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Dubai metro fare calculator

The same nol fare applies to the metro, the tram and public buses. It depends on your card and on how many zones you cross — not on distance, and not on how long you sit on the train.

Card

SilverPersonal (Blue)GoldRed ticket

Journey

Within 1 zone2 adjacent zonesMore than 2 zones

How many journeys

1246101420304060

How this is worked out

AED 3

Silver card, within 1 zone: AED 3 per journey — RTA× 1 journey= AED 3

AED 6

Silver card, within 1 zone: AED 3 per journey — RTA× 2 journeys= AED 6

AED 12

Silver card, within 1 zone: AED 3 per journey — RTA× 4 journeys= AED 12

AED 18

Silver card, within 1 zone: AED 3 per journey — RTA× 6 journeys= AED 18

AED 30

Silver card, within 1 zone: AED 3 per journey — RTA× 10 journeys= AED 30

AED 42

Silver card, within 1 zone: AED 3 per journey — RTA× 14 journeys= AED 42

AED 60

Silver card, within 1 zone: AED 3 per journey — RTA× 20 journeys= AED 60

AED 90

Silver card, within 1 zone: AED 3 per journey — RTA× 30 journeys= AED 90

AED 120

Silver card, within 1 zone: AED 3 per journey — RTA× 40 journeys= AED 120

AED 180

Silver card, within 1 zone: AED 3 per journey — RTA× 60 journeys= AED 180

AED 5

Silver card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 5 per journey — RTA× 1 journey= AED 5

AED 10

Silver card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 5 per journey — RTA× 2 journeys= AED 10

AED 20

Silver card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 5 per journey — RTA× 4 journeys= AED 20

AED 30

Silver card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 5 per journey — RTA× 6 journeys= AED 30

AED 50

Silver card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 5 per journey — RTA× 10 journeys= AED 50

AED 70

Silver card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 5 per journey — RTA× 14 journeys= AED 70

AED 100

Silver card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 5 per journey — RTA× 20 journeys= AED 100

AED 150

Silver card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 5 per journey — RTA× 30 journeys= AED 150

AED 200

Silver card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 5 per journey — RTA× 40 journeys= AED 200

AED 300

Silver card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 5 per journey — RTA× 60 journeys= AED 300

AED 7.50

Silver card, more than 2 zones: AED 7.50 per journey — RTA× 1 journey= AED 7.50

AED 15

Silver card, more than 2 zones: AED 7.50 per journey — RTA× 2 journeys= AED 15

AED 30

Silver card, more than 2 zones: AED 7.50 per journey — RTA× 4 journeys= AED 30

AED 45

Silver card, more than 2 zones: AED 7.50 per journey — RTA× 6 journeys= AED 45

AED 75

Silver card, more than 2 zones: AED 7.50 per journey — RTA× 10 journeys= AED 75

AED 105

Silver card, more than 2 zones: AED 7.50 per journey — RTA× 14 journeys= AED 105

AED 150

Silver card, more than 2 zones: AED 7.50 per journey — RTA× 20 journeys= AED 150

AED 225

Silver card, more than 2 zones: AED 7.50 per journey — RTA× 30 journeys= AED 225

AED 300

Silver card, more than 2 zones: AED 7.50 per journey — RTA× 40 journeys= AED 300

AED 450

Silver card, more than 2 zones: AED 7.50 per journey — RTA× 60 journeys= AED 450

AED 3

Personal (Blue) card, within 1 zone: AED 3 per journey — RTA× 1 journey= AED 3

AED 6

Personal (Blue) card, within 1 zone: AED 3 per journey — RTA× 2 journeys= AED 6

AED 12

Personal (Blue) card, within 1 zone: AED 3 per journey — RTA× 4 journeys= AED 12

AED 18

Personal (Blue) card, within 1 zone: AED 3 per journey — RTA× 6 journeys= AED 18

AED 30

Personal (Blue) card, within 1 zone: AED 3 per journey — RTA× 10 journeys= AED 30

AED 42

Personal (Blue) card, within 1 zone: AED 3 per journey — RTA× 14 journeys= AED 42

AED 60

Personal (Blue) card, within 1 zone: AED 3 per journey — RTA× 20 journeys= AED 60

AED 90

Personal (Blue) card, within 1 zone: AED 3 per journey — RTA× 30 journeys= AED 90

AED 120

Personal (Blue) card, within 1 zone: AED 3 per journey — RTA× 40 journeys= AED 120

AED 180

Personal (Blue) card, within 1 zone: AED 3 per journey — RTA× 60 journeys= AED 180

AED 5

Personal (Blue) card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 5 per journey — RTA× 1 journey= AED 5

AED 10

Personal (Blue) card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 5 per journey — RTA× 2 journeys= AED 10

AED 20

Personal (Blue) card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 5 per journey — RTA× 4 journeys= AED 20

AED 30

Personal (Blue) card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 5 per journey — RTA× 6 journeys= AED 30

AED 50

Personal (Blue) card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 5 per journey — RTA× 10 journeys= AED 50

AED 70

Personal (Blue) card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 5 per journey — RTA× 14 journeys= AED 70

AED 100

Personal (Blue) card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 5 per journey — RTA× 20 journeys= AED 100

AED 150

Personal (Blue) card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 5 per journey — RTA× 30 journeys= AED 150

AED 200

Personal (Blue) card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 5 per journey — RTA× 40 journeys= AED 200

AED 300

Personal (Blue) card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 5 per journey — RTA× 60 journeys= AED 300

AED 7.50

Personal (Blue) card, more than 2 zones: AED 7.50 per journey — RTA× 1 journey= AED 7.50

AED 15

Personal (Blue) card, more than 2 zones: AED 7.50 per journey — RTA× 2 journeys= AED 15

AED 30

Personal (Blue) card, more than 2 zones: AED 7.50 per journey — RTA× 4 journeys= AED 30

AED 45

Personal (Blue) card, more than 2 zones: AED 7.50 per journey — RTA× 6 journeys= AED 45

AED 75

Personal (Blue) card, more than 2 zones: AED 7.50 per journey — RTA× 10 journeys= AED 75

AED 105

Personal (Blue) card, more than 2 zones: AED 7.50 per journey — RTA× 14 journeys= AED 105

AED 150

Personal (Blue) card, more than 2 zones: AED 7.50 per journey — RTA× 20 journeys= AED 150

AED 225

Personal (Blue) card, more than 2 zones: AED 7.50 per journey — RTA× 30 journeys= AED 225

AED 300

Personal (Blue) card, more than 2 zones: AED 7.50 per journey — RTA× 40 journeys= AED 300

AED 450

Personal (Blue) card, more than 2 zones: AED 7.50 per journey — RTA× 60 journeys= AED 450

AED 6

Gold card, within 1 zone: AED 6 per journey — RTA× 1 journey= AED 6

AED 12

Gold card, within 1 zone: AED 6 per journey — RTA× 2 journeys= AED 12

AED 24

Gold card, within 1 zone: AED 6 per journey — RTA× 4 journeys= AED 24

AED 36

Gold card, within 1 zone: AED 6 per journey — RTA× 6 journeys= AED 36

AED 60

Gold card, within 1 zone: AED 6 per journey — RTA× 10 journeys= AED 60

AED 84

Gold card, within 1 zone: AED 6 per journey — RTA× 14 journeys= AED 84

AED 120

Gold card, within 1 zone: AED 6 per journey — RTA× 20 journeys= AED 120

AED 180

Gold card, within 1 zone: AED 6 per journey — RTA× 30 journeys= AED 180

AED 240

Gold card, within 1 zone: AED 6 per journey — RTA× 40 journeys= AED 240

AED 360

Gold card, within 1 zone: AED 6 per journey — RTA× 60 journeys= AED 360

AED 10

Gold card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 10 per journey — RTA× 1 journey= AED 10

AED 20

Gold card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 10 per journey — RTA× 2 journeys= AED 20

AED 40

Gold card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 10 per journey — RTA× 4 journeys= AED 40

AED 60

Gold card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 10 per journey — RTA× 6 journeys= AED 60

AED 100

Gold card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 10 per journey — RTA× 10 journeys= AED 100

AED 140

Gold card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 10 per journey — RTA× 14 journeys= AED 140

AED 200

Gold card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 10 per journey — RTA× 20 journeys= AED 200

AED 300

Gold card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 10 per journey — RTA× 30 journeys= AED 300

AED 400

Gold card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 10 per journey — RTA× 40 journeys= AED 400

AED 600

Gold card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 10 per journey — RTA× 60 journeys= AED 600

AED 15

Gold card, more than 2 zones: AED 15 per journey — RTA× 1 journey= AED 15

AED 30

Gold card, more than 2 zones: AED 15 per journey — RTA× 2 journeys= AED 30

AED 60

Gold card, more than 2 zones: AED 15 per journey — RTA× 4 journeys= AED 60

AED 90

Gold card, more than 2 zones: AED 15 per journey — RTA× 6 journeys= AED 90

AED 150

Gold card, more than 2 zones: AED 15 per journey — RTA× 10 journeys= AED 150

AED 210

Gold card, more than 2 zones: AED 15 per journey — RTA× 14 journeys= AED 210

AED 300

Gold card, more than 2 zones: AED 15 per journey — RTA× 20 journeys= AED 300

AED 450

Gold card, more than 2 zones: AED 15 per journey — RTA× 30 journeys= AED 450

AED 600

Gold card, more than 2 zones: AED 15 per journey — RTA× 40 journeys= AED 600

AED 900

Gold card, more than 2 zones: AED 15 per journey — RTA× 60 journeys= AED 900

AED 4

Red ticket card, within 1 zone: AED 4 per journey — RTA× 1 journey= AED 4

AED 8

Red ticket card, within 1 zone: AED 4 per journey — RTA× 2 journeys= AED 8

AED 16

Red ticket card, within 1 zone: AED 4 per journey — RTA× 4 journeys= AED 16

AED 24

Red ticket card, within 1 zone: AED 4 per journey — RTA× 6 journeys= AED 24

AED 40

Red ticket card, within 1 zone: AED 4 per journey — RTA× 10 journeys= AED 40

AED 56

Red ticket card, within 1 zone: AED 4 per journey — RTA× 14 journeys= AED 56

AED 80

Red ticket card, within 1 zone: AED 4 per journey — RTA× 20 journeys= AED 80

AED 120

Red ticket card, within 1 zone: AED 4 per journey — RTA× 30 journeys= AED 120

AED 160

Red ticket card, within 1 zone: AED 4 per journey — RTA× 40 journeys= AED 160

AED 240

Red ticket card, within 1 zone: AED 4 per journey — RTA× 60 journeys= AED 240

AED 6

Red ticket card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 6 per journey — RTA× 1 journey= AED 6

AED 12

Red ticket card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 6 per journey — RTA× 2 journeys= AED 12

AED 24

Red ticket card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 6 per journey — RTA× 4 journeys= AED 24

AED 36

Red ticket card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 6 per journey — RTA× 6 journeys= AED 36

AED 60

Red ticket card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 6 per journey — RTA× 10 journeys= AED 60

AED 84

Red ticket card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 6 per journey — RTA× 14 journeys= AED 84

AED 120

Red ticket card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 6 per journey — RTA× 20 journeys= AED 120

AED 180

Red ticket card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 6 per journey — RTA× 30 journeys= AED 180

AED 240

Red ticket card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 6 per journey — RTA× 40 journeys= AED 240

AED 360

Red ticket card, 2 adjacent zones: AED 6 per journey — RTA× 60 journeys= AED 360

AED 8.50

Red ticket card, more than 2 zones: AED 8.50 per journey — RTA× 1 journey= AED 8.50

AED 17

Red ticket card, more than 2 zones: AED 8.50 per journey — RTA× 2 journeys= AED 17

AED 34

Red ticket card, more than 2 zones: AED 8.50 per journey — RTA× 4 journeys= AED 34

AED 51

Red ticket card, more than 2 zones: AED 8.50 per journey — RTA× 6 journeys= AED 51

AED 85

Red ticket card, more than 2 zones: AED 8.50 per journey — RTA× 10 journeys= AED 85

AED 119

Red ticket card, more than 2 zones: AED 8.50 per journey — RTA× 14 journeys= AED 119

AED 170

Red ticket card, more than 2 zones: AED 8.50 per journey — RTA× 20 journeys= AED 170

AED 255

Red ticket card, more than 2 zones: AED 8.50 per journey — RTA× 30 journeys= AED 255

AED 340

Red ticket card, more than 2 zones: AED 8.50 per journey — RTA× 40 journeys= AED 340

AED 510

Red ticket card, more than 2 zones: AED 8.50 per journey — RTA× 60 journeys= AED 510

This total is our arithmetic, not a published figure. Every input above is quoted from the source named beside it; the addition is ours, and it is shown line by line so you can check it. The single-journey fares are RTA’s and apply identically to the metro, the tram and public buses. A Red ticket also costs AED 2 to buy and is valid for 90 days, which is not in this total. Above roughly twenty journeys a pass is usually cheaper — the pass calculator works out where the line falls.

Gold costs exactly double, everywhere

Across all three zone bands, a Gold fare is precisely twice the Silver fare — AED 6 against 3, AED 10 against 5, AED 15 against 7.50. Gold buys you the front carriage, and RTA prices it as a flat doubling rather than a supplement. That is our observation of RTA’s own table, and it is the kind of thing a calculator makes visible that a price list does not.

The Red ticket sits between the two, and is the only one with a purchase cost on top. The full fare tables, the passes, and what RTA still has online from 2011.

The other calculators

All of them work the same way: published inputs, named sources, the arithmetic shown, and the missing pieces stated.

Common questions

How much is a Dubai Metro ticket?

With a Silver or Personal Blue nol card, RTA publishes AED 3 within one zone, AED 5 across two adjacent zones and AED 7.50 for more than two zones. A Gold card is exactly double at every band. A Red ticket is AED 4, AED 6 and AED 8.50, plus AED 2 to buy the ticket itself.

Is the metro fare the same as the bus and tram?

Yes. RTA publishes one nol fare table that applies to the metro, the tram and public buses alike. The zone you travel through decides the price, not the mode.

What is a zone in the Dubai Metro?

RTA prices journeys by how many of its fare zones you pass through, not by distance or time. One zone, two adjacent zones, or more than two — those are the only three bands, and the fare stops rising after the third.

Do children pay on the Dubai Metro?

RTA publishes free travel for children under a stated height, and a separate concession card for students and for people of determination. The single-fare table used here is the standard adult one, so a family total calculated above will be higher than what you actually pay if a child qualifies.

Is there a daily cap on nol fares in Dubai?

RTA publishes single-journey fares and pass prices and does not publish a daily cap between the two. If one exists it is not in any source we could find, so this calculator applies none — your total for many journeys in one day is simply the fare multiplied out.

Can I use one nol card for two people?

RTA publishes no statement either permitting or forbidding it for Silver and Red products, and the Personal Blue card is by definition tied to a named holder. Because the consequence of getting this wrong is a penalty fare, this is one to confirm with RTA rather than to infer from silence.

When does a nol pass become cheaper than single journeys?

It depends on your card and zones. Our nol pass calculator sets the published pass price against the published single fare and shows the number of journeys where the pass wins — that division is our arithmetic and is labelled as such on the page.

Page updated 2026-09-08 — wording or links, not the facts aboveEvery figure in this calculator is quoted from a published source and was checked on 3 September 2026Sources: RTA’s published nol fare table, verified 3 September 2026.Reviewed by Dan-Ionuț CiobanuFound a figure that has changed? Tell us.