Chennai vs Dubai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chennai	Dubai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$433	$2309
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1143	$5128
🏠 One person rent	$159	$1523
🏘️ Family rent	$379	$2687
🍽️ Food expenses	$167	$458
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$185
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$868	$3493
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	78	64
😀 Quality of life	66	86
🏙️ Population	6.6M	3.33M

The cost of living in Chennai is 81% less expensive than in Dubai. Cities ranked 8907th and 1098th ($433 vs $2309) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 1st in India and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check India vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Chennai compared to 1.5 months in Dubai. Chennai ranked 2nd best city to live in India vs Dubai ranked 1st in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 4094th and 306th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chennai vs Dubai

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	Chennai	Dubai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.8	$10.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.8	$70.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.79	$9.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$12.1
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$6.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$1.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$187	$1850
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$109	$1170
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$526	$3310
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$282	$2171
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.9	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.2	$202
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.96	$86
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.43%	4.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1926	$6006
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$804	$3452
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$1.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12	$84.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$11.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$1.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.92	$3.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$9.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.59	$10
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$1.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.26
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.05	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.38	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$2.6
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.33	$5.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.85	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.64	$5.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$2.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.6	$3.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.4	$75.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.01	$13.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$88.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.49	$9.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$26	$56.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.2	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$82.6	$779
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1425	$12682

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Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$329
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$243
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$308
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$352
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$572
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$310
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$337
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$380
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$367
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$351
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$330
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$289
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$578
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$321
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$324
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$331
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$359
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$307
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$338
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$378
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$307
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$324
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$291
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$306
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$353
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$351
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$334
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$325
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$320
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$355
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$340
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$382
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$289
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$321
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$274
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$312
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$279
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$325
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$287

Cities near Dubai

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8 mi	Sharjah	$1503
22 km or 14 mi	Ajman	$2084
41 km or 25 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
104 km or 65 mi	Fujairah	$1232
108 km or 67 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
126 km or 78 mi	Al Ain	$1050
129 km or 80 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
234 km or 146 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
246 km or 153 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
339 km or 211 mi	Seeb	$994
344 km or 214 mi	Nizwa	$786
380 km or 236 mi	Doha	$1810
380 km or 236 mi	Muscat	$1110
385 km or 239 mi	Al Khor	$1719
399 km or 248 mi	Jahrom	$561
440 km or 273 mi	Fasa	$556
449 km or 279 mi	Jiroft	$547
466 km or 290 mi	Sirjan	$520
485 km or 301 mi	Manama	$1267
486 km or 302 mi	Riffa	$1218
487 km or 303 mi	Isa Town	$1226
523 km or 325 mi	Bam	$531
528 km or 328 mi	Dhahran	$870
534 km or 332 mi	Chabahar	$687
537 km or 334 mi	Dammam	$989
554 km or 345 mi	Shiraz	$558
560 km or 348 mi	Qatif	$878
568 km or 353 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
568 km or 353 mi	Marvdasht	$546
574 km or 357 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
578 km or 359 mi	Iranshahr	$639
584 km or 363 mi	Kerman	$467
595 km or 370 mi	Jubail	$928
601 km or 373 mi	Borazjan	$541
603 km or 375 mi	Kazerun	$537
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$548
703 km or 437 mi	Yasuj	$489
721 km or 448 mi	Zahedan	$831
743 km or 461 mi	Yazd	$577
773 km or 481 mi	Behbahan	$507