Abu Dhabi vs Baku - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Baku
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$766
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4703	$1968
🏠 One person rent	$1173	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$2618	$602
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$62.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3781	$498
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	53	49
😀 Quality of life	83	60
🏙️ Population	1.48M	2.3M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 139% more expensive than in Baku. Cities ranked 2320th and 6590th ($1828 vs $766) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and Azerbaijan, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Azerbaijan 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 Baku. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Baku ranked 1st in Azerbaijan, while ranked 438th and 5270th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Abu Dhabi vs Baku infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/abu-dhabi/baku.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Abu Dhabi vs Baku infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/abu-dhabi/baku" target="_blank">Abu Dhabi vs Baku - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Baku

Prices for goods and services in Abu Dhabi and Baku are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Abu Dhabi	Baku
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$8.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$7.34
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$1.46
☕ Cappuccino	$5.72	$3.6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1236	$409
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2996	$936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2225	$426
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.9	$38.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$58.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.24%	9.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5750	$2039
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4816	$1010
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$17.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.53	$6.45
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.69
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$0.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$2.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.12	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$5.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$4.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$8.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.27	$3.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.54	$5.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$5.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.81	$1.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.88	$3.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.3	$47.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$5.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$31
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$12.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.9	$51.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.2	$117
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$641	$247
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12452	$6252

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Baku

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 19 mi	Sumqayit	$707
92 km or 57 mi	Sirvan	$634
150 km or 93 mi	Khachmaz	$676
198 km or 123 mi	Lankaran	$608
215 km or 133 mi	Oguz	$627
229 km or 142 mi	Yevlakh	$618
230 km or 143 mi	Barda	$618
242 km or 151 mi	Shaki	$607
270 km or 168 mi	Ardabil	$827
296 km or 184 mi	Ganja	$481
313 km or 195 mi	Goris	$967
318 km or 198 mi	Ahar	$622
320 km or 199 mi	Kapan	$961
343 km or 213 mi	Rasht	$534
350 km or 218 mi	Makhachkala	$535
352 km or 218 mi	Lahijan	$552
381 km or 237 mi	Aktau	$573
398 km or 247 mi	Tabriz	$658
408 km or 254 mi	Zhanaozen	$576
411 km or 256 mi	Marand	$553
416 km or 258 mi	Gardabani	$767
426 km or 265 mi	Rustavi	$660
428 km or 266 mi	Zanjan	$466
440 km or 274 mi	Marneuli	$813
442 km or 274 mi	Abovyan	$1094
445 km or 276 mi	Tbilisi	$1016
452 km or 281 mi	Yerevan	$1199
453 km or 282 mi	Maragheh	$573
454 km or 282 mi	Vanadzor	$697
456 km or 283 mi	Qazvin	$618
456 km or 284 mi	Masis	$1081
461 km or 286 mi	Ashtarak	$1071
465 km or 289 mi	Khoy	$419
472 km or 293 mi	Khak-e Ali	$599
473 km or 294 mi	Spitak	$833
474 km or 294 mi	Grozny	$608
486 km or 302 mi	Amol	$557
491 km or 305 mi	Babol	$458
492 km or 306 mi	Armavir	$990
495 km or 308 mi	Nazarabad	$645