What does it cost in Dubai?
Real prices with their source and date.
Real prices with their source and date.
95 essential products in 10 supermarket chains.
Shop prices published by the UAE Ministry of Economy and Tourism (last updated 8 October 2026)
Rent, electricity and water, transport and phone for each area, cheapest first.
Super 98 petrol: AED 4.40 a litre in October 2026 (+16% on the previous month). Diesel: AED 4.80.
UAE Fuel Price Committee, as reported by Sharjah24 (WAM) · monthly price
Products with a published price: 173.
Store websites and the UAE Ministry of Economy and Tourism · dates on each page
Your pay after tax where you live, next to what life costs here.
Fixed monthly costs for a single person, a couple and a family of four: housing, utilities, phone & internet and commute, with the source and date of every line.
Electricity and water, fees and the commute to Dubai if you live in Sharjah, Ajman, Abu Dhabi or another emirate.
Your own list priced store by store, with delivery to your area.
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One page per product with today’s price at each store and its price per unit.
Prices of essential goods in Dubai shops as published by the UAE Ministry of Economy and Tourism, with its date.
Annual fees by school and grade, from the education authority’s open data.
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Rents and sale prices by area and number of bedrooms, from official records.
Rent, electricity and water, transport and phone for each area, cheapest first.
Fixed monthly costs for a single person, a couple and a family of four: housing, utilities, phone & internet and commute, with the source and date of every line.
Electricity and water, fees and the commute to Dubai if you live in Sharjah, Ajman, Abu Dhabi or another emirate.
This month’s fuel prices, road tolls and parking tariffs.
Dubai Taxi street and app fares, a taxi-or-car trip calculator and Sharjah buses.
Your pay after tax where you live, next to what life costs here.
What a typical family or business owner would stop paying in tax by moving here. An estimate, not tax advice.
Official fees for residence visas and for opening a company, mainland or free zone.
The cost over 30, 90 and 365 days, in whole packs with delivery.
Two packs of the same product compared by price per unit.
The same dish from the same branch, by neighbourhood.
The checkout total of the same order on each app, fees included.
The same data and minutes across operators.
Published tariffs applied to a typical home.
Who must pay for it, the minimum cover and the fines, as the law sets them.
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Data & methodology: all comparison pages, sources and the API