Brisbane vs Dubai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brisbane	Dubai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$2514
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4896	$5509
🏠 One person rent	$1253	$1723
🏘️ Family rent	$2149	$3020
🍽️ Food expenses	$525	$455
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3956	$4067
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	66	65
😀 Quality of life	98	91
🏙️ Population	2.71M	3.94M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 18% less expensive than in Dubai. Cities ranked 1813th and 848th ($2065 vs $2514) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 2nd 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 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 1.6 months in Dubai. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Dubai ranked 1st in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 9th and 158th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Dubai

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	Brisbane	Dubai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.7	$68.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$9.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$12.9
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$5.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$1.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1514	$2095
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1022	$1336
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2603	$3716
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1816	$2461
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$138
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$211
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.5	$96.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	4.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8291	$7516
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6020	$3977
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$1.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.8	$86.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$3.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.8	$9.16
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.48	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$16.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$2.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$6.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$5.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$2.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.35	$3.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$81.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.3	$77.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$8.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.5	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1795	$857
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11423	$15029

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1662
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1798
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1710
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1184
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1503
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1839
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1747
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2181
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1888
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1599
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2292
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2640
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1568
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1364
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1580
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1678
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2019
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1667
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1683
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1771
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1706
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1736

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