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Middle East
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Salary & Cost of Living
How do salaries and expenses in Dubai compare to Toronto?
Purchasing Power Comparison
An engineer in Dubai is 15% better off vs in Toronto
This shows how far a software engineer's salary goes in Dubai compared to Toronto, taking into account both salary differences and cost of living.
Net Salary
$81,676
+$13,710 (+20%) vs Toronto
Tax Rate: 0%
Weather
How does the weather in Dubai compare to Toronto?
Toronto has better overall weather
0.5/10(vs 3.4/10 in Toronto)
Overall weather score based on temperature, sunshine, precipitation, and humidity. Learn how it's calculated
Average High
34°C(vs 12°C in Toronto)
Average Low
22°C(vs 5°C in Toronto)
Sunshine Hours
3,509h/yr+1442h/yr(+70%)
Average High in hottest month
41°C(vs 25°C in Toronto)
Average Low in coldest month
14°C(vs -8°C in Toronto)
Rainy Days
10/yr-66/yr(-86%)
Muggy Days
164/yr+145/yr(+769%)
Cloud Cover
24%(vs 48% in Toronto)
Quality of Life
How does quality of life in Dubai compare to Toronto?
Housing Affordability
How affordable is housing for a software engineer in Dubai compared to Toronto?
SWE Affordability
5.2 years
4.5 years quicker than Toronto
Community & Events
Events listed on lu.ma, a popular Meetup alternative in tech circles, can indicate local community engagement.
Dubai has around 11 Luma events listed.
That's 73% fewer events than Toronto.
Salary Converter
Enter your annual gross salary (before taxes) to see what you would need to earn in Dubai to maintain the same standard of living.
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