Abu Dhabi vs Amsterdam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Amsterdam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$2791
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4703	$6603
🏠 One person rent	$1173	$1828
🏘️ Family rent	$2618	$3238
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$586
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$226
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3781	$4145
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	53	95
😀 Quality of life	83	95
🏙️ Population	1.48M	921K

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 35% less expensive than in Amsterdam. Cities ranked 2320th and 331st ($1828 vs $2791) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and the Netherlands, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs the Netherlands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 1.5 months in Amsterdam. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Amsterdam ranked 1st in the Netherlands, while ranked 438th and 29th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Amsterdam

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	Abu Dhabi	Amsterdam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$21
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$93.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$13.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$6.3
☕ Cappuccino	$5.72	$4.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$3.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1236	$1920
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$1536
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2996	$3785
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2225	$2716
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.9	$172
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$264
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.24%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5750	$9911
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4816	$7140
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$3.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$93.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.53	$29.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$2.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$2.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$2.64
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.12	$4.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$15.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$3.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$3.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$6.64
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$1.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.27	$13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.54	$4.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.81	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.88	$3.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.3	$59.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$15.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$38.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$30.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.9	$88.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.2	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$641	$2405
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12452	$18104

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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 Amsterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Purmerend	$1944
18 km or 11 mi	Haarlem	$2291
21 km or 13 mi	IJmuiden	$2085
22 km or 14 mi	Almere	$1937
25 km or 16 mi	Zandvoort	$2090
26 km or 16 mi	Hilversum	$2049
26 km or 16 mi	Huizen	$1957
35 km or 22 mi	Langedijk	$1995
36 km or 22 mi	Utrecht	$2251
38 km or 23 mi	Leiden	$2081
38 km or 24 mi	Oegstgeest	$1934
40 km or 25 mi	Zeist	$2180
42 km or 26 mi	Lelystad	$1357
48 km or 30 mi	Leidschendam	$2042
49 km or 30 mi	Harderwijk	$1844
52 km or 32 mi	The Hague	$2199
53 km or 33 mi	Scheveningen	$2049
55 km or 34 mi	Delft	$1861
57 km or 36 mi	Dronten	$1760
59 km or 36 mi	Rotterdam	$2359
60 km or 37 mi	Veenendaal	$1631
61 km or 38 mi	Ridderkerk	$2062
64 km or 40 mi	Sliedrecht	$1969
64 km or 40 mi	Ede	$1651
65 km or 40 mi	Elburg	$1829
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2432
67 km or 42 mi	Zaltbommel	$2026
70 km or 43 mi	Wageningen	$2105
72 km or 45 mi	Kampen	$1823
75 km or 47 mi	Apeldoorn	$1893
76 km or 47 mi	Texel	$1941
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1975
82 km or 51 mi	Arnhem	$1613
83 km or 51 mi	Zwolle	$1764
83 km or 52 mi	Zwartewaterland	$1813
86 km or 54 mi	Deventer	$1851
89 km or 55 mi	Nijmegen	$1999
89 km or 55 mi	Sneek	$1890
89 km or 55 mi	Breda	$1739
91 km or 57 mi	Tilburg	$1862