Abu Dhabi vs Adelaide - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Adelaide
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4703	$4280
🏠 One person rent	$1173	$1150
🏘️ Family rent	$2618	$1774
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$530
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$171
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3781	$3388
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	53	50
😀 Quality of life	83	94
🏙️ Population	1.48M	1.39M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 8% less expensive than in Adelaide. Cities ranked 2320th and 1894th ($1828 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 12th in the United Arab Emirates and Australia, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 1.7 months in Adelaide. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Adelaide ranked 5th in Australia, while ranked 438th and 46th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Abu Dhabi	Adelaide
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$14.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$73
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$9.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$6.51
☕ Cappuccino	$5.72	$3.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$2.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1236	$1222
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$902
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2996	$1801
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2225	$1445
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.9	$139
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$212
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$45.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.24%	6.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5750	$6777
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4816	$4517
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$2.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$73.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.53	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$2.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.12	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$10.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$8.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$14.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$3.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$2.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$12.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$4.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.27	$24.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.54	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.81	$2.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.88	$3.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.3	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$48.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.9	$71.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.2	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$641	$843
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12452	$7829

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2379
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1494
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1844
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$2240
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1239
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$1779
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$1709
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$780
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$967
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1223
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1243
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1090
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$547
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$1068
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$1056
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$548
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$897
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$901
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$514
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$518
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$589
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$551
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$546
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$563
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$557
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$585
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$515
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$464
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$605
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$529
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1637
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$536

Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1795
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1691
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1291
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1390
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1669
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1691
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1981
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1625
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1601
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2194
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1620
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1645
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1619
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1671
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1643
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1654
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1727
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2023
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1768
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1702
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1511
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1616
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1538
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1651
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1416
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1584
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1824
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2252
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2106
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2539
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2099
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1448
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1185
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681