Dubai vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dubai	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2379	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5357	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$1601	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$2918	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$453	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3975	$3146
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	65	99
😀 Quality of life	87	95
🏙️ Population	3.33M	2.15M

The cost of living in Dubai is 5% more expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 989th and 1222nd ($2379 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and France, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Dubai compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Dubai ranked 1st best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 288th and 25th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dubai vs Paris

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	Dubai	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.6	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$6.1	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1909	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1243	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3782	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2332	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$91.5	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6638	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3507	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.63	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$86.2	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.17	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.03	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.1	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.63	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.1	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.2	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$903	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13241	$16193

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293