Abu Dhabi vs Cairo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Cairo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$417
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4703	$1080
🏠 One person rent	$1173	$154
🏘️ Family rent	$2618	$315
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$38
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3781	$165
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	53	83
😀 Quality of life	83	58
🏙️ Population	1.48M	9.61M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 339% more expensive than in Cairo. Cities ranked 2320th and 8923rd ($1828 vs $417) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 2nd in the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Egypt comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 0.4 months in Cairo. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Cairo ranked 1st in Egypt, while ranked 438th and 5545th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Abu Dhabi	Cairo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$3.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$18.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$5.72	$1.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.34
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1236	$185
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$113
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2996	$386
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2225	$253
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.9	$16.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$25.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.24%	14.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5750	$690
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4816	$453
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$7.68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.53	$3.17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.29
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$0.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.12	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$3.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$4.36
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$8.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$0.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$7.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$1.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.27	$1.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.54	$1.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$2.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.81	$0.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.88	$0.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.3	$17.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$2.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$2.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.9	$37
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.2	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$641	$90.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12452	$1985

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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 Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$318
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$365
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$335
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$300
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$305
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$307
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$288
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$325
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$269
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$319
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$301
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$295
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$272
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$268
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$289
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$298
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$276
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$316
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$339
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$290
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$640
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1684
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1742
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1732
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$381
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1577
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1511
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1471
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1686
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$809
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1837
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1716
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$336
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$1884
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$360
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$813
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1811