Dubai vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dubai	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2379	$1495
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5357	$3864
🏠 One person rent	$1601	$837
🏘️ Family rent	$2918	$1959
🍽️ Food expenses	$453	$495
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$52.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3975	$861
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	65	8
😀 Quality of life	87	59
🏙️ Population	3.33M	24.7K

The cost of living in Dubai is 59% more expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 989th and 3454th ($2379 vs $1495) 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 1.7 months in Dubai compared to 0.6 months in Victoria. Dubai ranked 1st best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 288th and 5404th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Dubai vs Victoria infographic

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

Prices in Dubai vs Victoria

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

	Dubai	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$15.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$9.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.6	$3.81
☕ Cappuccino	$6.1	$4.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1909	$826
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1243	$661
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3782	$1953
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2332	$1746
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$83.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$91.5	$88.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	16.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6638	$405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3507	$1127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.63	$0.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$86.2	$24.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$3.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$6.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$12.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$6.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.17	$3.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$9.73
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$4.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.03	$21.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.1	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.63	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.1	$90.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.2	$64.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$65.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$69.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$903	$156
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13241	$8298

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	$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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$711
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1100
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1105
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$706
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$447
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$498
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$796
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$808
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$812
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$667
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$671
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$745
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$580
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$712
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$785
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$552
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1322
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$523
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$507
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1358
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$545
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1371
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1400
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1368
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1459
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1379
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1575
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1396
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1397
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1296
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1506
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$352
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1150
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$486
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$561
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$660
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$541
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$408