Abu Dhabi vs Cologne - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Abu Dhabi	Cologne
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1936	$1752
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4876	$4185
🏠 One person rent	$1291	$967
🏘️ Family rent	$2811	$1672
🍽️ Food expenses	$427	$477
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.9	$180
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3588	$3141
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	52	92
😀 Quality of life	82	96
🏙️ Population	1.48M	1.07M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 11% more expensive than in Cologne. Cities ranked 1938th and 2484th ($1936 vs $1752) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 31st in the United Arab Emirates and Germany, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 1.8 months in Cologne. Abu Dhabi ranked 4th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Cologne ranked 1st in Germany, while ranked 369th and 12th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Cologne

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	Abu Dhabi	Cologne
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.91	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.7	$55.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.78	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.3	$3.98
☕ Cappuccino	$5.69	$3.43
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.27	$2.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1396	$925
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$977	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3226	$1823
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2329	$1272
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$163
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$193	$246
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$109	$43.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.77%	3.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5079	$5594
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4566	$3486
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$3.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.7	$61.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$22.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$1.26
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$1.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.07	$4.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.37	$15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$17.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$2.42
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.54	$2.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$6.32
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.81	$8.18
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.3	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.96	$2.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.19	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.51	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$74.4	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$12.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$90.6	$49.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$19
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.1	$90.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$717	$792
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11210	$16182

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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 Cologne

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Hurth	$1520
10 km or 6.4 mi	Leverkusen	$1778
10 km or 6.4 mi	Frechen	$1542
13 km or 7.9 mi	Bruhl	$1468
13 km or 7.9 mi	Pulheim	$1551
14 km or 8.4 mi	Wesseling	$1500
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bergisch Gladbach	$1490
15 km or 9.3 mi	Niederkassel	$1515
16 km or 10 mi	Rosrath	$1499
18 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1575
19 km or 12 mi	Dormagen	$1547
19 km or 12 mi	Erftstadt	$1497
19 km or 12 mi	Langenfeld	$1562
20 km or 12 mi	Troisdorf	$1512
20 km or 12 mi	Leichlingen	$1556
20 km or 12 mi	Kerpen	$1501
21 km or 13 mi	Bornheim	$1516
21 km or 13 mi	Lohmar	$1498
22 km or 14 mi	Bergheim	$1505
23 km or 15 mi	Siegburg	$1504
24 km or 15 mi	Overath	$1462
25 km or 16 mi	Sankt Augustin	$1520
25 km or 16 mi	Bonn	$1593
26 km or 16 mi	Hilden	$1501
26 km or 16 mi	Solingen	$1511
27 km or 17 mi	Elsdorf	$1484
28 km or 17 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1388
28 km or 17 mi	Haan	$1458
28 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1484
29 km or 18 mi	Hennef	$1494
31 km or 19 mi	Grevenbroich	$1488
31 km or 19 mi	Remscheid	$1276
31 km or 20 mi	Erkrath	$1493
33 km or 20 mi	Konigswinter	$1516
34 km or 21 mi	Euskirchen	$1489
34 km or 21 mi	Neuss	$1476
34 km or 21 mi	Mettmann	$1432
35 km or 21 mi	Zulpich	$1478
35 km or 21 mi	Meckenheim	$1506
35 km or 22 mi	Dusseldorf	$1776