Dubai vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dubai	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2379	$756
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5357	$2050
🏠 One person rent	$1601	$409
🏘️ Family rent	$2918	$794
🍽️ Food expenses	$453	$199
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$68.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3975	$971
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	65	29
😀 Quality of life	87	44
🏙️ Population	3.33M	6.17M

The cost of living in Dubai is 215% more expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 989th and 6647th ($2379 vs $756) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 39th in the United Arab Emirates and China, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Dubai compared to 1.3 months in Maoming. Dubai ranked 1st best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Maoming ranked 136th in China, while ranked 288th and 6657th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dubai vs Maoming

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	Dubai	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$2.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$3.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.6	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$6.1	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1909	$477
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1243	$343
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3782	$967
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2332	$684
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$27.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$41.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$91.5	$11.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	4.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6638	$6271
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3507	$3451
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.63	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$86.2	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$2.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$4.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$5.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.17	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.03	$3.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.1	$6.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.63	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.1	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$6.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.2	$31.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$9.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$45.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$68.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$903	$476
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13241	$17434

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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 Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$761
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$877
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$771
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$823
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$642
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$650
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$812
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$803
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$702
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$592
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$804
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$461
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$573
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$611
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1588
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$653
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$598
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$774
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$549
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$758
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$794
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$656
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$579
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$916
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2432
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$564
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$755
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$569
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$601
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$582
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$522
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$763
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$818
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$575
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$591
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$764
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$936