Abu Dhabi vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Abu Dhabi	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1936	$760
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4876	$1995
🏠 One person rent	$1291	$367
🏘️ Family rent	$2811	$737
🍽️ Food expenses	$427	$255
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.9	$58.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3588	$520
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	52	70
😀 Quality of life	82	65
🏙️ Population	1.48M	2.95M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 155% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 1938th and 6536th ($1936 vs $760) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd 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 1.9 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 0.7 months in Kyiv. Abu Dhabi ranked 4th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 369th and 4566th 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	$9.91	$7.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.7	$37.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.78	$5.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.3	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$5.69	$1.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.27	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1396	$459
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$977	$264
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3226	$953
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2329	$564
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$57.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$193	$89.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$109	$5.88
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.77%	19.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5079	$2503
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4566	$1319
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.7	$9.91
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$4.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$0.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.07	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$9.06
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.37	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$6.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$0.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$0.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.54	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$5.43
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.81	$2.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.3	$2.78
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.96	$4.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.19	$2.31
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.51	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$74.4	$27
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$5.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$90.6	$18.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$8.07
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.1	$68.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$717	$386
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11210	$7179

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2229
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1612
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1132
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$1841
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1577
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1191
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1584
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$1872
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$1810
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$758
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$787
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$1164
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1285
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1375
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1327
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1126
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$798
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$959
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$1005
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$890
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$868
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$910
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$604
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$573
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$606
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$646
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$621
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$604
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$606
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$779
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$544
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$530
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$457
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$672
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$561
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1642
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$541

Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$451
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$443
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$495
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$457
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$548
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$406
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$535
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$433
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$534
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$892
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$476
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$504
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$425
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$426
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$485
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$976
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$423
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$820
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$470
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$560
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$767
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$518
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$472
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$637
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$810
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$369
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$487
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$423
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$535
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$464
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$527
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$758
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1111
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$462
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$839
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$439
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$490
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$649
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$704
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$528