{"id":104,"date":"2014-02-04T11:35:55","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T11:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ofwuae.wpengine.com\/?p=104"},"modified":"2014-02-04T11:35:55","modified_gmt":"2014-02-04T11:35:55","slug":"cost-living-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/104-cost-living-dubai.html","title":{"rendered":"Cost of Living in Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Statistics Brain, Dubai is named as the 22nd most expensive city in the world and the most pricey emirate in the Middle East (2012). However, despite living in Dubai costs an arm and leg, the emirate remains to be one of the most livable places from a global standpoint. The following summarizes the average costs of living in Dubai.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monthly average cost of Living in Dubai is $ 2, 900.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_105\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-105\" alt=\"Photo credit\" src=\"http:\/\/pinoy-ofw.net\/uae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/eating_dubai.webp\" width=\"385\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/eating_dubai.webp 385w, https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/eating_dubai-300x211.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/eating_dubai-150x106.webp 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-105\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jaunted.com\/story\/2009\/8\/6\/9176\/50522\/travel\/Dining+In+Dubai+Now+Requires+You+To+Sign+Food+Poisoning+Waivers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Photo credit<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Monthly utilities<\/strong><br \/>\nMonthly average cost: AED 1, 500<br \/>\nUnlike other countries, tenants pay the water and electricity bills in Dubai including a sewerage fee. Expect bills to be higher during summer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Accommodation<\/strong><br \/>\nMonthly average cost: AED 1, 000 to AED 2, 100<br \/>\nThe cost of accommodation in Dubai depends on the type of building or infrastructure. Villa with a swimming pool is more expensive than apartment at approximately AED 2, 000 per month. Meanwhile apartment starts from AED 1, 000. Internet connection is not free of charge. An additional of AED 110 is levied for web connection.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Air-conditioning device<\/strong><br \/>\nMonthly average cost: AED 1, 000 to AED 5, 000<br \/>\nDubai is a very hot country and all buildings in the emirate are operated by air conditioning system. Air conditioning devices are of essential in order to survive in a country with an arid climate. Depending on the infrastructure, villa and large companies acquired the highest charge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Internet service<\/strong><br \/>\nMonthly average cost: approximately AED 250 (excluding the installation fee)<br \/>\nSo, imagine what life is without the Internet? You will surely get behind and get lost without this invention! Extra charge will be employed for faster and updated Internet versions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gas<\/strong><br \/>\nMonthly average cost: AED 350 to 550<br \/>\nIt will be indeed very expensive if one doesn\u2019t do the cooking at home. In Dubai, accommodations don\u2019t have gas mains, so people either purchase gas canisters and tanks. Refill costs for this gas system ranges between AED 60 and AED 120.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Car<\/strong><br \/>\nMonthly average cost: AED 30, 000 to AED 2 million<br \/>\nIf you are staying for good in Dubai &#8211; with your family &#8211; you will probably need a car. Commuting everyday from and to work can be very costly. The minimum fare of taxi in Dubai is AED 10 but this is just a short-distance destination.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Food<\/strong><br \/>\nMonthly average cost: AED 150 to AED 200<br \/>\nFood expenditure in Dubai is relatively tolerable across all salary levels. However, eating out can cost an arm and a leg and it\u2019s another story!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Statistics Brain, Dubai is named as the 22nd most expensive city in the world and the most pricey emirate in the Middle East (2012). However, despite living in Dubai costs an arm and leg, the emirate remains to be one of the most livable places from a global standpoint. The following summarizes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-104","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dubai"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}