Abu Dhabi vs Bucharest - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Bucharest
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$988
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4703	$2566
🏠 One person rent	$1173	$474
🏘️ Family rent	$2618	$877
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$339
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$67.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3781	$1247
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	53	77
😀 Quality of life	83	79
🏙️ Population	1.48M	1.72M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 85% more expensive than in Bucharest. Cities ranked 2320th and 5565th ($1828 vs $988) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 3rd in the United Arab Emirates and Romania, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Romania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 1.3 months in Bucharest. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Bucharest ranked 1st in Romania, while ranked 438th and 645th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Bucharest

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	Abu Dhabi	Bucharest
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$10.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$44.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$7.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$2.9
☕ Cappuccino	$5.72	$3.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$2.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1236	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$337
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2996	$999
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2225	$658
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.9	$90.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$141
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$9.28
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.24%	7.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5750	$3094
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4816	$1793
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$17.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.53	$5.57
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.52
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.12	$3.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$8.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$6.56
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.94
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$7.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.27	$5.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.54	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$4.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.81	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.88	$3.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.3	$42.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$7.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$51.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.9	$72.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.2	$84
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$641	$569
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12452	$11573

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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 Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$867
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$847
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$796
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$633
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$704
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$629
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$729
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$696
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$722
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$743
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$623
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$622
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$938
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$731
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$770
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$594
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$680
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$702
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$752
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$741
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$848
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$598
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$786
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$631
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$892
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$929
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1002
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$546
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$698
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$646
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$837
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$718
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$812
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$725
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$574
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$721
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$687
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$650
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$605
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$758