasts longer. See blackout curtains.

Linen: AED 85 to 120 per sqm

Linen blends with polyester sit at the lower end. They crease less and hold their shape in air-conditioned rooms. Higher linen content costs more, feels heavier and has the natural slub and soft creasing people buy linen for. Pure linen can fade in direct sun, so it is often lined on bright windows. See linen curtains.

Kids: AED 80 to 110 per sqm

The print and the blackout backing set the price. Printed fabric with a coated back sits at the lower end, and a thicker blackout that keeps its colour after washing and stands up to small hands pulling on it sits higher. See kids curtains.

Soundproof curtains

These are built in layers, with a dense face fabric and heavy inner layers. The weight is what reduces noise, so they cost more and need a heavy-duty track, and they work best fitted wall to wall close to the glass. Ask us for a price, or see soundproof curtains.

Motorized curtain cost

A motorized curtain costs the fabric price plus a motor and a motorized track. A 3 m window with a Somfy motor and curtains comes to roughly AED 2,000. That figure is approximate, because the final price depends on the fabric, the width and the motor model you pick.

Somfy is not the only option. Wi-Fi motors and battery motors cost less and still open and close from your phone. Battery motors also need no wiring, which suits rented flats or windows with no power point nearby.

When a motor is worth the cost

• Glass walls or windows wider than about 3 m, where pulling heavy curtains by hand gets tiring
• High or hard-to-reach windows, such as double-height living rooms
• Homes already set up with Alexa or Google, where curtains can open on a schedule
• Bedrooms where you want blackout to close at the same time every night

On a small bedroom window, a manual track usually makes more sense, or a battery motor if you still want one. See the full range on our motorized curtains page.

Fitting, tracks and extra costs

The fabric is only part of the bill. Fitting is a fixed price per window, while tracks, motors and changes to curtains you already own are priced on their own, so check which of these a quote includes before you compare it with another.

Fitting costs AED 99 per window, or AED 150 for a double track with sheer and blackout. That covers fixing the track or rod, hanging and levelling the curtains, setting the folds and a 1-year warranty on the fitting.

Costs people often forget

• A second track: a sheer and blackout pair needs a double track, not just a second curtain.
• Gypsum ceilings: a ceiling track needs fixings long enough to reach the slab, and heavy fabrics need more of them.
• Wider tracks: a wall-to-wall track costs more than one that only covers the window, but looks cleaner and keeps more light out.
• Reusing curtains: curtains from your last home rarely fit the new windows. Shortening or re-pleating them is often cheaper than new ones, but it is still a cost to plan for.

Real examples: what common Dubai windows cost

Ranges are useful, but most people want to know what their own windows will cost. These are typical sizes we measure in Dubai apartments, priced at our 2026 rates with fitting included. The lower figure uses the cheapest fabric in each range and the higher figure the dearest.

How the 2BR figure adds up

• Living room: 10.8 sqm of sheer and blackout plus AED 150 fitting, so AED 1,230 to 1,770
• Master bedroom: the same setup on 8.64 sqm, so AED 1,015 to 1,445
• Second bedroom: 5.4 sqm of blackout plus AED 99 fitting, so AED 395 to 530

Most homes land in the middle of that range, because they spend more only where it shows, usually the living room. New tracks are extra, and motors in the living room or master bedroom would add to the total. To see your own number, send your window sizes on WhatsApp and we will price each room.

Ready-made vs made to measure: the real difference

On the shelf, a ready-made pair looks cheaper. The gap narrows once it has to fit a real Dubai window. Ready-made curtains come in a few fixed drops and widths, and most Dubai ceilings and windows do not match them, so the extra costs start at home:

• Shortening: a curtain that drags on the floor or stops short of it needs a new hem, which is an alteration quoted per panel.
• Width: one pair is often too narrow for a wide window to gather properly, so you buy a second pair and get a visible join in the middle.
• Header: most ready-mades have eyelet or tab tops made for rods. Hanging them on a ceiling track means re-pleating the top.
• Rod or track: sold separately, plus fixings and someone to fit it.
• Blackout: cheaper ready-made blackout is usually a thin coating, which can let light through at the seams and crack in strong sun.

A made-to-measure curtain arrives at the right width and drop, with the right header for your track, and fitting is part of the job. On the studio window above, that is about AED 355 to 475 fitted.

When ready-made is the smarter buy

• You are renting for less than a year.
• The window matches a standard size and already has a rod.
• It is a small sheer for a kitchen or bathroom, where an exact fit matters less.

For everything else, compare the full cost, not the price on the label.

What pushes the price up

Two curtains in the same fabric can still differ by hundreds of dirhams. These are the factors behind it, from the smallest to the biggest.

Ceiling vs wall fitting. A ceiling track sits higher than a rod, so the drop is longer and uses more fabric, and gypsum ceilings may need longer fixings into the slab. It is a small extra, and it buys a taller look with no light over the top.

Drop. Price follows height as much as width. On a 3 m track, a 3 m drop costs about AED 100 to 145 more in blackout than a 2.4 m drop.

Width. Every extra metre of track at a 2.7 m drop adds 2.7 sqm, about AED 150 to 215 in blackout. Running the track wall to wall instead of just past the frame is where this adds up.

Fullness and header. Pinch pleat and wave headers gather more fabric than eyelets to make their folds, and 2.5x fullness uses 25% more fabric than 2x. On quotes charged by the metre of fabric, you pay for every extra fold. Our rate is per square metre of finished curtain, so the fabric for normal fullness is already included.

Lining. A blackout or thermal lining adds a second layer of fabric and sewing behind the face fabric, which is why a lined linen costs more than the same linen on its own.

Double track. Adding a sheer behind a blackout on a 3 m x 2.7 m window adds about AED 365 to 570 in fabric, and fitting goes from AED 99 to AED 150.

Motor. The biggest single jump. The same 3 m window costs about AED 545 to 745 fitted in manual blackout, against roughly AED 2,000 with a Somfy motor.

How to save without it looking cheap

The trick is to spend where people look and save where they do not. These changes cut the bill without making a room feel budget:

• Blackout only where you sleep. Living rooms rarely need full darkness. A sheer on its own costs less than a sheer and blackout pair, and saves the extra AED 51 for double-track fitting.
• Spend on one room, not every room. Put the linen or the fuller pleat in the living room, where guests see it. Spare bedrooms and studies look just as good in a mid-range blackout.
• One fabric and colour across the home. Matching curtains make the flat look planned, and they read as more expensive than a mix of fabrics, even when each one costs less.
• Keep tracks that are sound. A straight, firmly fixed track can usually stay, and you pay only for the curtains and the AED 99 fitting.
• Motorize only where it helps. Put the motor on the wide glass wall or the hard-to-reach window, and keep bedrooms manual. For a single window, a battery motor costs less than Somfy.
• Alter before you replace. Curtains from your last home can often be shortened, widened or re-pleated for less than new ones. Send photos for an alteration quote.

Where not to cut corners

• West-facing bedrooms: cheap coated blackout can crack after a few summers there. The upper end of the blackout range lasts longer.
• Gypsum ceilings: a track fixed only into the board will pull out. The fixings have to reach something solid.
• Fullness: below about 2x, folds hang flat and thin. It is the quickest way to make a good fabric look cheap.

How to compare curtain quotes in Dubai

Two quotes for the same flat can be AED 1,000 apart and both be fair, because one includes things the other leaves out. Before you compare totals, make sure every quote answers these ten questions:

1. Price basis: per sqm, per window or per pair? Convert them all to AED per sqm with the method above.
2. Sizes: is the track width and drop listed for every window? A price with no sizes cannot be checked.
3. Fabric: is the fabric name or code on the quote, so you get the one you chose?
4. Fullness and header: 2x or 2.5x, and pinch pleat, wave or eyelet? A low price with thin fullness looks flat once hung.
5. Lining: is blackout or thermal lining included, or added later?
6. Track: new or reused, single or double, and which type?
7. Fitting: included, and charged per window or for the whole job?
8. Motor: are the brand and model named? "Smart motor" alone tells you nothing.
9. Warranty: how many years on the fitting, and on the motor?
10. Lead time and VAT: how many days to make and fit, and is VAT included?

Warning signs on a quote

• One total for the whole flat, with no breakdown by window
• A large discount off a high "was" price you never saw
• A motorized price that does not name the motor
• No mention of fitting, so it gets added on the day

Ask us for a quote broken down by window and you can compare it line by line with anyone else. Message us on WhatsApp.

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