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United Arab Emirates vs. Italy Cost of Living Summary

United Arab Emirates is 16.2% more expensive than Italy overall.

Restaurants: pay 45.6% less in United Arab Emirates
Groceries: pay 25.5% less in United Arab Emirates
Transportation: pay 9.6% less in United Arab Emirates
Housing: pay 2.0 times more in United Arab Emirates
Childcare: pay 7.0% less in United Arab Emirates
Entertainment and Sports: pay 81.6% more in United Arab Emirates
Clothing: pay 16.4% more in United Arab Emirates

The cost of housing, entertainment and sports, and clothing in United Arab Emirates are more expensive than in Italy. Expenses including restaurants, groceries, transportation, and childcare are lower in United Arab Emirates. Notably, housing and entertainment and sports are significantly more expensive in United Arab Emirates.

United Arab Emirates vs. Italy Cost Breakdown

If you lived in United Arab Emirates instead of Italy, you would:

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pay 45.6% less for restaurants

	Italy	United Arab Emirates
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$16.15 €14.22	$8.01 AED29.44	-50.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$10.06 €8.86	$8.22 AED30.19	-18.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.55 €2.25	$1.02 AED3.73	-60.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.22 €1.07	$0.57 AED2.09	-53.4%
Average			-45.6%

Italy vs. United Arab Emirates - Cost of restaurants

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pay 25.5% less for groceries

	Italy	United Arab Emirates
Bread 1 loaf	$2.04 €1.80	$1.26 AED4.64	-38.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.83 €6.02	$5.08 AED18.66	-25.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.53 €4.87	$6.80 AED24.96	+22.8%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.41 €3.00	$2.47 AED9.07	-27.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.05 €4.45	$3.33 AED12.22	-34.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.97 €0.85	$0.94 AED3.47	-2.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.85 €0.75	$0.74 AED2.72	-12.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.04 €0.92	$0.72 AED2.64	-30.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.31 €1.16	$0.56 AED2.07	-57.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.76 €0.67	$0.45 AED1.64	-41.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.71 €0.63	$0.47 AED1.74	-33.5%
Average			-25.5%

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pay 9.6% less for transportation

	Italy	United Arab Emirates
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$7.22 €6.36	$3.06 AED11.23	-57.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$38.81 €34.17	$48.60 AED178.50	+25.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$28,223.13 €24,848.69	$42,240.06 AED155,149.44	+49.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$19.13 €16.84	$8.46 AED31.07	-55.8%
Average			-9.6%

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pay 2.0 times more for housing

	Italy	United Arab Emirates
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$28.87 €25.42	$95.75 AED351.70	+231.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$656.19 €577.73	$1,395.59 AED5,126.04	+112.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$511.91 €450.71	$985.52 AED3,619.87	+92.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$150.39 €132.41	$115.48 AED424.15	-23.2%
Average			+103.4%

Italy vs. United Arab Emirates - Cost of housing

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pay 7.0% less for childcare

	Italy	United Arab Emirates
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$508.72 €447.90	$507.75 AED1,865.00	-0.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$9,465.55 €8,333.82	$8,162.28 AED29,980.38	-13.8%
Average			-7.0%

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pay 81.6% more for entertainment and sports

	Italy	United Arab Emirates
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$5.01 €4.41	$10.55 AED38.75	+110.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.69 €1.49	$5.03 AED18.46	+197.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$6.20 €5.46	$6.23 AED22.88	+0.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$52.12 €45.89	$84.91 AED311.88	+62.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$9.39 €8.27	$12.83 AED47.13	+36.6%
Average			+81.6%

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pay 16.4% more for clothing

	Italy	United Arab Emirates
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$78.41 €69.04	$64.14 AED235.60	-18.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$33.87 €29.82	$64.91 AED238.43	+91.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$86.07 €75.78	$93.31 AED342.72	+8.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$115.43 €101.63	$96.50 AED354.43	-16.4%
Average			+16.4%

Italy 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: April 2025

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