United Arab Emirates
Compared with Czechia, using real observed prices.
Baseline: Czechia = 1×
Overall verdict
United Arab Emirates is about 0.61×
Czechia.
Average across 5 categories, 6 items with data
The shape of prices (vs
Czechia = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Czechia. A bar running right means United Arab Emirates is pricier; running left means cheaper. The thin bar behind shows the range from the cheapest to the priciest item in that category.
← Cheaper than
Czechia
Czechia = 1×
United Arab Emirates is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In United Arab Emirates, Big Mac costs 0.9× what it does in Czechia — but Electricity 1kWh (household) costs only 0.2×. What is expensive here is labour, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
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Big Mac 1 burger ×0.94
United Arab Emirates CZK 108.25 AED 19
Czechia CZK 115.00 CZK 115
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PC game (Cyberpunk 2077) 1 game ×0.91
United Arab Emirates CZK 1,324 AED 229
Czechia CZK 1,449 EUR 59.99
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iPhone (base model, base storage) 1 unit ×0.85
United Arab Emirates CZK 19,648 AED 3,399
Czechia CZK 22,990 CZK 22,990
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Diesel 1L 1 L ×0.57
United Arab Emirates CZK 20.88 USD 0.98
Czechia CZK 36.95 USD 1.734
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Gasoline 1L 1 L ×0.48
United Arab Emirates CZK 19.09 USD 0.896
Czechia CZK 39.97 USD 1.876
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Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.23
United Arab Emirates CZK 1.69 USD 0.08
Czechia CZK 7.41 USD 0.351
See what really changed 
Big Mac, 2021 → 2026At the timeUsing the exchange rate of each date
+29%
in AED
14.75 → 19
14.75 → 19
vs
At today's rateUsing today's exchange rate
+24%
in CZK
It rose 29% in local currency, but 24% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not United Arab Emirates's inflation.