Abu Dhabi vs Foshan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Foshan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$611
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4703	$1821
🏠 One person rent	$1173	$208
🏘️ Family rent	$2618	$440
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$262
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$67.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3781	$754
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	53	95
😀 Quality of life	83	70
🏙️ Population	1.48M	9.5M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 199% more expensive than in Foshan. Cities ranked 2320th and 7543rd ($1828 vs $611) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 199th 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 2.1 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 1.2 months in Foshan. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Foshan ranked 13th in China, while ranked 438th and 2601st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Foshan

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	Abu Dhabi	Foshan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$3.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$22
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$4.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$5.72	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1236	$246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2996	$570
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2225	$310
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.9	$42.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.24%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5750	$4361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4816	$1806
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$11
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.53	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.12	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$13.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$1.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$16.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.27	$3.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.54	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.81	$1.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.88	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.3	$67.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$6.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$17
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.9	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.2	$70.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$641	$411
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12452	$18096

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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 Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$774
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$804
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$461
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$656
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$794
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$812
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$653
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1588
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$823
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$916
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$601
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2432
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$877
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$764
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$803
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$818
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$755
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$758
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$936
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$761
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$756
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$771
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$724
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$569
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$655
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$443
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$702
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$761
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$451
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$581
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$522
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$598
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$579
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$609
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$590
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$650
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$642