Abu Dhabi vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$1402
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4703	$3491
🏠 One person rent	$1173	$684
🏘️ Family rent	$2618	$1301
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$460
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3781	$2953
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	53	65
😀 Quality of life	83	88
🏙️ Population	1.48M	566K

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 30% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 2320th and 3862nd ($1828 vs $1402) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 512th 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 2.1 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Dresden ranked 33rd in Germany, while ranked 438th and 217th 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	$10.6	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$56.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$9.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$4.54
☕ Cappuccino	$5.72	$3.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$3.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1236	$656
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$439
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2996	$1357
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2225	$929
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.9	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$248
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$39
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.24%	3.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5750	$4831
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4816	$3685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$3.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$61.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.53	$21.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$1.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$2.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.12	$3.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$6.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.27	$7.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.54	$9.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$2.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.81	$1.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.88	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.3	$29.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$48.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.9	$75.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.2	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$641	$323
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12452	$13167

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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 Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1347
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1351
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1341
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1352
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1325
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1202
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1309
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1048
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1278
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$880
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1420
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1314
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1351
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1373
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$942
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1092
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1033
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1310
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1353
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1350
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1352
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1147
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1241
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1281
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1011
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1030
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1516
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1118
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1216
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1419