Abu Dhabi vs Beirut - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Abu Dhabi	Beirut
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2070	$1353
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4485	$3278
🏠 One person rent	$1417	$598
🏘️ Family rent	$2400	$1019
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$403
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.3	$216
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2675	$229
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	51	74
😀 Quality of life	85	62
🏙️ Population	1.57M	2.42M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 53% more expensive than in Beirut. Cities ranked 1859th and 4463rd ($2070 vs $1353) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Lebanon comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 0.2 months in Beirut. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Beirut ranked 1st in Lebanon, while ranked 447th and 5682nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Beirut

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	Abu Dhabi	Beirut
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.29	$10.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.6	$60.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.56	$8.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$3.98
☕ Cappuccino	$5.55	$3.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.15	$1.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1520	$691
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1151	$373
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2679	$1267
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2026	$678
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.7	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$185
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$97.1	$38.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.26%	10.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4936	$3232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10145	$1892
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$1.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.9	$77.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.58	$21.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$0.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.36	$3.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.91	$9.97
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$2.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.43
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.26
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.45	$1.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.38	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.2	$2.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.82	$6.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.05	$3.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.75	$2.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.9	$67.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$79.6	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$9.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$58.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$142
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$649	$421
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13889	$7746

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2420
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1473
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1457
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$2183
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1148
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1214
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1373
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$2014
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$1923
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$796
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$1080
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1109
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1309
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1192
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1135
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$545
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$931
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$1037
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$541
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$823
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$928
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$545
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$575
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$565
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$465
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$489
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$547
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$523
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$575
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$563
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$613
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$761
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$627
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$487
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1632
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$492

Cities near Beirut

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Jounieh	$1106
37 km or 23 mi	Zahle	$1005
38 km or 23 mi	Sidon	$865
68 km or 42 mi	Tripoli	$842
75 km or 46 mi	Tyre	$676
76 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1925
83 km or 52 mi	Damascus	$675
99 km or 62 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1929
102 km or 64 mi	Safed	$1973
106 km or 66 mi	Nahariya	$1894
112 km or 69 mi	Karmiel	$1770
114 km or 71 mi	Acre	$1766
115 km or 72 mi	Sakhnin	$1873
116 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1917
119 km or 74 mi	Tamra	$1934
122 km or 76 mi	Tiberias	$1870
123 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1936
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1949
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1940
124 km or 77 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1960
127 km or 79 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1911
130 km or 81 mi	Haifa	$1930
131 km or 82 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2000
132 km or 82 mi	Nesher	$1856
133 km or 83 mi	Nazareth	$1981
137 km or 85 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2027
142 km or 88 mi	Yokneam Illit	$2071
144 km or 89 mi	Afula	$1909
145 km or 90 mi	Homs	$385
151 km or 94 mi	Irbid	$753
155 km or 97 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$2103
156 km or 97 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2061
165 km or 103 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$2101
169 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2098
169 km or 105 mi	Hadera	$1887
179 km or 111 mi	Hama	$446
183 km or 114 mi	Jerash	$740
183 km or 114 mi	Netanya	$2136
184 km or 114 mi	Latakia	$449
186 km or 116 mi	Tayibe	$2207