Dubai vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dubai	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2229	$922
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5278	$2016
🏠 One person rent	$1453	$473
🏘️ Family rent	$2877	$604
🍽️ Food expenses	$455	$246
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3926	$324
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	64	56
😀 Quality of life	88	43
🏙️ Population	3.33M	2.9M

The cost of living in Dubai is 142% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 1218th and 5826th ($2229 vs $922) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in the United Arab Emirates and Brazil, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Dubai compared to 0.4 months in Salvador. Dubai ranked 1st best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Salvador ranked 44th in Brazil, while ranked 189th and 6863rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dubai vs Salvador

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	Dubai	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.9	$6.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72	$18.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.41	$7.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.1	$1.67
☕ Cappuccino	$6.06	$2.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$1.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1742	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1101	$292
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3504	$541
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2351	$401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$107
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$203	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$92.3	$9.96
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.06%	12.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4930	$960
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2984	$422
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.6	$53.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.3	$6.99
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.5	$0.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.44	$2.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$4.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$7.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.16	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.2	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.24	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.84	$2.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.93	$4.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.84	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.12	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.49	$0.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$81.7	$22.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.6	$7.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$67.5	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.84	$8.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.2	$37.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.1	$73.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$720	$299
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14799	$12057

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Cities near Dubai

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8 mi	Sharjah	$1612
22 km or 14 mi	Ajman	$1841
41 km or 25 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1577
104 km or 65 mi	Fujairah	$1191
108 km or 67 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1584
126 km or 78 mi	Al Ain	$1132
129 km or 80 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1936
234 km or 146 mi	Bandar Abbas	$758
246 km or 153 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
339 km or 211 mi	Seeb	$1164
344 km or 214 mi	Nizwa	$787
380 km or 236 mi	Doha	$1872
380 km or 236 mi	Muscat	$1126
385 km or 239 mi	Al Khor	$1810
399 km or 248 mi	Jahrom	$798
440 km or 273 mi	Fasa	$890
449 km or 279 mi	Jiroft	$573
466 km or 290 mi	Sirjan	$604
485 km or 301 mi	Manama	$1375
486 km or 302 mi	Riffa	$1285
487 km or 303 mi	Isa Town	$1327
523 km or 325 mi	Bam	$544
528 km or 328 mi	Dhahran	$959
534 km or 332 mi	Chabahar	$779
537 km or 334 mi	Dammam	$1005
554 km or 345 mi	Shiraz	$606
560 km or 348 mi	Qatif	$868
568 km or 353 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
568 km or 353 mi	Marvdasht	$604
574 km or 357 mi	Rafsanjan	$530
578 km or 359 mi	Iranshahr	$672
584 km or 363 mi	Kerman	$457
595 km or 370 mi	Jubail	$910
601 km or 373 mi	Borazjan	$621
603 km or 375 mi	Kazerun	$606
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$646
703 km or 437 mi	Yasuj	$561
721 km or 448 mi	Zahedan	$822
743 km or 461 mi	Yazd	$575
773 km or 481 mi	Behbahan	$541

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$680
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$674
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$701
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$666
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$635
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$592
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$620
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$494
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$438
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$606
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$634
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$566
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$595
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$525
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$611
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$597
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$577
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$462
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$550
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$634
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$610
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$444
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$436
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$583
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$651
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$621
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$615
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$612
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$587
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$580
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$606
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$576
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$504
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$645
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$573
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$657
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$619
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$631
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$601
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$711