Abu Dhabi vs Baghdad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Baghdad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$904
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4703	$2108
🏠 One person rent	$1173	$423
🏘️ Family rent	$2618	$724
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$260
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3781	$568
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	53	60
😀 Quality of life	83	54
🏙️ Population	1.48M	8.13M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 102% more expensive than in Baghdad. Cities ranked 2320th and 6020th ($1828 vs $904) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 3rd in the United Arab Emirates and Iraq, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Iraq comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 0.6 months in Baghdad. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Baghdad ranked 1st in Iraq, while ranked 438th and 5970th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Baghdad

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	Abu Dhabi	Baghdad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$5.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$29.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$7.39
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$3.92
☕ Cappuccino	$5.72	$3.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1236	$440
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$274
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2996	$818
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2225	$501
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.9	$81
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$125
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$35.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.24%	4.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5750	$2856
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4816	$1066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$25.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.53	$16.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.12	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$4.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$5.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$13.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$2.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.27	$2.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.54	$2.51
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$3.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.81	$1.45
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.88	$2.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.3	$34.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$7.64
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$18.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.9	$30.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.2	$71.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$641	$167
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12452	$3882

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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 Baghdad

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Ctesiphon	$752
33 km or 21 mi	Abu Ghraib	$960
47 km or 29 mi	Al-Karmah	$833
49 km or 30 mi	Baqubah	$659
59 km or 37 mi	Fallujah	$817
89 km or 55 mi	Karbala	$580
96 km or 60 mi	Hillah	$651
104 km or 65 mi	Ramadi	$766
106 km or 66 mi	Samarra	$680
147 km or 91 mi	Kufa	$570
147 km or 91 mi	Najaf	$587
155 km or 96 mi	Tikrit	$641
159 km or 99 mi	Al Diwaniyah	$467
160 km or 100 mi	Kut	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Ilam	$659
235 km or 146 mi	Kirkuk	$508
240 km or 149 mi	Samawah	$582
262 km or 163 mi	Sulaymaniyah	$676
267 km or 166 mi	Kermanshah	$963
291 km or 181 mi	Marivan	$536
307 km or 191 mi	Amarah	$683
308 km or 191 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
318 km or 198 mi	Erbil	$854
322 km or 200 mi	Sanandaj	$449
324 km or 201 mi	Baneh	$531
356 km or 221 mi	Mosul	$597
364 km or 226 mi	Saqqez	$533
365 km or 227 mi	Khorramabad	$554
378 km or 235 mi	Piranshahr	$476
378 km or 235 mi	Mahabad	$458
381 km or 236 mi	Andimeshk	$577
387 km or 241 mi	Dezful	$583
389 km or 242 mi	Bukan	$536
404 km or 251 mi	Sinjar	$672
406 km or 252 mi	Borujerd	$505
410 km or 255 mi	Duhok	$646
411 km or 255 mi	Hamadan	$443
420 km or 261 mi	Malayer	$469
431 km or 268 mi	Miandoab	$540
433 km or 269 mi	Dorud	$513