Abu Dhabi vs Ahmedabad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Abu Dhabi	Ahmedabad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2133	$433
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4670	$1030
🏠 One person rent	$1489	$161
🏘️ Family rent	$2612	$271
🍽️ Food expenses	$432	$174
🚐 Transport expenses	$73.8	$52.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2773	$266
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	51	58
😀 Quality of life	85	62
🏙️ Population	1.57M	7.65M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 393% more expensive than in Ahmedabad. Cities ranked 1650th and 8906th ($2133 vs $433) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 13th in the United Arab Emirates and India, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 0.6 months in Ahmedabad. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Ahmedabad ranked 9th in India, while ranked 424th and 5691st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Ahmedabad

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	Abu Dhabi	Ahmedabad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.11	$3.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.9	$15.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.6	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$11.9	$3.16
☕ Cappuccino	$5.69	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1728	$169
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1197	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3067	$296
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2202	$191
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97	$32.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$50.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$88	$8.76
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.64%	8.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4681	$861
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8556	$578
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.6	$7.52
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.63	$3.14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.87	$0.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$0.75
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$1.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$5.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$3.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$5.81
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$0.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.48	$0.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$7.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.55	$4.49
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.49	$1.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$2.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.56	$1.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.22	$0.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$72.8	$14.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$3.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.9	$21.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$2.11
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.1	$24.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$51.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$628	$47
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14421	$1402

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2470
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1543
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1455
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$2356
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1173
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$2100
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$2015
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$797
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$1082
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1062
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1340
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1218
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1193
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$494
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$965
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$1059
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$497
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$778
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$917
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$521
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$526
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$505
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$454
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$457
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$485
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$471
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$530
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$514
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$558
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$700
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$559
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$459
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1628
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$469

Cities near Ahmedabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 15 mi	Gandhinagar	$391
47 km or 29 mi	Nadiad	$360
66 km or 41 mi	Mehsana	$367
103 km or 64 mi	Vadodara	$358
110 km or 68 mi	Godhra	$350
148 km or 92 mi	Bhavnagar	$273
200 km or 124 mi	Rajkot	$298
206 km or 128 mi	Udaipur	$314
208 km or 130 mi	Surat	$663
234 km or 145 mi	Navsari	$267
256 km or 159 mi	Ratlam	$283
299 km or 186 mi	Bhuj	$273
314 km or 195 mi	Pali	$299
327 km or 203 mi	Ujjain	$241
332 km or 206 mi	Bhilwara	$316
336 km or 209 mi	Indore	$346
343 km or 213 mi	Malegaon	$370
343 km or 213 mi	Porbandar	$312
359 km or 223 mi	Nashik	$329
381 km or 237 mi	Jalgaon	$285
385 km or 239 mi	Jodhpur	$312
397 km or 246 mi	Vasai	$252
407 km or 253 mi	Kota	$309
418 km or 260 mi	Bhiwandi	$335
424 km or 264 mi	Kalyan	$355
430 km or 267 mi	Thane	$464
435 km or 270 mi	Ajmer	$260
447 km or 278 mi	Navi Mumbai	$476
451 km or 280 mi	Aurangabad	$335
453 km or 281 mi	Mumbai	$717
456 km or 283 mi	Mirpur Khas	$385
495 km or 308 mi	Bhopal	$335
501 km or 311 mi	Hyderabad	$355
519 km or 322 mi	Pune	$495
523 km or 325 mi	Akola	$282
537 km or 333 mi	Vidisha	$309
544 km or 338 mi	Jaipur	$384
553 km or 343 mi	Nawabshah	$320
560 km or 348 mi	Bikaner	$279
571 km or 355 mi	Sikar	$311