Dubai vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dubai	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2379	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5357	$2412
🏠 One person rent	$1601	$449
🏘️ Family rent	$2918	$742
🍽️ Food expenses	$453	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$131
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3975	$925
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	65	49
😀 Quality of life	87	59
🏙️ Population	3.33M	1.48M

The cost of living in Dubai is 133% more expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 989th and 5351st ($2379 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th in the United Arab Emirates and Mexico, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Dubai compared to 0.9 months in Zapopan. Dubai ranked 1st best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Zapopan ranked 3rd in Mexico, while ranked 288th and 5375th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dubai vs Zapopan

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	Dubai	Zapopan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$9.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$38.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$8.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.6	$2.2
☕ Cappuccino	$6.1	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$1.18
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1909	$542
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1243	$330
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3782	$978
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2332	$553
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$50.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$78.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$91.5	$25.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	11.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6638	$5058
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3507	$452
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.63	$0.47
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$86.2	$24.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$21
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$2.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$8.33
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$7.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$9.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.17	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$9.85
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$1.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.03	$3.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.1	$5.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.63	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.1	$44.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$4.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.2	$27.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$8.88
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$46.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$94.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$903	$162
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13241	$5821

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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 Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$1017
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$660
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$778
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$780
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$773
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$906
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$721
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$831
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$634
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$796
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$587
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$684
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1162
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$804
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$673
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$768
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$744
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$813
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$753
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$667
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$977
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$853
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$634
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$725
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$677
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$693
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$717
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$638
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$760
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$808
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$983
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$781
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$846
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$662
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$856
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1214
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$696