Arlington vs Dubai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Arlington	Dubai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1907	$2420
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4693	$5315
🏠 One person rent	$1121	$1634
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$2835
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$459
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.4	$182
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3714	$4093
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	90	66
😀 Quality of life	78	90
🏙️ Population	394K	3.94M

The cost of living in Arlington is 21% less expensive than in Dubai. Cities ranked 2397th and 1039th ($1907 vs $2420) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1784th and 1st 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 1.9 months in Arlington compared to 1.7 months in Dubai. Arlington ranked 264th best city to live in the United States vs Dubai ranked 1st in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 894th and 203rd 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	$16	$10.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.8	$69.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$9.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$13.5
☕ Cappuccino	$5.41	$6.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$1.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1271	$1988
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$1244
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2259	$3617
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$2237
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$148
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$227
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$94
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	4.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$7290
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$4052
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$1.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$9.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$2.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.01	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$9.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$2.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.86
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$18
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$2.57
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$6.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.18	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$3.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$72.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$14.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$105	$75.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$10.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1389	$829
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25323	$16876

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2127
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2127
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2126
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2114
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2145
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2141
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2114
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2124
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2219
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2198
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2195
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2128
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2076
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2175
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2105
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2129
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2193
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2193
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2152
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2142
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2461
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2155
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2190
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2212
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2258
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2188
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2076
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2196
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2177
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2208
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2246
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2233
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2147
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2177
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2357
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2127
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2225
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2393

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