Dubai vs Puebla - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dubai	Puebla
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2379	$981
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5357	$2527
🏠 One person rent	$1601	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$2918	$914
🍽️ Food expenses	$453	$311
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3975	$651
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	65	35
😀 Quality of life	87	53
🏙️ Population	3.33M	1.43M

The cost of living in Dubai is 143% more expensive than in Puebla. Cities ranked 989th and 5623rd ($2379 vs $981) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 19th 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 0.7 months in Puebla. Dubai ranked 1st best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Puebla ranked 12th in Mexico, while ranked 288th and 6026th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dubai vs Puebla

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	Dubai	Puebla
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$7.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$7.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.6	$2.38
☕ Cappuccino	$6.1	$2.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$1.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1909	$461
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1243	$384
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3782	$908
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2332	$821
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$47.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$91.5	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	11.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6638	$772
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3507	$601
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.63	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$86.2	$29.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$2.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$6.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$5.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.17	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$9.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.03	$3.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.1	$5.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.63	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.1	$45.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.2	$35.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$9.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$50.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$903	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13241	$9705

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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 Puebla

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 18 mi	Atlixco	$825
75 km or 47 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
82 km or 51 mi	Cuautla	$858
82 km or 51 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
86 km or 53 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
90 km or 56 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
103 km or 64 mi	Jiutepec	$752
106 km or 66 mi	Mexico City	$1160
107 km or 66 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
108 km or 67 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
109 km or 68 mi	Tehuacan	$485
116 km or 72 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
117 km or 73 mi	Naucalpan	$800
119 km or 74 mi	Tultepec	$747
120 km or 74 mi	Orizaba	$724
120 km or 74 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
122 km or 76 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
124 km or 77 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
124 km or 77 mi	Teziutlan	$770
124 km or 77 mi	Zumpango	$761
131 km or 81 mi	Pachuca	$632
136 km or 85 mi	Cordoba	$759
140 km or 87 mi	Coatepec	$700
147 km or 91 mi	Xalapa	$574
153 km or 95 mi	Toluca	$696
156 km or 97 mi	Taxco	$788
160 km or 99 mi	Iguala	$821
183 km or 114 mi	Poza Rica	$635
206 km or 128 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
215 km or 134 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
217 km or 135 mi	Veracruz	$724
238 km or 148 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
260 km or 162 mi	Alvarado	$716
268 km or 167 mi	Oaxaca	$812
284 km or 177 mi	Queretaro	$983
301 km or 187 mi	Acapulco	$756
314 km or 195 mi	Santiago Tuxtla	$700
318 km or 197 mi	Celaya	$638
320 km or 199 mi	Morelia	$717
323 km or 201 mi	San Andres Tuxtla	$699