Dubai vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dubai	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2379	$1821
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5357	$4500
🏠 One person rent	$1601	$1051
🏘️ Family rent	$2918	$1950
🍽️ Food expenses	$453	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3975	$3986
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	65	60
😀 Quality of life	87	87
🏙️ Population	3.33M	246K

The cost of living in Dubai is 31% more expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 989th and 2336th ($2379 vs $1821) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1917th in the United Arab Emirates and the United States, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Dubai compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Dubai ranked 1st best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Louisville ranked 78th in the United States, while ranked 288th and 299th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dubai vs Louisville

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	Dubai	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$65.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.6	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$6.1	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1909	$1023
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1243	$833
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3782	$1823
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2332	$1673
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$188
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$91.5	$58.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6638	$3405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3507	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.63	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$86.2	$48.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$0.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$4.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$5.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.17	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.03	$8.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.1	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.63	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.1	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.2	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$903	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13241	$13378

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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 Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1863
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1903
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1874
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1865
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1664
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1874
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1875
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1862
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1845
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2147
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1940
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2145
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1779
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2001
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1636
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1848
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2490
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2010
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1914
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2100
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1895
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1839
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1432
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1847
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1953
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1880
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2189
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1853
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2023
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1427
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1834
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1974