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Rent, eating out, groceries: Real cost of living the Dubai lifestyle

Fri 08 Jan 2016, 16:57:50

The emirates of Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah are far more affordable to live in when compared to many other cities around the world. The three cities in the UAE stack up as the more affordable ones among the 494 cities ranked for the latest 2016 cost of living index.

Compiled by Numbeo, a database of user-contributed data about cities and countries worldwide, the index calculates the ranking based on a range of costs, including rentals, groceries, travel, eating out and clothing, etc.

According to Numbeo’s 2016 Cost of Living Index, Dubai ranks at #189 out of the 494 cities that its index ranks, while Kuwait City in Kuwait at #30 emerges as the most expensive city to live in the Middle East. Qatar’s Doha is ranked at #196, followed by Beirut at #232 and Abu Dhabi at #261.

Regional Top 10 most expensive cities
30	Kuwait City, Kuwait
189	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
196	Doha, Qatar
232	Beirut, Lebanon
261	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
273	Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
286	Muscat, Oman
289	Amman, Jordan
304	Baghdad, Iraq
307	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

(Source: Numbeo)

Dubai is far more affordable when compared to global cities like Zurich (2), Geneva (4), San Francisco (13), New York (15), London (17), Washington (19), Tokyo (38), Chicago (40), Singapore (48), Hong Kong (57), Paris (60), Sydney (61), Los Angeles (100), Melbourne (130), Venice (143), and Frankfurt (158).

The most expensive cities to live in are mostly in Switzerland. Hamilton in Bermuda is the world’s costliest city to live in, followed by seven cities in Switzerland.

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1	Hamilton, Bermuda
2	Zurich, Switzerland
3	Basel, Switzerland
4	Geneva, Switzerland
5	Zug, Switzerland
6	Bern, Switzerland
7	Lausanne, Switzerland
8	Lugano, Switzerland
9	Tromso, Norway
10	Nassau, Bahamas

(Source: Numbeo)

India hosts the world’s most affordable cities

The most affordable cities on the list are all in India with most of them being in the south of the country.

At #494, Thiruvananthapuram in India – where a good number of UAE residents come from – is the cheapest city one can live in.

Global Top 10 most affordable cities

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