Dubai vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dubai	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2379	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5357	$2065
🏠 One person rent	$1601	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$2918	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$453	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$88.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3975	$800
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	65	20
😀 Quality of life	87	41
🏙️ Population	3.33M	6.44M

The cost of living in Dubai is 254% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 989th and 7052nd ($2379 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 74th in the United Arab Emirates and China, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Dubai compared to 1.2 months in Shangrao. Dubai ranked 1st best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Shangrao ranked 210th in China, while ranked 288th and 6873rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dubai vs Shangrao

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	Dubai	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.6	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$6.1	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1909	$303
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1243	$199
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3782	$628
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2332	$401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$91.5	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6638	$4836
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3507	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.63	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$86.2	$23.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$5.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$2.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.17	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.03	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.1	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$4.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.63	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.1	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$6.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.2	$42.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$5.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$67.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$903	$436
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13241	$31722

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$598
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$601
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$603
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$616
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$621
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$642
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$585
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$587
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$682
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$630
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$506
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$677
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$555
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$603
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$648
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$611
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$642
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$726
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$681
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$632
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$576
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$613
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$672
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$805
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$669
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$600
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$650
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$564
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$716
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$661
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$691
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$600
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$671
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$670
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$645
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$679
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$625
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$590
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$621