Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. Hong Kong
  3. United Arab Emirates
  4. Comparison
HKD
COMPARED TO
AED

United Arab Emirates is 18.9% cheaper than Hong Kong.

If you lived in United Arab Emirates instead of Hong Kong, you would:
local_dining

pay 19.8% less for restaurants

  Hong Kong help_outline United Arab Emirates help_outline  
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $7.74
HK$60.45
$6.03
AED22.14
-22.1%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $5.16
HK$40.30
$7.10
AED26.07
+37.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.21
HK$9.41
$0.83
AED3.06
-30.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $1.00
HK$7.79
$0.36
AED1.33
-63.6%
Average -19.8%
Hong Kong vs. United Arab Emirates - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 47.5% less for groceries

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Bread
1 loaf
 $1.98
HK$15.45
$1.12
AED4.10
-43.6%
Local cheese (8 oz) $9.22
HK$71.98
$4.47
AED16.42
-51.5%
Milk (1 gallon) $11.39
HK$88.95
$5.80
AED21.31
-49.1%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $3.59
HK$28.04
$2.55
AED9.35
-29.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $4.50
HK$35.11
$2.62
AED9.63
-41.7%
Apples (1 lb) $1.84
HK$14.34
$0.91
AED3.35
-50.3%
Bananas (1 lb) $1.02
HK$8.00
$0.77
AED2.83
-24.7%
Oranges (1 lb) $1.69
HK$13.22
$0.74
AED2.71
-56.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $1.24
HK$9.72
$0.64
AED2.34
-48.7%
Potatoes (1 lb) $1.13
HK$8.81
$0.46
AED1.69
-59.2%
Onions (1 lb) $1.19
HK$9.28
$0.38
AED1.41
-67.7%
Average -47.5%
Hong Kong vs. United Arab Emirates - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 40.2% less for transportation

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Gasoline (1 gallon) $8.56
HK$66.86
$2.29
AED8.40
-73.3%
Monthly public transit pass $64.51
HK$503.71
$52.95
AED194.47
-17.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $32,257.44
HK$251,855.13
$22,737.33
AED83,502.88
-29.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $11.87
HK$92.68
$7.10
AED26.08
-40.2%
Average -40.2%
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home

pay 49.4% more for housing

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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $24.46
HK$191.01
$100.17
AED367.88
+309.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $2,284.63
HK$17,837.64
$1,334.84
AED4,902.21
-41.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $1,592.23
HK$12,431.57
$922.00
AED3,386.05
-42.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $172.53
HK$1,347.07
$124.00
AED455.37
-28.1%
Average +49.4%
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child_care

pay 56.3% less for childcare

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Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $737.61
HK$5,759.03
$367.57
AED1,349.92
-50.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $17,731.50
HK$138,441.52
$6,675.20
AED24,514.67
-62.4%
Average -56.3%
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gamepad

pay 7.5% less for entertainment and sports

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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $7.61
HK$59.44
$10.44
AED38.33
+37.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $4.75
HK$37.07
$4.19
AED15.40
-11.7%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $7.87
HK$61.45
$5.81
AED21.35
-26.1%
Monthly membership at local gym $79.14
HK$617.87
$63.07
AED231.61
-20.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $12.90
HK$100.74
$10.80
AED39.68
-16.3%
Average -7.5%
Hong Kong vs. United Arab Emirates - Cost of entertainment and sports
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store

pay 10.6% less for clothing

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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $78.76
HK$614.95
$55.44
AED203.60
-29.6%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $37.59
HK$293.47
$48.04
AED176.44
+27.8%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $88.08
HK$687.66
$83.22
AED305.64
-5.5%
Men's business shoes (leather) $120.75
HK$942.74
$78.48
AED288.23
-35.0%
Average -10.6%
Hong Kong vs. United Arab Emirates - Cost of clothing
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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: January 2021
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