Casablanca vs Dubai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Casablanca	Dubai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$2379
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1989	$5357
🏠 One person rent	$400	$1601
🏘️ Family rent	$666	$2918
🍽️ Food expenses	$273	$453
🚐 Transport expenses	$89	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$474	$3975
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	33	65
😀 Quality of life	61	87
🏙️ Population	3.22M	3.33M

The cost of living in Casablanca is 64% less expensive than in Dubai. Cities ranked 6258th and 989th ($850 vs $2379) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Morocco and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Morocco vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Casablanca compared to 1.7 months in Dubai. Casablanca ranked 2nd best city to live in Morocco vs Dubai ranked 1st in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 5009th and 288th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Casablanca vs Dubai

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	Casablanca	Dubai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.42	$10.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.3	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7	$9.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.02	$12.6
☕ Cappuccino	$2.38	$6.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$1.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$509	$1909
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$289	$1243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$969	$3782
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$482	$2332
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.5	$134
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.2	$91.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.19%	4.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2004	$6638
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1017	$3507
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.66	$1.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23	$86.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.44	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.38	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.69	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$2.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$3.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.8	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.95	$9.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.55	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.38	$2.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.91	$6.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.28	$8.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.67	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.02	$2.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.27	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.5	$77.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.69	$13.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.1	$77.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.59	$8.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.5	$61.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$178	$903
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4842	$13241

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Cities near Casablanca

Distance	City	Cost of living
24 km or 15 mi	Mohammedia	$652
75 km or 47 mi	Temara	$619
87 km or 54 mi	Rabat	$705
90 km or 56 mi	Sale	$536
91 km or 57 mi	El Jadida	$502
104 km or 65 mi	Khouribga	$435
120 km or 75 mi	Kenitra	$558
183 km or 114 mi	Beni Mellal	$448
194 km or 121 mi	Meknes	$486
210 km or 130 mi	Safi	$489
222 km or 138 mi	Marrakesh	$687
247 km or 153 mi	Fez	$533
294 km or 183 mi	Tangier	$679
301 km or 187 mi	Tetouan	$517
307 km or 191 mi	Essaouira	$640
326 km or 202 mi	Tarifa	$1196
331 km or 206 mi	Ceuta	$1141
341 km or 212 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1018
344 km or 214 mi	Algeciras	$889
347 km or 215 mi	Los Barrios	$1041
348 km or 216 mi	Cadiz	$1359
350 km or 218 mi	Gibraltar City	$2278
352 km or 219 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1145
355 km or 221 mi	Rota	$1358
371 km or 230 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$892
381 km or 237 mi	Faro	$1263
382 km or 237 mi	Olhao	$1291
387 km or 240 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1144
388 km or 241 mi	Estepona	$1395
392 km or 244 mi	Albufeira	$1950
393 km or 244 mi	Tavira	$1373
393 km or 244 mi	Taghazout	$535
396 km or 246 mi	Loule	$1415
399 km or 248 mi	Agadir	$540
400 km or 249 mi	Lagoa	$1330
401 km or 249 mi	Lagos	$1598
402 km or 250 mi	Portimao	$1248
404 km or 251 mi	Ait Melloul	$562
405 km or 252 mi	Silves	$1368
408 km or 254 mi	Marbella	$2040

Cities near Dubai

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8 mi	Sharjah	$1494
22 km or 14 mi	Ajman	$2240
41 km or 25 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
104 km or 65 mi	Fujairah	$1239
108 km or 67 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
126 km or 78 mi	Al Ain	$1844
129 km or 80 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
234 km or 146 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
246 km or 153 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
339 km or 211 mi	Seeb	$967
344 km or 214 mi	Nizwa	$780
380 km or 236 mi	Doha	$1779
380 km or 236 mi	Muscat	$1090
385 km or 239 mi	Al Khor	$1709
399 km or 248 mi	Jahrom	$547
440 km or 273 mi	Fasa	$548
449 km or 279 mi	Jiroft	$518
466 km or 290 mi	Sirjan	$514
485 km or 301 mi	Manama	$1280
486 km or 302 mi	Riffa	$1223
487 km or 303 mi	Isa Town	$1243
523 km or 325 mi	Bam	$515
528 km or 328 mi	Dhahran	$1068
534 km or 332 mi	Chabahar	$585
537 km or 334 mi	Dammam	$1056
554 km or 345 mi	Shiraz	$589
560 km or 348 mi	Qatif	$897
568 km or 353 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
568 km or 353 mi	Marvdasht	$563
574 km or 357 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
578 km or 359 mi	Iranshahr	$605
584 km or 363 mi	Kerman	$464
595 km or 370 mi	Jubail	$901
601 km or 373 mi	Borazjan	$546
603 km or 375 mi	Kazerun	$557
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$551
703 km or 437 mi	Yasuj	$529
721 km or 448 mi	Zahedan	$829
743 km or 461 mi	Yazd	$573
773 km or 481 mi	Behbahan	$536