Dubai vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dubai	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2229	$1608
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5278	$4004
🏠 One person rent	$1453	$923
🏘️ Family rent	$2877	$1998
🍽️ Food expenses	$455	$484
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$84.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3926	$818
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	64	8
😀 Quality of life	88	59
🏙️ Population	3.33M	24.7K

The cost of living in Dubai is 39% more expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 1218th and 3034th ($2229 vs $1608) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and the Seychelles, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Dubai compared to 0.5 months in Victoria. Dubai ranked 1st best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 189th and 5511th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dubai vs Victoria

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	Dubai	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.9	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.41	$9.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.1	$3.69
☕ Cappuccino	$6.06	$4.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$2.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1742	$981
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1101	$663
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3504	$1936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2351	$1722
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$66.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$203	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$92.3	$130
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.06%	16.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4930	$424
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2984	$1289
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.6	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.3	$44.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$2.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.5	$1.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.44	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$20.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$5.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$9.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$6.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$1.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.16	$3.9
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.2	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.24	$3.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.84	$11.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.93	$9.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.84	$8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.12	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.49	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$81.7	$90.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.6	$5.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$67.5	$71.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.84	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.2	$65.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.1	$70.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$720	$158
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14799	$8062

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$819
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1506
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$585
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$587
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$805
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$461
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$452
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$776
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$784
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$829
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$751
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$666
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$718
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$493
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$770
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$852
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$720
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$762
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1394
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$706
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$600
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1406
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$622
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1417
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1439
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1411
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1487
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1404
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1618
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1365
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1324
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1334
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1144
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$353
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1127
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$600
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$536
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$815
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$486
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$524