Dubai vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dubai	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2379	$2071
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5357	$5081
🏠 One person rent	$1601	$1241
🏘️ Family rent	$2918	$2185
🍽️ Food expenses	$453	$510
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3975	$2923
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	65	91
😀 Quality of life	87	92
🏙️ Population	3.33M	548K

The cost of living in Dubai is 15% more expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 989th and 1662nd ($2379 vs $2071) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 46th in the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Dubai compared to 1.4 months in Manchester. Dubai ranked 1st best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Manchester ranked 13th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 288th and 85th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dubai vs Manchester

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	Dubai	Manchester
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$73.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$9.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.6	$6.16
☕ Cappuccino	$6.1	$4.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$2.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1909	$1351
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1243	$936
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3782	$2179
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2332	$1788
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$186
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$283
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$91.5	$35.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	5.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6638	$5330
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3507	$3723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.63	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$86.2	$110
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$24.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$3.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$8.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$3.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.17	$2.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$2.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.03	$16.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.1	$7.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$4.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.63	$2.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.1	$43.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.2	$84.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$86.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$88
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$903	$1818
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13241	$19551

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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 Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1948
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1800
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1874
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1845
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1602
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1806
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1672
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1806
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1962
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1574
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1675
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1497
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1753
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1686
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1762
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1376
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1793
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1737
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1686
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1486
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1456
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1598
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1707
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1774
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1680
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1706
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1401
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1774
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1764
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1897
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1710
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1697
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1681