Brisbane vs Dubai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Brisbane	Dubai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2323	$2470
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5585	$5467
🏠 One person rent	$1439	$1665
🏘️ Family rent	$2525	$2923
🍽️ Food expenses	$586	$473
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4313	$4153
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	66	66
😀 Quality of life	97	90
🏙️ Population	2.71M	3.94M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 6% less expensive than in Dubai. Cities ranked 1241st and 947th ($2323 vs $2470) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th 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 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 1.7 months in Dubai. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Dubai ranked 1st in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 3rd and 184th 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	$15.8	$11.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.2	$68.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$9.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.69	$13.5
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$6.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$1.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1733	$2083
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1173	$1266
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3028	$3820
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2142	$2306
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.5	$143
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$222
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.9	$92.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.91%	4.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8341	$7283
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5970	$4305
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$1.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.5	$82.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$10.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.18	$3.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$9.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$11.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$2.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$1.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$1.09
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$1.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.98	$2.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.3	$6.13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$8.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$5.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.49	$3.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.62	$3.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$82.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.5	$75.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.8	$73.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2164	$870
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13265	$17401

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1825
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1992
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2341
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2530
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1863
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1838
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1883
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1720
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1273
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1643
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1642
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1995
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1855
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2354
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$2040
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1709
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2481
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2844
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1701
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1460
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1695
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1795
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2258
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1825
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$2015
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1816
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1905
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1493
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$2000
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1933
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1936
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2543
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1915
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1834
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1913

Cities near Dubai

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8 mi	Sharjah	$1543
22 km or 14 mi	Ajman	$2356
41 km or 25 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
104 km or 65 mi	Fujairah	$1173
108 km or 67 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
126 km or 78 mi	Al Ain	$1455
129 km or 80 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
234 km or 146 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
246 km or 153 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
339 km or 211 mi	Seeb	$1082
344 km or 214 mi	Nizwa	$797
380 km or 236 mi	Doha	$2100
380 km or 236 mi	Muscat	$1193
385 km or 239 mi	Al Khor	$2015
399 km or 248 mi	Jahrom	$494
440 km or 273 mi	Fasa	$497
449 km or 279 mi	Jiroft	$526
466 km or 290 mi	Sirjan	$521
485 km or 301 mi	Manama	$1340
486 km or 302 mi	Riffa	$1062
487 km or 303 mi	Isa Town	$1218
523 km or 325 mi	Bam	$514
528 km or 328 mi	Dhahran	$965
534 km or 332 mi	Chabahar	$530
537 km or 334 mi	Dammam	$1059
554 km or 345 mi	Shiraz	$505
560 km or 348 mi	Qatif	$778
568 km or 353 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
568 km or 353 mi	Marvdasht	$485
574 km or 357 mi	Rafsanjan	$558
578 km or 359 mi	Iranshahr	$559
584 km or 363 mi	Kerman	$700
595 km or 370 mi	Jubail	$917
601 km or 373 mi	Borazjan	$457
603 km or 375 mi	Kazerun	$471
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$454
703 km or 437 mi	Yasuj	$459
721 km or 448 mi	Zahedan	$717
743 km or 461 mi	Yazd	$517
773 km or 481 mi	Behbahan	$469