Dubai vs Guadalajara - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dubai	Guadalajara
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2379	$1017
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5357	$2509
🏠 One person rent	$1601	$480
🏘️ Family rent	$2918	$932
🍽️ Food expenses	$453	$349
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3975	$652
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	65	49
😀 Quality of life	87	57
🏙️ Population	3.33M	1.46M

The cost of living in Dubai is 134% more expensive than in Guadalajara. Cities ranked 989th and 5385th ($2379 vs $1017) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 15th in the United Arab Emirates and Mexico, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Dubai compared to 0.6 months in Guadalajara. Dubai ranked 1st best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Guadalajara ranked 7th in Mexico, while ranked 288th and 5625th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dubai vs Guadalajara

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	Dubai	Guadalajara
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$9.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$36.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$7.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.6	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$6.1	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$1.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1909	$573
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1243	$403
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3782	$1233
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2332	$791
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$18.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$28.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$91.5	$24.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	11.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6638	$2393
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3507	$1599
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.63	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$86.2	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$15.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$2.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$2.37
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$8.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$7.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$9.59
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.17	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.03	$4.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.1	$6.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$4.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.63	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.1	$29.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$4.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.2	$25.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$47.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$93
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$903	$161
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13241	$5853

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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

Cities near Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$660
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1021
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$778
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$780
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$773
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$906
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$721
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$634
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$831
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$684
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$587
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$804
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$673
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1162
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$768
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$744
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$753
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$813
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$667
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$977
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$853
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$634
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$677
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$693
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$717
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$638
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$760
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$808
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$983
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$781
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$846
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$856
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$662
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$696
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1214