Cost of living comparison
Dubai is 16.6% more expensive than Austria.
If you lived in Dubai instead of Austria, you would:
pay 41.7% less for restaurants
Austria
|
Dubai
|
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$15.33
€14.22
|
$10.89
AED40.00
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$10.30
€9.56
|
$9.53
AED35.00
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.98
€2.77
|
$1.11
AED4.07
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$2.26
€2.10
|
$0.73
AED2.69
|
|
pay 28.4% less for groceries
Austria
|
Dubai
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$2.50
€2.32
|
$1.60
AED5.89
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$8.22
€7.63
|
$4.82
AED17.70
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$5.57
€5.16
|
$7.28
AED26.74
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$4.01
€3.72
|
$3.27
AED12.03
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$5.79
€5.37
|
$3.44
AED12.64
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.16
€1.08
|
$1.03
AED3.77
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.95
€0.88
|
$0.87
AED3.18
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$1.30
€1.21
|
$0.80
AED2.95
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.84
€1.71
|
$0.72
AED2.63
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.94
€0.87
|
$0.45
AED1.64
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.84
€0.78
|
$0.55
AED2.02
|
|
pay 4.8% more for transportation
Austria
|
Dubai
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$6.51
€6.04
|
$3.13
AED11.51
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$49.62
€46.04
|
$81.68
AED300.00
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$26,063.58
€24,180.49
|
$40,838.55
AED150,000.00
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$19.69
€18.27
|
$9.80
AED36.00
|
|
pay 88.0% more for housing
Austria
|
Dubai
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$36.32
€33.69
|
$95.37
AED350.28
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$871.49
€808.53
|
$2,113.07
AED7,761.30
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$685.35
€635.84
|
$1,295.45
AED4,758.18
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$267.95
€248.59
|
$154.69
AED568.17
|
|
pay 29.8% more for childcare
Austria
|
Dubai
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$469.56
€435.64
|
$743.00
AED2,729.03
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$14,286.41
€13,254.22
|
$14,478.49
AED53,179.49
|
|
pay 67.8% more for entertainment and sports
Austria
|
Dubai
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$4.59
€4.26
|
$12.25
AED45.00
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$3.54
€3.28
|
$5.87
AED21.55
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$6.46
€6.00
|
$6.26
AED23.00
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$44.34
€41.14
|
$89.64
AED329.25
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$12.69
€11.77
|
$13.61
AED50.00
|
|
pay 3.8% less for clothing
Austria
|
Dubai
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$85.15
€79.00
|
$62.44
AED229.34
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$46.34
€43.00
|
$58.54
AED215.00
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$89.08
€82.64
|
$97.26
AED357.24
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$125.31
€116.26
|
$95.12
AED349.36
|
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