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Cost of living in Dubai 2026

Typical rent, prices and the overall cost index for Dubai, with quick comparisons to other cities.

Cost index (base New York = 100)

78.2

22% cheaper than New York

DubaiUSD
1-bed apartment, centre 9,000 AED $2,448
1-bed apartment, outside centre 5,400 AED $1,469
3-bed apartment, centre 17,000 AED $4,624
Room in shared flat 2,300 AED $626
Buy price per m2 22,000 AED $5,984
Living cost excl. rent 4,200 AED $1,142
Typical net salary 15,250 AED $4,148

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How we calculate and where the data comes from

Educational model, not financial, tax or relocation advice. Figures are estimates for 2026 and are rounded to ranges, never exact values. Our cost index is built from open data and adapted by CrawlJobs (aggregated and reweighted); it is not endorsed by the sources.

Sources: Eurostat (free reuse, Commission Decision 2011/833/EU), World Bank Open Data ICP (CC-BY-4.0), US BEA / HUD / Census (public domain), GeoNames (CC-BY-4.0). Source and product names are used for attribution only; no affiliation or endorsement is implied.