Abu Dhabi vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Abu Dhabi	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2070	$1531
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4485	$3749
🏠 One person rent	$1417	$706
🏘️ Family rent	$2400	$1209
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$528
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.3	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2675	$3314
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	51	65
😀 Quality of life	85	92
🏙️ Population	1.57M	566K

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 35% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 1859th and 3968th ($2070 vs $1531) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 536th 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 1.3 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 2.2 months in Dresden. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Dresden ranked 19th in Germany, while ranked 447th and 117th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Dresden

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	Abu Dhabi	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.29	$13.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.6	$75.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.56	$11.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$5.29
☕ Cappuccino	$5.55	$4.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.15	$3.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1520	$716
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1151	$462
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2679	$1275
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2026	$840
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.7	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$243
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$97.1	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.26%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4936	$5211
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10145	$3268
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$3.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.9	$72.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.58	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.36	$3.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.91	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$3.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.45	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$6.68
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.38	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.2	$9.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.82	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.05	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.75	$1.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.9	$36
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$13.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$79.6	$55
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$90.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$649	$390
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13889	$16803

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2420
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1473
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1457
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$2183
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1148
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1214
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1373
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$2014
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$1923
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$796
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$1080
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1109
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1309
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1192
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1135
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$545
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$931
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$1037
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$541
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$823
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$928
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$545
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$575
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$565
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$465
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$489
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$547
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$523
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$575
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$563
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$613
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$761
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$627
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$487
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1632
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$492

Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1478
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1476
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1473
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1476
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1460
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1305
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1462
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1227
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1454
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1006
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1093
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1494
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1525
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1502
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1474
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1103
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1497
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1280
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1273
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1200
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1478
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1464
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1510
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1488
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1472
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1334
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1468
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1382
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1401
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1146
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1188
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1576
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1652
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1276
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1375
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1188
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1244
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1196
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1553