Dubai vs Pattaya - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dubai	Pattaya
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2470	$839
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5467	$2090
🏠 One person rent	$1665	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$2923	$761
🍽️ Food expenses	$473	$291
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$29.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4153	$474
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	66	31
😀 Quality of life	90	59
🏙️ Population	3.94M	120K

The cost of living in Dubai is 194% more expensive than in Pattaya. Cities ranked 947th and 6606th ($2470 vs $839) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in the United Arab Emirates and Thailand, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Dubai compared to 0.6 months in Pattaya. Dubai ranked 1st best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Pattaya ranked 3rd in Thailand, while ranked 184th and 6029th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this picture

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/dubai/pattaya.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Dubai vs Pattaya infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/dubai/pattaya" target="_blank">Dubai vs Pattaya - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Dubai vs Pattaya

Prices for goods and services in Dubai and Pattaya are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Dubai	Pattaya
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.9	$3.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.6	$36.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.74	$9.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$13.5	$2.27
☕ Cappuccino	$6.41	$2.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.48	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2083	$473
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1266	$328
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3820	$864
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2306	$599
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$59.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$222	$90.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$92.6	$18.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.56%	5.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7283	$2563
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4305	$1488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.63	$0.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.5	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.1	$10.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.62	$2.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.4	$2.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$9.91
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$3.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.92	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16	$16.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.94	$1.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.13	$4.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.07	$2.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.99	$4.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.4	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.1	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$82.8	$43.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$7.72
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$75.6	$27.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$3.93
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.7	$39.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$96.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$870	$393
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17401	$13971

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Dubai

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8 mi	Sharjah	$1543
22 km or 14 mi	Ajman	$2356
41 km or 25 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
104 km or 65 mi	Fujairah	$1173
108 km or 67 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
126 km or 78 mi	Al Ain	$1455
129 km or 80 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
234 km or 146 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
246 km or 153 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
339 km or 211 mi	Seeb	$1082
344 km or 214 mi	Nizwa	$797
380 km or 236 mi	Doha	$2100
380 km or 236 mi	Muscat	$1193
385 km or 239 mi	Al Khor	$2015
399 km or 248 mi	Jahrom	$494
440 km or 273 mi	Fasa	$497
449 km or 279 mi	Jiroft	$526
466 km or 290 mi	Sirjan	$521
485 km or 301 mi	Manama	$1340
486 km or 302 mi	Riffa	$1062
487 km or 303 mi	Isa Town	$1218
523 km or 325 mi	Bam	$514
528 km or 328 mi	Dhahran	$965
534 km or 332 mi	Chabahar	$530
537 km or 334 mi	Dammam	$1059
554 km or 345 mi	Shiraz	$505
560 km or 348 mi	Qatif	$778
568 km or 353 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
568 km or 353 mi	Marvdasht	$485
574 km or 357 mi	Rafsanjan	$558
578 km or 359 mi	Iranshahr	$559
584 km or 363 mi	Kerman	$700
595 km or 370 mi	Jubail	$917
601 km or 373 mi	Borazjan	$457
603 km or 375 mi	Kazerun	$471
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$454
703 km or 437 mi	Yasuj	$459
721 km or 448 mi	Zahedan	$717
743 km or 461 mi	Yazd	$517
773 km or 481 mi	Behbahan	$469

Cities near Pattaya

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.7 km or 3.5 mi	Nong Prue	$809
16 km or 9.7 mi	Laem Chabang	$799
23 km or 14 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$784
84 km or 52 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$789
85 km or 53 mi	Klaeng	$724
85 km or 53 mi	Lat Luang	$794
98 km or 61 mi	Bangkok	$996
110 km or 68 mi	Nonthaburi	$761
110 km or 68 mi	Hua Hin	$787
115 km or 72 mi	Pak Kret	$762
119 km or 74 mi	Rangsit	$616
130 km or 81 mi	Tha Khlong	$671
132 km or 82 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$603
184 km or 114 mi	Ko Chang	$718
237 km or 147 mi	Serei Saophoan	$644
250 km or 156 mi	Battambang	$601
255 km or 159 mi	Myeik	$567
259 km or 161 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$586
318 km or 198 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$707
324 km or 202 mi	Siem Reap	$679
340 km or 211 mi	Ko Tao	$812
372 km or 231 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$766
383 km or 238 mi	Sihanoukville	$766
396 km or 246 mi	Ko Samui	$735
435 km or 270 mi	Phitsanulok	$554
440 km or 273 mi	Khon Kaen	$590
442 km or 275 mi	Kampot	$582
450 km or 280 mi	Phu Quoc	$518
457 km or 284 mi	Surat Thani	$582
464 km or 288 mi	Phnom Penh	$893
497 km or 309 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$543
506 km or 314 mi	Kampong Cham	$518
508 km or 315 mi	Prey Veng	$776
512 km or 318 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$788
527 km or 328 mi	Mawlamyine	$575
535 km or 333 mi	Udon Thani	$564
553 km or 343 mi	Stung Treng	$668
561 km or 349 mi	Hpa-an	$601
562 km or 349 mi	Rach Gia	$530
571 km or 355 mi	Long Xuyen	$508