How long does it take to drive from Town Square (free-flow, no traffic)
On an empty road (free-flow, no traffic), the median Town Square building is 21 minutes from Mall of the Emirates (20.9 km), 30 minutes from Dubai Marina Mall (29.0 km), 30 minutes from DIFC Gate (33.8 km) and 31 minutes from Dubai Mall (33.0 km).
Free-flow, no traffic. These drive times are calculated on empty roads (OSRM public router from each building pin) and do not include peak-hour traffic at 08:00 or 18:00. For what residents and news reports say about morning queues and the 2025–2026 RTA exits, read Town Square roads, traffic, parking and transport.
Median empty-road drive times and distances from Town Square
| Destination | Median time (free-flow, no traffic) | Fastest to slowest building | Median road distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mall of the Emirates | 21 min | 20–22 min | 20.9 km |
| Kite Beach | 27 min | 25–28 min | 26.8 km |
| Dubai Marina Mall | 30 min | 28–31 min | 29.0 km |
| DIFC Gate | 30 min | 29–32 min | 33.8 km |
| Dubai Mall | 31 min | 30–32 min | 33.0 km |
| DWC airport | 37 min | 35–38 min | 31.9 km |
| DXB Terminal 3 | 49 min | 47–50 min | 44.9 km |
Source: OSRM road router from each of the 82 Town Square building pins in our database (free-flow, no traffic, read 23 October 2026).
Main highway exits and the 2025–2026 RTA road upgrades
Town Square sits at the junction of Al Qudra Road (D63) and Emirates Road (E611), with Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road (E311) to the west.
Every drive out of Town Square joins either Al Qudra Road (D63) heading west toward Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road (E311), Umm Suqeim Street, Mall of the Emirates and Dubai Marina, or Emirates Road (E611) heading north toward Sharjah and Academic City or south toward Expo City and Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC).
| Access point / corridor | Connects to | Status | Reported details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Qudra Road (D63) main access | E311, Umm Suqeim St, Mall of the Emirates, Downtown | Open; widening announced Feb 2025 | RTA announced an AED 798 million project on 23 Feb 2025 to widen Al Qudra Street over 3.4 km from the E611 junction and cut corridor travel time from 9.4 minutes to 2.8 minutes (Khaleej Times). |
| Emirates Road (E611) direct exit | E611 north and south | Opened 20 May 2025 | Opened by RTA after residents reported morning exit queues of up to an hour (Khaleej Times, 20 May 2025). |
| Al Yalayis 2 entrance & U-turn | Al Qudra Road / Al Yalayis 2 | Opened 21 Aug 2026 | RTA completed a new community entrance, U-turn and traffic-signal upgrades in August 2026 to separate entering and exiting traffic (Gulf News, 21 Aug 2026). |
| Southern link road to E611 | Southern Town Square & development zone to E611 | Planned phase (announced Feb 2025) | 4.8-km link road plus 4.8-km widening of Emirates Road announced by RTA on 23 Feb 2025. |
Inside the community, townhouse clusters at the southern and eastern edges (such as Maha, Noor, Reem and Shams Townhouses) add 2 to 4 minutes of internal boulevard driving compared with the apartment towers around Central Park and the northern Al Qudra gate (such as UNA, Liva, Rawda and Hayat Boulevard).
Empty-road drive times by Town Square building (82 buildings)
Every Town Square building and townhouse cluster in our database, ordered by 12-month sales volume, with its empty-road drive time in minutes (free-flow, no traffic).
| Building / cluster | Type | Mall of the Emirates | Dubai Marina Mall | DIFC Gate | Dubai Mall | DWC Airport | DXB T3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosewell | apartments | 20 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 36 | 48 |
| Evelyn on the Park | apartments | 21 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 36 | 49 |
| Fiori | apartments | 21 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 37 | 49 |
| Nshama Camden | apartments | 20 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 36 | 48 |
| Maha Townhouses | villas or townhouses | 21 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 36 | 48 |
| Olbia | apartments | 22 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 49 |
| The Hamilton | apartments | 21 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 37 | 48 |
| Holland Gardens | apartments | 20 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 36 | 48 |
| Liva | apartments | 21 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 36 | 48 |
| The Mayfair | apartments | 21 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 37 | 49 |
| Alton | apartments | 21 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 37 | 48 |
| Belmont | apartments | 21 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 36 | 49 |
| Noor Townhouses | villas or townhouses | 21 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 38 | 49 |
| UNA Apartments | apartments | 21 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 36 | 49 |
| The Regent | apartments | 21 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 37 | 48 |
| Odessa | apartments | 22 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 49 |
| Symphony On The Park | apartments | 21 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 37 | 49 |
| Zahra Breeze Apartments 3A | apartments | 21 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 37 | 48 |
| Ascot Residences | apartments | 22 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 38 | 49 |
| Ayala on the Park | apartments | 21 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 37 | 48 |
| Berkshire Park | apartments | 21 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 37 | 49 |
| Grove | apartments | 21 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 37 | 49 |
| The Baltimore | apartments | 21 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 37 | 49 |
| The Diplomat Residences | apartments | 21 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 37 | 49 |
| Augusta | apartments | 21 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 38 | 49 |
| Jenna Main Square 2 | apartments | 21 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 37 | 48 |
| Lana On The Park | apartments | 22 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 38 | 49 |
| Zahra Apartments 2A | apartments | 20 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 36 | 48 |
| Zahra Breeze Apartments 3B | apartments | 20 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 36 | 48 |
| Aria On The Park | apartments | 21 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 38 | 49 |
| Hayat Boulevard 1A | apartments | 20 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 37 | 48 |
| Rawda Apartments 1 | apartments | 21 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 38 | 49 |
| Haya On The Park | apartments | 22 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 49 |
| Hayat Boulevard 2A | apartments | 20 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 37 | 48 |
| Jenna Main Square 1 | apartments | 22 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 38 | 49 |
| Naseem Townhouses | villas or townhouses | 21 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 36 | 48 |
| Parkviews | apartments | 20 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 36 | 47 |
| Safi Townhouses | villas or townhouses | 22 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 37 | 50 |
| Safi 1A | apartments | 21 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 36 | 49 |
| Safi 2A | apartments | 21 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 36 | 49 |
| Kaya | apartments | 22 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 38 | 50 |
| Rawda Apartments 2 | apartments | 21 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 36 | 49 |
| Shams Townhouses | villas or townhouses | 22 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 49 |
| Reem Townhouses | villas or townhouses | 20 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 35 | 47 |
| Hillcrest | apartments | 22 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 37 | 50 |
| Parkside | apartments | 22 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 49 |
| Safi 1B | apartments | 21 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 49 |
| Sama Townhouses | villas or townhouses | 21 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 37 | 49 |
| Zahra Breeze Apartments 4A | apartments | 21 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 38 | 49 |
| Ellison By Nshama Properties | apartments | 22 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 38 | 49 |
| FIA | apartments | 22 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 37 | 50 |
| Hayat Boulevard 1B | apartments | 21 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 37 | 48 |
| Savannah | apartments | 22 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 50 |
| Zahra Apartments 1A | apartments | 20 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 36 | 48 |
| Elaya | apartments | 22 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 37 | 50 |
| Zahra Apartments 2B | apartments | 20 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 36 | 48 |
| Hayat Boulevard 2B | apartments | 20 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 36 | 47 |
| Warda Apartments 1 | apartments | 21 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 37 | 49 |
| Lexington | apartments | 22 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 50 |
| Warda Apartments 2 | apartments | 21 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 37 | 49 |
| Safi 2B | apartments | 21 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 49 |
| Zahra Apartments 1B | apartments | 21 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 37 | 48 |
| Al Qudra 1 | use not known | 22 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 50 |
| Al Qudra 2 | use not known | 22 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 37 | 50 |
| Al Qudra Building 3 | apartments | 22 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 49 |
| Al Qudra Building 4 | apartments | 21 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 36 | 49 |
| Al Qudra Towers | villas or townhouses | 22 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 37 | 50 |
| Aria | use not known | 21 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 37 | 48 |
| Aria at Town Square | use not known | 21 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 37 | 48 |
| Hayat Boulevard 1 Podium | use not known | 21 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 37 | 48 |
| Hayat Boulevard 2 Podium | use not known | 20 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 36 | 48 |
| Hayat Townhouses | villas or townhouses | 20 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 36 | 47 |
| ORA By Nshama Properties | apartments | 22 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 37 | 50 |
| One Town Square | use not known | 22 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 50 |
| Rawda Apartments 3 | apartments | 22 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 50 |
| Rawda Apartments 4 | apartments | 22 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 49 |
| Town Square Community Center | shops | 21 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 37 | 49 |
| Warda 1 | use not known | 21 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 37 | 49 |
| Zahra Breeze Apartments 3 Podium | apartments | 21 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 37 | 48 |
| Zahra Breeze Apartments 4 Podium | apartments | 22 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 38 | 49 |
| Zahra Breeze Apartments 4B | apartments | 22 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 38 | 49 |
| Zahra Townhouses | villas or townhouses | 22 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 49 |
Source: OSRM public road router from building coordinates (free-flow, no traffic, 23 October 2026).
Common questions about Town Square drive times and traffic
Are these Town Square drive times measured in rush hour?
No. The table figures on this page are free-flow, empty-road times from OSRM with no traffic. Peak-hour queues at 08:00 and 18:00 add time at the Al Qudra Road and E611 exits.
How far is Town Square from Mall of the Emirates and Dubai Marina?
On an empty road, the median Town Square building is 20.9 km (21 minutes free-flow) from Mall of the Emirates and 29.0 km (30 minutes free-flow) from Dubai Marina Mall via Al Qudra Road (D63) and E311.
How far is Town Square from DIFC and Downtown Dubai?
On an empty road, the median Town Square building is 33.8 km (30 minutes free-flow) from DIFC Gate and 33.0 km (31 minutes free-flow) from Dubai Mall.
Which airport is closer to Town Square, DWC or DXB?
Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC) is closer at 31.9 km (37 minutes free-flow via Emirates Road E611), compared with 44.9 km (49 minutes free-flow) to Dubai International Airport Terminal 3 (DXB).
Town Square market context
Across Town Square, the Dubai Land Department recorded 2,056 home sales in the 12 months to 23 October 2026, with apartments selling at a median of AED 1,564 per sq ft. A median needs 10 or more sales.