Abu Dhabi vs Dongguan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Abu Dhabi	Dongguan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2133	$694
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4670	$2019
🏠 One person rent	$1489	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$2612	$459
🍽️ Food expenses	$432	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$73.8	$88.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2773	$847
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	51	67
😀 Quality of life	85	71
🏙️ Population	1.57M	10.5M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 207% more expensive than in Dongguan. Cities ranked 1650th and 7308th ($2133 vs $694) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 67th 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 1.3 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 1.2 months in Dongguan. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Dongguan ranked 25th in China, while ranked 424th and 3241st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Dongguan

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	Abu Dhabi	Dongguan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.11	$2.21
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.9	$22.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.6	$5.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$11.9	$1.49
☕ Cappuccino	$5.69	$2.6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1728	$317
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1197	$184
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3067	$568
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2202	$335
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97	$43.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$67
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$88	$10.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.64%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4681	$5717
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8556	$3114
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.6	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.63	$4.98
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.87	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$0.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$4.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$15.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.48	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$0.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.55	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.49	$5.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$6.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.56	$1.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.22	$1.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$72.8	$51.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$7.45
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.9	$52.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.1	$31.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$65.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$628	$496
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14421	$25442

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2470
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1543
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1455
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$2356
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1173
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$2100
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$2015
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$797
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$1082
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1062
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1340
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1218
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1193
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$494
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$965
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$1059
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$497
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$778
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$917
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$521
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$526
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$505
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$454
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$457
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$485
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$471
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$530
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$514
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$558
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$700
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$559
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$459
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1628
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$469

Cities near Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$785
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$995
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$627
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$638
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$548
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$873
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$678
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2396
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2663
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1734
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$801
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$777
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$858
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$954
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$839
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$793
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$908
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$766
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$600
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$828
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$778
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$473
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$682
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$474
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$612
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$739
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$802
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$797
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$758
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$751
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$824
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$705
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$714
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$528
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$648
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$602
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$601
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$620