Dubai vs Hamilton - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dubai	Hamilton
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2379	$2017
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5357	$4455
🏠 One person rent	$1601	$1247
🏘️ Family rent	$2918	$2030
🍽️ Food expenses	$453	$542
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$120
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3975	$2780
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	65	73
😀 Quality of life	87	88
🏙️ Population	3.33M	569K

The cost of living in Dubai is 18% more expensive than in Hamilton. Cities ranked 989th and 1784th ($2379 vs $2017) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 31st in the United Arab Emirates and Canada, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Dubai compared to 1.4 months in Hamilton. Dubai ranked 1st best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Hamilton ranked 18th in Canada, while ranked 288th and 239th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dubai vs Hamilton

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	Dubai	Hamilton
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$18.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$70.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.6	$5.66
☕ Cappuccino	$6.1	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1909	$1156
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1243	$1072
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3782	$1990
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2332	$1768
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$107
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$166
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$91.5	$51.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	6.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6638	$16293
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3507	$4716
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.63	$2.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$86.2	$84
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$13.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$2.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$3.08
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$7.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$10.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$3.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$3.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$3.63
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$2.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$1.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.17	$2.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$2.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.03	$13.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.1	$6.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$4.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.63	$2.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$1.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.1	$25
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.2	$44.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$53.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$89.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$903	$605
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13241	$21263

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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 Hamilton

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Burlington	$2185
26 km or 16 mi	Oakville	$2142
32 km or 20 mi	Brantford	$1783
38 km or 23 mi	Cambridge	$2089
42 km or 26 mi	Mississauga	$2370
42 km or 26 mi	Halton Hills	$1966
45 km or 28 mi	Guelph	$1899
48 km or 30 mi	Brampton	$1946
52 km or 32 mi	St. Catharines	$1846
54 km or 34 mi	Kitchener	$2056
57 km or 36 mi	Waterloo	$1977
60 km or 37 mi	Welland	$1554
60 km or 37 mi	Toronto	$2453
67 km or 42 mi	Niagara Falls	$1771
71 km or 44 mi	Vaughan	$2267
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1888
76 km or 47 mi	Orangeville	$1861
78 km or 49 mi	Richmond Hill	$2447
79 km or 49 mi	Grand Island	$2009
85 km or 53 mi	North Tonawanda	$1992
86 km or 53 mi	Markham	$2291
90 km or 56 mi	Stratford	$1680
92 km or 57 mi	Buffalo	$2183
92 km or 57 mi	Amherst	$2013
92 km or 57 mi	New Tecumseth	$2019
95 km or 59 mi	Ajax	$2432
97 km or 60 mi	Lockport	$2021
98 km or 61 mi	West Seneca	$2145
99 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2107
100 km or 62 mi	Hamburg	$2101
107 km or 67 mi	Orchard Park	$2100
108 km or 67 mi	Lancaster	$2082
108 km or 67 mi	Clarence	$2056
109 km or 68 mi	Oshawa	$1554
116 km or 72 mi	London	$1936
127 km or 79 mi	Erie	$1840
127 km or 79 mi	Barrie	$1849
139 km or 86 mi	Jamestown	$2195
154 km or 96 mi	Orillia	$1910
169 km or 105 mi	Owen Sound	$1799