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Middle East
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Salary & Cost of Living
How do salaries and expenses in Dubai compare to Seattle?
Purchasing Power Comparison
An engineer in Dubai is 39% worse off vs in Seattle
This shows how far a software engineer's salary goes in Dubai compared to Seattle, taking into account both salary differences and cost of living.
Net Salary
$80,500
-$92,740 (-54%) vs Seattle
Tax Rate: 0%
Weather
How does the weather in Dubai compare to Seattle?
Seattle has better overall weather
0.5/10(vs 5.4/10 in Seattle)
Overall weather score based on temperature, sunshine, precipitation, and humidity. Learn how it's calculated
Average High
34°C(vs 16°C in Seattle)
Average Low
22°C(vs 9°C in Seattle)
Sunshine Hours
3,509h/yr+1339h/yr(+62%)
Average High in hottest month
41°C(vs 25°C in Seattle)
Average Low in coldest month
14°C(vs 3°C in Seattle)
Rainy Days
10/yr-116/yr(-92%)
Muggy Days
164/yr+164/yr(+Infinity%)
Cloud Cover
24%(vs 55% in Seattle)
Quality of Life
How does quality of life in Dubai compare to Seattle?
Housing Affordability
How affordable is housing for a software engineer in Dubai compared to Seattle?
SWE Affordability
5.6 years
2.6 years longer than Seattle
Community & Events
Events listed on lu.ma, a popular Meetup alternative in tech circles, can indicate local community engagement.
Dubai has around 9 Luma events listed.
That's 55% fewer events than Seattle.
Salary Converter
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