Canberra vs Dubai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Canberra	Dubai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2223	$2420
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4990	$5315
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$1634
🏘️ Family rent	$2158	$2835
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$459
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$182
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4087	$4093
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	30	66
😀 Quality of life	85	90
🏙️ Population	381K	3.94M

The cost of living in Canberra is 8% less expensive than in Dubai. Cities ranked 1443rd and 1039th ($2223 vs $2420) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th 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 1.8 months in Canberra compared to 1.7 months in Dubai. Canberra ranked 13th best city to live in Australia vs Dubai ranked 1st in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 479th and 203rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Canberra vs Dubai

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	Canberra	Dubai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$10.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.1	$69.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$9.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.54	$13.5
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$6.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.98	$1.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1538	$1988
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1150	$1244
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2721	$3617
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1726	$2237
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$148
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$227
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.8	$94
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.89%	4.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8609	$7290
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5425	$4052
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.53	$1.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.3	$83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$9.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.33	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.14	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.61	$9.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$2.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.44	$1.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$1.86
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.4	$18
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.86	$2.57
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.9	$6.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.98	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.81	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.08	$3.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$72.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$14.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.8	$75.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$10.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$79.1	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2023	$829
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15408	$16876

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Cities near Canberra

Distance	City	Cost of living
81 km or 50 mi	Goulburn	$1821
161 km or 100 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
187 km or 116 mi	Wollongong	$1695
212 km or 132 mi	Bathurst	$1699
223 km or 139 mi	Orange	$1477
235 km or 146 mi	Blacktown	$1710
238 km or 148 mi	Parramatta	$2482
243 km or 151 mi	Kellyville	$2050
247 km or 154 mi	Sydney	$2844
261 km or 162 mi	Dee Why	$2379
303 km or 188 mi	Griffith	$1824
341 km or 212 mi	Dubbo	$1867
357 km or 222 mi	Shepparton	$1815
358 km or 222 mi	Newcastle	$1997
397 km or 246 mi	Traralgon	$1979
448 km or 278 mi	Pakenham	$1896
454 km or 282 mi	Berwick	$1860
459 km or 285 mi	Dandenong	$1894
464 km or 288 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
466 km or 289 mi	South Yarra	$1829
466 km or 290 mi	Bendigo	$1487
466 km or 290 mi	Melbourne	$2496
470 km or 292 mi	Sunbury	$1928
477 km or 297 mi	Frankston	$1889
485 km or 302 mi	Melton	$1906
488 km or 303 mi	Tarneit	$1822
489 km or 304 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
531 km or 330 mi	Geelong	$2217
535 km or 332 mi	Ballarat	$1604
554 km or 344 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
583 km or 362 mi	Armidale	$1288
649 km or 403 mi	Mildura	$1904
669 km or 415 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
684 km or 425 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
698 km or 434 mi	Devonport	$1898
706 km or 438 mi	Launceston	$1753
796 km or 495 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
852 km or 529 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
858 km or 533 mi	Hobart	$2308
902 km or 560 mi	Toowoomba	$1766

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