Abu Dhabi vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Abu Dhabi	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2133	$853
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4670	$2116
🏠 One person rent	$1489	$431
🏘️ Family rent	$2612	$753
🍽️ Food expenses	$432	$269
🚐 Transport expenses	$73.8	$70
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2773	$446
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	51	73
😀 Quality of life	85	64
🏙️ Population	1.57M	2.95M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 150% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 1650th and 6533rd ($2133 vs $853) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and Ukraine, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 0.5 months in Kyiv. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Kyiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 424th and 5360th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Kyiv

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	Abu Dhabi	Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.11	$9.21
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.9	$30.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.6	$6.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$11.9	$1.55
☕ Cappuccino	$5.69	$1.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1728	$513
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1197	$328
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3067	$940
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2202	$583
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97	$59.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$92.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$88	$6.15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.64%	17.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4681	$2604
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8556	$1122
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.6	$13.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.63	$5.68
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.87	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$2.01
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$9.59
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$4.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$8.66
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.48	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$5.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.55	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.49	$4.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$4.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.56	$1.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.22	$1.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$72.8	$33.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$5.89
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.9	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$8.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.1	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$90.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$628	$381
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14421	$10572

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2470
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1543
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1455
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$2356
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1173
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$2100
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$2015
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$797
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$1082
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1062
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1340
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1218
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1193
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$494
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$965
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$1059
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$497
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$778
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$917
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$521
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$526
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$505
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$454
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$457
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$485
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$471
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$530
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$514
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$558
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$700
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$559
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$459
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1628
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$469

Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$464
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$479
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$591
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$448
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$572
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$589
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$577
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$490
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$541
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$727
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$397
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$475
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$518
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$477
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$454
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$799
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$527
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$760
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$458
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$628
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$789
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$543
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$669
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$749
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$969
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$529
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$572
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$732
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$501
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$690
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$579
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$840
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$954
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$685
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$1048
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$746
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$608
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$924
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$834
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$676