Abu Dhabi vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1942	$1555
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4262	$3707
🏠 One person rent	$1271	$755
🏘️ Family rent	$2152	$1271
🍽️ Food expenses	$453	$510
🚐 Transport expenses	$77.2	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3050	$3206
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	53	65
😀 Quality of life	85	89
🏙️ Population	1.57M	566K

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 25% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 2187th and 3768th ($1942 vs $1555) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 462nd 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 1.6 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 28th in Germany, while ranked 443rd and 263rd 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	$10.9	$13.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.6	$72.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.53	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$11.7	$5.15
☕ Cappuccino	$5.6	$3.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.34	$3.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1358	$706
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1002	$491
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2476	$1259
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1762	$871
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.6	$182
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$283
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$39.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.01%	4.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5485	$5084
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12028	$3851
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$3.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.9	$68.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.63	$23.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.97	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.63	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.07	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$21.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$3.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$3.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$6.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.54	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.29	$9.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.83	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.95	$2.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.73	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.92	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.4	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.5	$53.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.4	$84.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$598	$342
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12663	$14681

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2514
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1419
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1449
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$2521
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1228
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$1849
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$1770
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$792
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$1078
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1201
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1237
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1230
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1081
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$530
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$908
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$1008
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$529
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$873
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$930
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$534
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$568
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$553
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$453
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$477
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$530
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$503
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$573
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$557
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$761
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$624
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$463
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1627
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$483

Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1490
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1485
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1475
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1473
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1448
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1301
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1436
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1182
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1408
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$986
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1432
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1489
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1486
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1446
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1028
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1385
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1196
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1125
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1374
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1435
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1491
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1471
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1427
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1251
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1363
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1396
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1084
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1195
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1601
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1690
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1207
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1337
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1563