Dili vs Dubai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dili	Dubai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$511	$2379
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1255	$5357
🏠 One person rent	$226	$1601
🏘️ Family rent	$422	$2918
🍽️ Food expenses	$207	$453
🚐 Transport expenses	$27	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$391	$3975
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	12	65
😀 Quality of life	30	87
🏙️ Population	222K	3.33M

The cost of living in Dili is 79% less expensive than in Dubai. Cities ranked 8549th and 989th ($511 vs $2379) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in East Timor and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check East Timor vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Dili compared to 1.7 months in Dubai. Dili ranked 1st best city to live in East Timor vs Dubai ranked 1st in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 8098th and 288th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dili vs Dubai

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	Dili	Dubai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.34	$10.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.5	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$9.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$12.6
☕ Cappuccino	$1.83	$6.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.52	$1.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$212	$1909
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$147	$1243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$462	$3782
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$304	$2332
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$134
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.8	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27	$91.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.97%	4.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1490	$6638
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$909	$3507
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.37	$1.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.8	$86.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.61	$3.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.95	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$9.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.83	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.16	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.67	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$2.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.85	$6.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.63	$8.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.88	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$2.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.25	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$77.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.26	$13.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$77.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.85	$8.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$28.2	$61.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.9	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$95.6	$903
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3045	$13241

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Cities near Dili

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ainaro	$501
62 km or 38 mi	Maliana	$503
97 km or 60 mi	Baucau	$502
282 km or 176 mi	Kupang	$509
473 km or 294 mi	Baubau	$506
607 km or 377 mi	Kendari	$512
611 km or 380 mi	Ambon	$507
719 km or 447 mi	Darwin	$1617
754 km or 469 mi	Bima	$597
779 km or 484 mi	Makassar	$525
829 km or 515 mi	Parepare	$508
857 km or 533 mi	Palopo	$522
1040 km or 646 mi	Mataram	$355
1049 km or 652 mi	Gorontalo	$441
1058 km or 657 mi	Ternate	$442
1061 km or 660 mi	Palu	$553
1061 km or 660 mi	Sorong	$505
1113 km or 692 mi	Bitung	$442
1121 km or 696 mi	Manado	$439
1134 km or 705 mi	Ubud	$845
1139 km or 708 mi	Denpasar	$497
1163 km or 722 mi	Bali	$1267
1265 km or 786 mi	Balikpapan	$606
1273 km or 791 mi	Manokwari	$500
1293 km or 804 mi	Samarinda	$580
1317 km or 818 mi	Bontang	$553
1324 km or 823 mi	Banjarbaru	$460
1347 km or 837 mi	Banjarmasin	$469
1363 km or 847 mi	Probolinggo	$614
1398 km or 869 mi	Pasuruan	$510
1421 km or 883 mi	Surabaya	$549
1427 km or 887 mi	Malang	$365
1438 km or 894 mi	Batu	$410
1452 km or 902 mi	Mojokerto	$505
1470 km or 913 mi	Palangka Raya	$475
1478 km or 918 mi	Blitar	$453
1495 km or 929 mi	Kediri	$464
1550 km or 963 mi	Madiun	$486
1586 km or 985 mi	Tarakan	$527
1628 km or 1012 mi	Surakarta	$417

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