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Cost of Living in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Prices in Dubai

IndexInfo
Consumer Price Index (Excl.Rent): 71.35
Rent Index: 63.54
Groceries Index: 61.82
Restaurants Index: 65.33
Consumer Price Plus Rent Index: 67.58
Local Purchasing Power: 131.12

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Restaurants [Edit] Median
Range
Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant 30.00 AED
23.46
40.00
Meal for 2, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course 150.00 AED
100.00
220.37
Combo Meal at McDonalds or Similar 20.00 AED
18.00
25.00
Domestic Beer (0.5 liter draught) 30.00 AED
18.36
36.73
Imported Beer (0.33 liter bottle) 29.52 AED
24.60
35.00
Cappuccino (regular) 14.69 AED
10.00
18.00
Coke/Pepsi (0.33 liter bottle) 1.50 AED
1.50
2.00
Water (0.33 liter bottle) 1.10 AED
1.00
2.00
 
Markets [Edit] Median
Milk (regular), 1 liter 5.07 AED
4.00
6.26
Loaf of Fresh White Bread (500g) 3.98 AED
3.49
5.00
Rice (1kg) 5.00 AED
3.75
8.00
Eggs (12) 9.39 AED
7.00
12.86
Local Cheese (1kg) 36.73 AED
29.38
80.00
Chicken Breasts (Boneless, Skinless), (1kg) 24.00 AED
18.36
30.00
Apples (1kg) 8.00 AED
7.00
11.00
Oranges (1kg) 7.00 AED
4.38
10.00
Tomato (1kg) 5.00 AED
5.00
10.00
Potato (1kg) 3.67 AED
2.97
5.00
Lettuce (1 head) 4.00 AED
3.00
6.00
Water (1.5 liter bottle) 2.00 AED
1.50
3.13
Bottle of Wine (Mid-Range) 73.46 AED
50.00
90.00
Domestic Beer (0.5 liter bottle) 25.00 AED
20.00
30.00
Imported Beer (0.33 liter bottle) 23.02 AED
15.00
25.00
Pack of Cigarettes (Marlboro) 8.29 AED
7.97
10.00
 
Transportation [Edit] Median
One-way Ticket (Local Transport) 4.80 AED
4.00
5.80
Monthly Pass (Regular Price) 200.00 AED
150.00
265.69
Taxi Start (Normal Tariff) 3.50 AED
3.00
10.00
Taxi 1km (Normal Tariff) 1.62 AED
1.50
2.00
Taxi 1hour Waiting (Normal Tariff) 50.00 AED
30.00
100.00
Gasoline (1 liter) 1.75 AED
1.71
2.00
Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (Or Equivalent New Car) 62,500.00 AED
55,000.00
72,000.00
 
Utilities (Monthly) [Edit] Median
Basic (Electricity, Heating, Water, Garbage) for 85m2 Apartment 495.83 AED
400.00
600.00
1 min. of Prepaid Mobile Tariff Local (No Discounts or Plans) 0.30 AED
0.30
0.37
Internet (6 Mbps, Unlimited Data, Cable/ADSL) 270.00 AED
200.00
325.00
 
Sports And Leisure [Edit] Median
Fitness Club, Monthly Fee for 1 Adult 383.64 AED
300.00
458.19
Tennis Court Rent (1 Hour on Weekend) 75.00 AED
50.00
110.19
Cinema, International Release, 1 Seat 35.00 AED
34.89
44.07
 
Clothing And Shoes [Edit] Median
1 Pair of Jeans (Levis 501 Or Similar) 300.00 AED
165.00
367.29
1 Summer Dress in a Chain Store (Zara, H&M, ...) 179.32 AED
128.55
250.00
1 Pair of Nike Shoes 300.00 AED
240.00
404.02
1 Pair of Men Leather Shoes 400.00 AED
293.83
500.00
 
Rent Per Month [Edit] Median
Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre 5,509.35 AED
4,407.48
7,000.00
Apartment (1 bedroom) Outside of Centre 3,397.06 AED
2,938.32
4,500.00
Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre 11,018.70 AED
8,000.00
13,148.98
Apartment (3 bedrooms) Outside of Centre 8,723.84 AED
5,509.35
10,000.00
 
Buy Apartment Price [Edit] Median
Price per Square Meter to Buy Apartment in City Centre 15,979.89 AED
11,018.70
21,527.82
Price per Square Meter to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre 9,305.56 AED
7,345.80
11,069.73
 
Salaries And Financing [Edit] Median
Median Monthly Disposable Salary (After Tax) 12,855.15 AED
9,840.32
18,000.00
Mortgage Interest Rate in Percentages (%), Yearly 6.50
5.00
7.50

These data are based on 1671 entries in the past 18 months from 237 different contributors.

Last update : June, 2013

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22 Comments so far

#Vijayan on Jun 18, 2013 :
I am a Software engineer with 3 yrs of experience. I've been offered 4k salary with food, stay and accomodation in Dubai. Is it ok.. can i accept the offer?
#Cristina on Jun 17, 2013 :
Hello everybody, I am a beauty/spa therapist and I would love to move in Dubai. Can anybody help me how? I am not sure how much is the basic salary, and I got an email from a company asking how much I would expect.. I am not sure about the rent as well, the food price is similar like in UK.
#tolen on Jun 17, 2013 :
I am looking for move to Dubai for Job.What is good salary to living in Dubai for single person.
#Amjad Shaikh on Jun 17, 2013 :
I am moving to Dubai for job in adverstising agencies and per annum would be 36000 thousand AED can i survive in this salary.
#Ray on Jun 12, 2013 :
@#sivakumar - AED 8000 is ok if only you and your wife are here. With a Kid it might get diffcult as School fees are high.

@MJ - AED 15,000 salary is quite good esp if you are single. Yuo will be able to save and enjoy a very decent life.
#sivakumar on Jun 10, 2013 :
hi... I got job with 8000 AED in Dubai... I ve planned to bring my family(wife and 3 year old son) here... is this salary will be sufficient to lead life.................. plz reply
#MJ on Jun 10, 2013 :
I have an job offer with salary 15000 AED.
Is it enough for living and saving some money?
#Ali on Jun 06, 2013 :
@jasmin akter ... The rent varies in different parts of Dubai.....You can get a decent 1 bedroom apartment for AED 45,000 per year in places like Bur Dubai or Oud Metha.....The cost for a 1 BHK in area's like Shk Zayed or JBR can cost between 80,000 to 120,000....check sites like dubizzle.com for rent info....

@Amy ... The prices are accurate.... If you keep buying your groceries from Spinney or Waitrose obviously you will end up paying 20dhs per kilo for tomatoes(I am assuming its important from Netherlands or some other euro country...Go to Lulu or carrefour from where you can purchase local veggies at a fraction of the price.... With 165k you can get a 5 bedroom villa in Mirdiff.....Please move from your comfy apartment in JBR\Lakes\Marina & check the rents out in other parts of Dubai...
#jasmin akter on May 23, 2013 :
my family's Canadian citizen we want to live in Dubai city 4-5 years so can we live in Dubai? if we do live in Dubai what will we do? can you give an answer to us?
#olu on May 20, 2013 :
How much AED is the equivalent of 1dollar?
#vikas raghuwanshi on May 18, 2013 :
Hi...how much salary should i take in hand during my job in dubai..so that i can live decent life....in UAE....
#Mukesh Worah on May 12, 2013 :
Hi...how much salary should i take in hand during my job in dubai..so that i can live decent life....in UAE....
#DS on Apr 20, 2013 :
.....domestic beer is halal beer. Doh!
#Kari Desselle on Apr 11, 2013 :
Would love move to your own sweet part of paradise. live in the U.S.at this time I'm wanting to broaden my horizons..I do massage therapy and prior to that was into Hotel Management. just looking for suggestions. Thanks...Kari
#Koko on Mar 18, 2013 :
I just got back from a market called geian tomato was around 2 a kilo for domestic one, 25 for ones from Holland
#Anonymous on Nov 26, 2012 :
Amy, 1 average lettuce head has around 262g, so the price is around 22 / 4 =
5.5 AED.
#Anwarsuk on Nov 21, 2012 :
The prices sounds almost the market average. If you buy everything from Waitrose or Spinneys it is different. Check it in Carrefour and LuLu. You get good quality tomoto for Aed 5/- or less, not organic but. I found the prices shown are closer to reality as I believe majority of population lives in a moderate life style. If you want rents in downtown here someone else will tell the rent in Burj Khalifa is far higher!
#Amy on Nov 20, 2012 :
Please do something about this information agree with Karolina prices are up by 30% from June .
Lettuce (1 head) 3.67 AED they do not sell Lettuce by the head it is by the kilo and today the kilo is 22 Dirham @= $6.11
You can always by the local it look like lettuce but tastes nothing like it
Domestic Beer ???? "What are you talking about ?"(0.5 liter bottle) 25.00 AED please post Brand name as far as I know there no such thing as Domestic beer
Median Monthly Disposable Salary (After Tax) 12,000.00 AED . who gave you this number .
Based on Dubai numbers
You might want to check other sources
for reliable information
#Karolina on Oct 20, 2012 :
1 kg of tomatoes for 5 AED ?? Where?? In Waitrose 25 AED, Hyperpanda 20 AED, Spinneys 20!! Chicken breasts cost 20 AED but for HALF kilo not 1! And never seen such a cheap cheese either. I could continue like this with most of the prices provided on numbeo - please tell me where do you shop for the groceries, as I would be very happy to buy at these prices. The rents in downtown are much higher as well, you don't find a 3 bed apartment for less that 165000 per year, that's 13,750 per month minimum!
#Malia on Jan 24, 2012 :
There is no tax on income (a top reason people even move to Dubai in the first place!)
#Mahesh Samarth on Jun 18, 2011 :
But this cost is increasing day by day and price varies a lot shop by shop
#Gyuzel Shabaykina on Feb 22, 2011 :
there is no Domestic Beer or any alcohol in Dubai as it's Islamic city. But there are imported drinks.

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