Dubai vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dubai	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2379	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5357	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$1601	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$2918	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$453	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3975	$3560
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	65	90
😀 Quality of life	87	93
🏙️ Population	3.33M	1.51M

The cost of living in Dubai is 8% more expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 989th and 1352nd ($2379 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and Germany, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Dubai compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Dubai ranked 1st best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 288th and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dubai vs Munich

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	Dubai	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.6	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$6.1	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1909	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1243	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3782	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2332	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$91.5	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6638	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3507	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.63	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$86.2	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.17	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.03	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.1	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.63	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.1	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.2	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$903	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13241	$14702

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560