Adelaide vs Dubai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	Dubai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$2420
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$5315
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$1634
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$2835
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$459
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$182
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$4093
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	50	66
😀 Quality of life	93	90
🏙️ Population	1.39M	3.94M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 3% less expensive than in Dubai. Cities ranked 1210th and 1039th ($2338 vs $2420) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1st in Australia and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Australia vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 1.7 months in Dubai. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Dubai ranked 1st in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 73rd and 203rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Dubai

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	Adelaide	Dubai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$10.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$69.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$9.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$13.5
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$6.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$1.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$1988
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$1244
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$3617
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$2237
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$148
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$227
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$94
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	4.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$7290
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$4052
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$1.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$9.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$9.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$2.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$1.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$1.86
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$18
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$2.57
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$6.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$3.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$72.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$14.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$75.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$10.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$829
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$16876

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2128
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1904
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1487
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1604
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1906
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1928
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2217
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1822
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1815
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2496
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1829
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1894
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1824
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1860
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1896
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1979
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2223
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1898
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1867
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1477
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1821
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1699
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1753
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1710
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2050
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2482
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2308
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2379
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1997
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1288
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796

Cities near Dubai

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8 mi	Sharjah	$1473
22 km or 14 mi	Ajman	$2183
41 km or 25 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1148
104 km or 65 mi	Fujairah	$1214
108 km or 67 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1373
126 km or 78 mi	Al Ain	$1457
129 km or 80 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
234 km or 146 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
246 km or 153 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
339 km or 211 mi	Seeb	$1080
344 km or 214 mi	Nizwa	$796
380 km or 236 mi	Doha	$2014
380 km or 236 mi	Muscat	$1135
385 km or 239 mi	Al Khor	$1923
399 km or 248 mi	Jahrom	$545
440 km or 273 mi	Fasa	$541
449 km or 279 mi	Jiroft	$575
466 km or 290 mi	Sirjan	$545
485 km or 301 mi	Manama	$1309
486 km or 302 mi	Riffa	$1109
487 km or 303 mi	Isa Town	$1192
523 km or 325 mi	Bam	$563
528 km or 328 mi	Dhahran	$931
534 km or 332 mi	Chabahar	$575
537 km or 334 mi	Dammam	$1037
554 km or 345 mi	Shiraz	$565
560 km or 348 mi	Qatif	$823
568 km or 353 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
568 km or 353 mi	Marvdasht	$547
574 km or 357 mi	Rafsanjan	$613
578 km or 359 mi	Iranshahr	$627
584 km or 363 mi	Kerman	$761
595 km or 370 mi	Jubail	$928
601 km or 373 mi	Borazjan	$489
603 km or 375 mi	Kazerun	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$465
703 km or 437 mi	Yasuj	$487
721 km or 448 mi	Zahedan	$813
743 km or 461 mi	Yazd	$565
773 km or 481 mi	Behbahan	$492