Dubai vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dubai	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2514	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5509	$2109
🏠 One person rent	$1723	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$3020	$789
🍽️ Food expenses	$455	$285
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4067	$809
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	65	54
😀 Quality of life	91	65
🏙️ Population	3.94M	1.33M

The cost of living in Dubai is 190% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 848th and 6377th ($2514 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 16th in the United Arab Emirates and Russia, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Dubai compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Dubai ranked 1st best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Kazan ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 158th and 5213th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dubai vs Kazan

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	Dubai	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.3	$7.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.2	$39.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.32	$6.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.9	$3.66
☕ Cappuccino	$5.8	$2.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$1.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2095	$543
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1336	$351
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3716	$961
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2461	$619
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$138	$62.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$211	$94.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$96.1	$6.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.52%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7516	$3331
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3977	$2289
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.62	$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$86.3	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.15	$3.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$0.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.92	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.47	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$10.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.16	$4.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$9.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$1.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.4	$7.93
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.62	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.12	$3.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$4.56
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.73	$2.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.44	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$81.6	$23.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.6	$5.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.7	$10.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.82	$6.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.3	$65
👟 Brand Sneakers	$122	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$857	$247
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15029	$14288

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Cities near Dubai

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8 mi	Sharjah	$1419
22 km or 14 mi	Ajman	$2521
41 km or 25 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
104 km or 65 mi	Fujairah	$1228
108 km or 67 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
126 km or 78 mi	Al Ain	$1449
129 km or 80 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
234 km or 146 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
246 km or 153 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
339 km or 211 mi	Seeb	$1078
344 km or 214 mi	Nizwa	$792
380 km or 236 mi	Doha	$1849
380 km or 236 mi	Muscat	$1081
385 km or 239 mi	Al Khor	$1770
399 km or 248 mi	Jahrom	$530
440 km or 273 mi	Fasa	$529
449 km or 279 mi	Jiroft	$568
466 km or 290 mi	Sirjan	$534
485 km or 301 mi	Manama	$1237
486 km or 302 mi	Riffa	$1201
487 km or 303 mi	Isa Town	$1230
523 km or 325 mi	Bam	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Dhahran	$908
534 km or 332 mi	Chabahar	$573
537 km or 334 mi	Dammam	$1008
554 km or 345 mi	Shiraz	$553
560 km or 348 mi	Qatif	$873
568 km or 353 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
568 km or 353 mi	Marvdasht	$530
574 km or 357 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
578 km or 359 mi	Iranshahr	$624
584 km or 363 mi	Kerman	$761
595 km or 370 mi	Jubail	$930
601 km or 373 mi	Borazjan	$477
603 km or 375 mi	Kazerun	$503
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$453
703 km or 437 mi	Yasuj	$463
721 km or 448 mi	Zahedan	$808
743 km or 461 mi	Yazd	$545
773 km or 481 mi	Behbahan	$483

Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$772
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$686
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$635
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$692
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$796
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$719
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$536
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$537
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$658
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$802
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$714
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$698
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$725
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$783
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$615
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$758
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$548
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$650
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$765
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$695
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$672
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$692
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$620
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$863
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$754
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$544
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$678
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$898
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$763
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$843
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$917