Abu Dhabi vs Changsha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Abu Dhabi	Changsha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1936	$533
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4876	$1438
🏠 One person rent	$1291	$178
🏘️ Family rent	$2811	$332
🍽️ Food expenses	$427	$215
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.9	$62.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3588	$820
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	52	95
😀 Quality of life	82	70
🏙️ Population	1.48M	10M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 263% more expensive than in Changsha. Cities ranked 1938th and 8258th ($1936 vs $533) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 496th in the United Arab Emirates and China, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 1.5 months in Changsha. Abu Dhabi ranked 4th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Changsha ranked 19th in China, while ranked 369th and 2707th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Changsha

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	Abu Dhabi	Changsha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.91	$3.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.7	$18.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.78	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.3	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$5.69	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.27	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1396	$173
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$977	$125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3226	$518
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2329	$210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$29.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$193	$45.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$109	$14.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.77%	4.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5079	$2091
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4566	$5529
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.7	$13.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$2.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.07	$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.37	$3.33
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.27
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.54	$0.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.81	$2.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.3	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.96	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.19	$0.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.51	$1.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$74.4	$49.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$5.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$90.6	$21.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$3.05
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.1	$63.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$76.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$717	$306
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11210	$5569

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2229
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1612
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1132
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$1841
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1577
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1191
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1584
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$1872
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$1810
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$758
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$787
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$1164
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1285
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1375
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1327
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1126
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$798
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$959
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$1005
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$890
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$868
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$910
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$604
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$573
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$606
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$646
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$621
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$604
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$606
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$779
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$544
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$530
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$457
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$672
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$561
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1642
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$541

Cities near Changsha

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Xiangtan	$578
43 km or 27 mi	Ningxiang	$555
43 km or 27 mi	Zhuzhou	$585
76 km or 47 mi	Yiyang	$575
79 km or 49 mi	Liling	$565
107 km or 66 mi	Pingxiang	$573
108 km or 67 mi	Loudi	$570
131 km or 81 mi	Yueyang	$604
140 km or 87 mi	Lianyuan	$554
145 km or 90 mi	Yichun	$587
149 km or 93 mi	Linxiang	$583
150 km or 93 mi	Hengyang	$530
157 km or 97 mi	Changde	$579
162 km or 101 mi	Lengshuijiang	$538
178 km or 111 mi	Shishou	$574
182 km or 113 mi	Shaoyang	$577
186 km or 116 mi	Honghu	$602
192 km or 119 mi	Jinshi	$558
197 km or 122 mi	Xinyu	$581
198 km or 123 mi	Chibi	$596
225 km or 140 mi	Xianning	$647
231 km or 144 mi	Ji'an	$613
237 km or 147 mi	Yongzhou	$584
246 km or 153 mi	Xiantao	$586
247 km or 153 mi	Jingzhou	$609
249 km or 155 mi	Songzi	$580
264 km or 164 mi	Zhangjiajie	$579
267 km or 166 mi	Chenzhou	$752
285 km or 177 mi	Yidu	$574
285 km or 177 mi	Hanchuan	$620
287 km or 178 mi	Daye	$669
290 km or 180 mi	Nanchang	$538
295 km or 183 mi	Wuhan	$646
299 km or 186 mi	Huangshi	$697
305 km or 189 mi	Huaihua	$585
307 km or 191 mi	Ezhou	$661
311 km or 193 mi	Yingcheng	$605
311 km or 193 mi	Huanggang	$685
311 km or 193 mi	Wuxue	$647
314 km or 195 mi	Dangyang	$574