Dubai vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dubai	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2420	$863
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5315	$2104
🏠 One person rent	$1634	$379
🏘️ Family rent	$2835	$550
🍽️ Food expenses	$459	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$182	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4093	$378
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	66	57
😀 Quality of life	90	62
🏙️ Population	3.94M	2.42M

The cost of living in Dubai is 180% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 1039th and 6516th ($2420 vs $863) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 12th 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 1.7 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 18th in Brazil, while ranked 203rd and 5693rd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this infographic!

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

Prices in Dubai vs Salvador

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

	Dubai	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.2	$6.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.2	$26.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$7.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$13.5	$2.42
☕ Cappuccino	$6.31	$2.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.3	$1.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1988	$365
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1244	$270
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3617	$598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2237	$376
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$74.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$227	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$94	$15.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.46%	10.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7290	$1920
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4052	$1029
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.64	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$50.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.52	$9.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.89	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.39	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.73	$2.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$9.87
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.09	$4.73
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$6.73
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$2.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.86	$1.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18	$6.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.57	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.2	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.05	$4.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.08	$0.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$72.5	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$5.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$75.5	$32.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.2	$8.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.2	$53.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$72.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$829	$349
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16876	$14902

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	$1473
22 km or 14 mi	Ajman	$2183
41 km or 25 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1148
104 km or 65 mi	Fujairah	$1214
108 km or 67 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1373
126 km or 78 mi	Al Ain	$1457
129 km or 80 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
234 km or 146 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
246 km or 153 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
339 km or 211 mi	Seeb	$1080
344 km or 214 mi	Nizwa	$796
380 km or 236 mi	Doha	$2014
380 km or 236 mi	Muscat	$1135
385 km or 239 mi	Al Khor	$1923
399 km or 248 mi	Jahrom	$545
440 km or 273 mi	Fasa	$541
449 km or 279 mi	Jiroft	$575
466 km or 290 mi	Sirjan	$545
485 km or 301 mi	Manama	$1309
486 km or 302 mi	Riffa	$1109
487 km or 303 mi	Isa Town	$1192
523 km or 325 mi	Bam	$563
528 km or 328 mi	Dhahran	$931
534 km or 332 mi	Chabahar	$575
537 km or 334 mi	Dammam	$1037
554 km or 345 mi	Shiraz	$565
560 km or 348 mi	Qatif	$823
568 km or 353 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
568 km or 353 mi	Marvdasht	$547
574 km or 357 mi	Rafsanjan	$613
578 km or 359 mi	Iranshahr	$627
584 km or 363 mi	Kerman	$761
595 km or 370 mi	Jubail	$928
601 km or 373 mi	Borazjan	$489
603 km or 375 mi	Kazerun	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$465
703 km or 437 mi	Yasuj	$487
721 km or 448 mi	Zahedan	$813
743 km or 461 mi	Yazd	$565
773 km or 481 mi	Behbahan	$492

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$667
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$676
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$568
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$666
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$645
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$607
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$645
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$548
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$492
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$651
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$589
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$572
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$567
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$583
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$628
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$591
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$614
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$466
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$595
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$648
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$647
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$488
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$608
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$611
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$726
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$602
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$677
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$687
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$611
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$628
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$598
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$609
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$579
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$615
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$598
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$669
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$611
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$609
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$626
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$743