Arlington vs Dubai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Dubai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$2514
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$5509
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$1723
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$3020
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$455
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$4067
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	90	65
😀 Quality of life	77	91
🏙️ Population	394K	3.94M

The cost of living in Arlington is 26% less expensive than in Dubai. Cities ranked 2476th and 848th ($1856 vs $2514) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st and 2nd in the United States and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check the United States vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 1.6 months in Dubai. Arlington ranked 405th best city to live in the United States vs Dubai ranked 1st in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 1375th and 158th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Dubai

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	Arlington	Dubai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$68.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$9.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$12.9
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$5.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$1.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$2095
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$1336
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$3716
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$2461
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$138
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$211
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$96.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	4.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$7516
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$3977
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$1.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$86.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$0.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$3.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$9.16
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$16.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$2.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$6.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$5.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$2.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$3.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$81.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$77.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$8.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$857
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$15029

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2130
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2133
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2139
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2135
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2140
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2138
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2133
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2140
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2217
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2183
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2179
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2136
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2133
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2184
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2108
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2143
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2200
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2190
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2144
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2162
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2447
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2145
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2223
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2222
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2287
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2145
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2199
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2038
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2187
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2185
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2250
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2315
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2246
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2176
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2199
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2497
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2268
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2216
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2369

Cities near Dubai

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8 mi	Sharjah	$1419
22 km or 14 mi	Ajman	$2521
41 km or 25 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
104 km or 65 mi	Fujairah	$1228
108 km or 67 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
126 km or 78 mi	Al Ain	$1449
129 km or 80 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
234 km or 146 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
246 km or 153 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
339 km or 211 mi	Seeb	$1078
344 km or 214 mi	Nizwa	$792
380 km or 236 mi	Doha	$1849
380 km or 236 mi	Muscat	$1081
385 km or 239 mi	Al Khor	$1770
399 km or 248 mi	Jahrom	$530
440 km or 273 mi	Fasa	$529
449 km or 279 mi	Jiroft	$568
466 km or 290 mi	Sirjan	$534
485 km or 301 mi	Manama	$1237
486 km or 302 mi	Riffa	$1201
487 km or 303 mi	Isa Town	$1230
523 km or 325 mi	Bam	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Dhahran	$908
534 km or 332 mi	Chabahar	$573
537 km or 334 mi	Dammam	$1008
554 km or 345 mi	Shiraz	$553
560 km or 348 mi	Qatif	$873
568 km or 353 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
568 km or 353 mi	Marvdasht	$530
574 km or 357 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
578 km or 359 mi	Iranshahr	$624
584 km or 363 mi	Kerman	$761
595 km or 370 mi	Jubail	$930
601 km or 373 mi	Borazjan	$477
603 km or 375 mi	Kazerun	$503
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$453
703 km or 437 mi	Yasuj	$463
721 km or 448 mi	Zahedan	$808
743 km or 461 mi	Yazd	$545
773 km or 481 mi	Behbahan	$483