Abu Dhabi vs Ganzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Abu Dhabi	Ganzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2070	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4485	$2050
🏠 One person rent	$1417	$413
🏘️ Family rent	$2400	$746
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.3	$83.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2675	$627
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	44 km
🎓 Higher education	51	24
😀 Quality of life	85	46
🏙️ Population	1.57M	8.97M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 154% more expensive than in Ganzhou. Cities ranked 1859th and 6702nd ($2070 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 22nd 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 0.8 months in Ganzhou. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Ganzhou ranked 252nd in China, while ranked 447th and 7120th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Ganzhou

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	Abu Dhabi	Ganzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.29	$3.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.6	$14.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.56	$5.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$1.17
☕ Cappuccino	$5.55	$3.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.15	$0.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1520	$599
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1151	$340
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2679	$1082
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2026	$628
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.7	$11
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$17
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$97.1	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.26%	3.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4936	$2158
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10145	$1160
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.9	$21.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.58	$4.28
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$1.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.36	$1.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$5.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.91	$3.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$8.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.45	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$16.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.38	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.2	$3.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.82	$5.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.05	$5.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.75	$1.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5	$2.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.9	$78.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$7.61
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$79.6	$32.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$8.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$21.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$50.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$649	$609
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13889	$7216

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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 Ganzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
143 km or 89 mi	Ji'an	$630
177 km or 110 mi	Shaoguan	$807
191 km or 119 mi	Chenzhou	$730
208 km or 129 mi	Meizhou	$673
219 km or 136 mi	Xinyu	$588
226 km or 140 mi	Longyan	$698
226 km or 141 mi	Yichun	$603
228 km or 141 mi	Pingxiang	$602
232 km or 144 mi	Heyuan	$765
249 km or 155 mi	Liling	$564
262 km or 163 mi	Hengyang	$609
272 km or 169 mi	Sanming	$634
278 km or 173 mi	Fuzhou	$595
282 km or 175 mi	Lianzhou	$760
285 km or 177 mi	Zhuzhou	$572
291 km or 181 mi	Jieyang	$464
295 km or 183 mi	Chaozhou	$465
300 km or 186 mi	Xiangtan	$511
305 km or 190 mi	Qingyuan	$795
307 km or 191 mi	Puning	$589
307 km or 191 mi	Huizhou	$621
311 km or 193 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
326 km or 203 mi	Shantou	$602
327 km or 203 mi	Changsha	$617
331 km or 206 mi	Nanchang	$539
332 km or 206 mi	Dongguan	$666
336 km or 209 mi	Nanping	$682
337 km or 209 mi	Yingtan	$594
340 km or 211 mi	Yongzhou	$638
343 km or 213 mi	Shanwei	$943
345 km or 214 mi	Guangzhou	$782
351 km or 218 mi	Xiamen	$723
354 km or 220 mi	Guixi	$586
361 km or 224 mi	Loudi	$584
362 km or 225 mi	Foshan	$611
363 km or 226 mi	Ningxiang	$583
374 km or 233 mi	Wuyishan	$610
375 km or 233 mi	Kinmen	$903
375 km or 233 mi	Hezhou	$769
377 km or 234 mi	Shenzhen	$939