Abu Dhabi vs Ahmedabad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Ahmedabad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$452
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4703	$1122
🏠 One person rent	$1173	$166
🏘️ Family rent	$2618	$318
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$181
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$58.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3781	$467
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	53	57
😀 Quality of life	83	54
🏙️ Population	1.48M	7.65M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 305% more expensive than in Ahmedabad. Cities ranked 2320th and 8848th ($1828 vs $452) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 15th 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 2.1 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 1 months in Ahmedabad. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Ahmedabad ranked 19th in India, while ranked 438th and 5984th 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	$10.6	$3.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$16.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$4.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$3.46
☕ Cappuccino	$5.72	$2.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1236	$148
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$117
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2996	$355
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2225	$232
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.9	$35.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$54.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$7.12
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.24%	8.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5750	$885
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4816	$687
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.53	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$0.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$0.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.12	$1.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$6.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$3.26
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$6.09
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$1.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$9.87
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$2.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.27	$4.18
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.54	$1.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$2.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.81	$1.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.88	$1.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.3	$15.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$3.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$24
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$2.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.9	$24.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.2	$52.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$641	$60.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12452	$1659

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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 Ahmedabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 15 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
47 km or 29 mi	Nadiad	$382
66 km or 41 mi	Mehsana	$389
103 km or 64 mi	Vadodara	$376
110 km or 68 mi	Godhra	$371
148 km or 92 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
200 km or 124 mi	Rajkot	$311
206 km or 128 mi	Udaipur	$310
208 km or 130 mi	Surat	$771
234 km or 145 mi	Navsari	$286
256 km or 159 mi	Ratlam	$311
299 km or 186 mi	Bhuj	$288
314 km or 195 mi	Pali	$324
327 km or 203 mi	Ujjain	$298
332 km or 206 mi	Bhilwara	$340
336 km or 209 mi	Indore	$367
343 km or 213 mi	Malegaon	$378
343 km or 213 mi	Porbandar	$333
359 km or 223 mi	Nashik	$333
381 km or 237 mi	Jalgaon	$348
385 km or 239 mi	Jodhpur	$366
397 km or 246 mi	Vasai	$284
407 km or 253 mi	Kota	$339
418 km or 260 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
424 km or 264 mi	Kalyan	$381
430 km or 267 mi	Thane	$501
435 km or 270 mi	Ajmer	$279
447 km or 278 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
451 km or 280 mi	Aurangabad	$350
453 km or 281 mi	Mumbai	$716
456 km or 283 mi	Mirpur Khas	$394
495 km or 308 mi	Bhopal	$363
501 km or 311 mi	Hyderabad	$334
519 km or 322 mi	Pune	$513
523 km or 325 mi	Akola	$295
537 km or 333 mi	Vidisha	$331
544 km or 338 mi	Jaipur	$376
553 km or 343 mi	Nawabshah	$325
560 km or 348 mi	Bikaner	$297
571 km or 355 mi	Sikar	$350