Dubai vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dubai	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2379	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5357	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$1601	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$2918	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$453	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3975	$709
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	65	92
😀 Quality of life	87	67
🏙️ Population	3.33M	9.21M

The cost of living in Dubai is 105% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 989th and 4604th ($2379 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th 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 0.6 months in Mexico City. Dubai ranked 1st best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 288th and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dubai vs Mexico City

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	Dubai	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.6	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$6.1	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1909	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1243	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3782	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2332	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$91.5	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6638	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3507	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.63	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$86.2	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.17	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.03	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.1	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.63	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.1	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.2	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$903	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13241	$9034

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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 Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804