{"id":380,"date":"2026-06-06T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dubaivistacare.com\/blog\/?p=380"},"modified":"2026-06-06T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T11:00:00","slug":"cost-of-living-dubai-2026-real-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubaivistacare.com\/blog\/cost-of-living-dubai-2026-real-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Cost of Living in Dubai 2026: Real Numbers for Expats"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Housing<\/h2>\n<p>Studio in JVC: 45,000-55,000 AED per year. 1BR in Marina: 90,000-120,000 AED. 2BR in Business Bay: 130,000-170,000 AED. 3BR villa in Damac Hills: 160,000-220,000 AED. Housing is the main expense \u2014 40-50% of budget.<\/p>\n<h2>Utilities<\/h2>\n<p>DEWA (electricity and water): 400-1,200 AED per month. Internet: 350-450 AED per month. Chiller (central AC) if not included in rent: 300-800 AED. Total utilities: 1,000-2,500 AED per month.<\/p>\n<h2>Food and dining<\/h2>\n<p>Groceries for a family of 3: 2,000-3,500 AED per month. Mid-range restaurant lunch: 60-120 AED per person. Coffee at a cafe: 18-30 AED. Food delivery: 50-100 AED per order.<\/p>\n<h2>Transport<\/h2>\n<p>Metro: 5-8 AED per trip. Careem taxi: 20-60 AED around the city. Petrol: 3.1-3.3 AED per litre. Parking in the centre: 4-8 AED per hour.<\/p>\n<h2>Home maintenance<\/h2>\n<p>Handyman call-out when needed: 150-500 AED. Dubai Vista maintenance subscription: from 3,000 AED per year. Apartment cleaning: 200-400 AED per session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Housing Studio in JVC: 45,000-55,000 AED per year. 1BR in Marina: 90,000-120,000 AED. 2BR in Business Bay: 130,000-170,000 AED. 3BR villa in Damac Hills: 160,000-220,000 AED. Housing is the main expense \u2014 40-50% of budget. Utilities DEWA (electricity and water): 400-1,200 AED per month. Internet: 350-450 AED per month. Chiller (central AC) if not included &#8230; <a title=\"Cost of Living in Dubai 2026: Real Numbers for Expats\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/dubaivistacare.com\/blog\/cost-of-living-dubai-2026-real-numbers\/\" aria-label=\"\u041f\u0440\u043e\u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0431\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0448\u0435 \u043e Cost of Living in Dubai 2026: Real Numbers for Expats\">\u0427\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0434\u0430\u043b\u0435\u0435<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubaivistacare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubaivistacare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubaivistacare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubaivistacare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubaivistacare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dubaivistacare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":383,"href":"https:\/\/dubaivistacare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380\/revisions\/383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubaivistacare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubaivistacare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubaivistacare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}