{"name":"Dubai ⇄ Amsterdam Corridor Index, October 2026","publisher":"Dubai ⇄ Amsterdam","page":"https://dubaiamsterdam.com/index/2026-10","license":"Free to cite with attribution and a link to the page.","editions":[{"edition":"2026-10","page":"https://dubaiamsterdam.com/index/2026-10","json":"https://dubaiamsterdam.com/data/corridor-index.json?edition=2026-10"}],"fx":{"daily":{"asOf":"2026-10-09","value":4.1154},"quote":"AED per 1 EUR","latest":{"mom":{"pct":-0.7,"from":4.2576,"fromAsOf":"2026-08"},"yoy":{"pct":-1.9,"from":4.3087,"fromAsOf":"2025-09"},"month":"2026-09","value":4.2282},"source":"European Central Bank euro reference rates, with the CBUAE dirham peg of 3.6725 per US 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fare from Dubai (DXB) to Amsterdam (AMS) for November 2026 departures fell 23.1% in a month, to AED 684 from AED 889 on 10 September 2026, according to the dubaiamsterdam.com fare tracker on 10 October 2026."},{"asOf":"2026-10-09","kind":"petrol-gap","rank":3,"unit":"%","value":41.6,"source":"ADNOC Distribution, monthly UAE fuel prices; CBS, pump prices of motor fuels (table 80416ned); European Central Bank euro reference rates, with the CBUAE dirham peg of 3.6725 per US dollar","headline":"Dubai petrol costs 41.6% of the Dutch price","sentence":"A litre of Special 95 in Dubai costs AED 4.28 (EUR 1.01) in October 2026, 41.6% of the Dutch Euro95 average of EUR 2.43, based on ADNOC and CBS prices converted at the ECB rate, as of 9 October 2026."},{"asOf":"2026-10-09","kind":"savings-spread","rank":4,"unit":"percentage points","value":3.49,"source":"Banks' own public savings rate pages, read weekly by our tracker","headline":"UAE savings pay 3.49 points more than the best Dutch rate","sentence":"The best savings rate we track in the UAE is 5.00% (Mashreq Neo, NEO PLUS Saver, AED) against 1.51% in the Netherlands (bunq, Savings Account, EUR), a gap of 3.49 percentage points, from the banks' own rate pages checked on 9 October 2026."},{"asOf":"2026-10-09","kind":"cpi-move","rank":5,"unit":"%","value":4.4,"source":"CBS, consumer price index by spending category (table 86141NED): actual rents","headline":"Dutch CPI for actual rents up 4.4% on a year earlier","sentence":"Dutch consumer prices for actual rents were 4.4% higher in August 2026 than a year earlier (CBS CPI), which moves our Amsterdam reference for \"1-bedroom rent, city centre\" to EUR 1,990 a month."}],"frozenAt":"2026-10-10T10:43:53.346Z","computedAt":"2026-10-10T10:43:50.849Z","methodology":["Fares: the cheapest and median one-way fare per departure month, from the latest daily observation of every departure date. A month is published only with at least 10 priced departure dates. Month-over-month changes compare the same departure month against the fare picture of 30 days earlier, rebuilt from the snapshots that existed on that date, and only when both pictures pass the same threshold. The month of the edition itself is shown but never compared, because its flown days drop out as the month passes.","Petrol: Dutch Euro95 is the CBS monthly average of daily national pump prices; the current month is a month-to-date average. UAE Special 95 is the price ADNOC Distribution sets for the whole month. EUR conversions use the ECB rate of the same month.","Living costs: Amsterdam rent, energy, food and restaurant lines are reviewed August 2026 reference values moved each month with the CBS consumer price index for that spending category (national index, rounded to whole euros), so their month-over-month and year-over-year changes are the CPI changes for that category.","Exchange rate: dirhams per euro, from the ECB euro reference rate against the US dollar and the CBUAE peg of AED 3.6725 per dollar. Monthly averages cover complete months only.","Savings: the highest advertised rate per country among the banks we track, read from each bank's own public page in the edition month. Conditions (balance tiers, salary transfer) apply and differ per bank.","Headline findings are selected automatically: the largest percentage moves first, one per topic, with level facts (cheapest month, petrol gap, savings spread) filling quiet months. Nothing is estimated or interpolated; a figure without data is left out."]}