Dubai vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dubai	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2379	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5357	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$1601	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$2918	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$453	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3975	$1546
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	65	96
😀 Quality of life	87	74
🏙️ Population	3.33M	13.1M

The cost of living in Dubai is 91% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 989th and 4359th ($2379 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and Russia, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Dubai compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Dubai ranked 1st best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 288th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dubai vs Moscow

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	Dubai	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.6	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$6.1	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1909	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1243	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3782	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2332	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$91.5	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6638	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3507	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.63	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$86.2	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.17	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.03	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.1	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.63	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.1	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.2	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$903	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13241	$12252

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592