Dubai vs Leon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dubai	Leon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2379	$684
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5357	$1633
🏠 One person rent	$1601	$256
🏘️ Family rent	$2918	$398
🍽️ Food expenses	$453	$280
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$78.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3975	$609
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	25 km
🎓 Higher education	65	30
😀 Quality of life	87	36
🏙️ Population	3.33M	1.58M

The cost of living in Dubai is 248% more expensive than in Leon. Cities ranked 989th and 6965th ($2379 vs $684) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 115th 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 0.9 months in Leon. Dubai ranked 1st best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Leon ranked 55th in Mexico, while ranked 288th and 7382nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dubai vs Leon

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	Dubai	Leon
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$8.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$14
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$5.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.6	$2.21
☕ Cappuccino	$6.1	$3.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$1.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1909	$375
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1243	$180
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3782	$615
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2332	$285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$17.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$26.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$91.5	$20.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	11.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6638	$390
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3507	$494
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.63	$0.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$86.2	$29.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$6.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$0.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$8.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$8.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$0.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.17	$1.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$9.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.03	$3.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.1	$5.42
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$3.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.63	$1.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$1.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.1	$29.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$3.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.2	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$9.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$64.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$903	$194
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13241	$2639

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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 Leon

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 13 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$721
33 km or 20 mi	Silao	$768
37 km or 23 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$831
45 km or 28 mi	Guanajuato	$853
60 km or 38 mi	Irapuato	$667
79 km or 49 mi	Salamanca	$634
100 km or 62 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
103 km or 64 mi	Cortazar	$693
106 km or 66 mi	Aguascalientes	$796
111 km or 69 mi	Celaya	$638
116 km or 72 mi	Yuriria	$725
131 km or 81 mi	La Barca	$778
136 km or 84 mi	San Luis Potosi	$808
141 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$773
145 km or 90 mi	Zacapu	$804
147 km or 91 mi	Queretaro	$983
166 km or 103 mi	Morelia	$717
176 km or 110 mi	Rioverde	$846
178 km or 110 mi	Tlaquepaque	$660
180 km or 112 mi	Guadalajara	$1017
183 km or 114 mi	Zapopan	$1021
193 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$673
193 km or 120 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
206 km or 128 mi	Zacatecas	$677
236 km or 147 mi	Apatzingan	$753
243 km or 151 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$780
251 km or 156 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
259 km or 161 mi	Fresnillo	$760
292 km or 181 mi	Ciudad Valles	$778
293 km or 182 mi	Toluca	$696
299 km or 186 mi	Colima	$634
305 km or 189 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
307 km or 190 mi	Zumpango	$761
307 km or 191 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
309 km or 192 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
310 km or 193 mi	Tultepec	$747
313 km or 195 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
314 km or 195 mi	Naucalpan	$800
318 km or 197 mi	Autlan	$906
322 km or 200 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704