Abu Dhabi vs Linyi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Linyi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$541
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4703	$1501
🏠 One person rent	$1173	$173
🏘️ Family rent	$2618	$358
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$214
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$71.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3781	$693
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	53	22
😀 Quality of life	83	39
🏙️ Population	1.48M	11M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 238% more expensive than in Linyi. Cities ranked 2320th and 8318th ($1828 vs $541) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 447th 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 1.3 months in Linyi. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Linyi ranked 264th in China, while ranked 438th and 7039th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Linyi

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	Abu Dhabi	Linyi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$3.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$30.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$6.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$5.72	$3.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1236	$137
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$80.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2996	$308
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2225	$219
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.9	$75.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$5.47
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.24%	3.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5750	$3538
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4816	$1033
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$18.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.53	$3.77
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$1.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$1.09
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$0.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.12	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$6.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$3.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$0.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.27	$4.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.54	$4.42
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$4.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.81	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.88	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.3	$18.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$36.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$3.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.9	$68.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.2	$76.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$641	$197
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12452	$6168

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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 Linyi

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
77 km or 48 mi	Xinyi	$572
85 km or 53 mi	Pizhou	$575
93 km or 58 mi	Lianyungang	$536
107 km or 66 mi	Rizhao	$566
107 km or 67 mi	Xintai	$578
109 km or 67 mi	Tengzhou	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Suqian	$620
137 km or 85 mi	Qufu	$593
138 km or 86 mi	Xuzhou	$484
139 km or 86 mi	Laiwu	$575
143 km or 89 mi	Zhucheng	$561
160 km or 100 mi	Anqiu	$514
166 km or 103 mi	Jining	$643
170 km or 106 mi	Tai'an	$561
175 km or 109 mi	Zoucheng	$660
182 km or 113 mi	Qingzhou	$543
188 km or 117 mi	Huaibei	$584
188 km or 117 mi	Huai'an	$668
189 km or 118 mi	Feicheng	$571
193 km or 120 mi	Zibo	$504
194 km or 121 mi	Gaomi	$564
196 km or 122 mi	Weifang	$433
197 km or 122 mi	Jiaozhou	$574
203 km or 126 mi	Suzhou	$602
206 km or 128 mi	Shouguang	$531
208 km or 129 mi	Zouping	$553
214 km or 133 mi	Yongcheng	$600
217 km or 135 mi	Jinan	$616
220 km or 137 mi	Qingdao	$612
220 km or 137 mi	Changyi	$494
240 km or 149 mi	Pingdu	$569
248 km or 154 mi	Yancheng	$900
253 km or 157 mi	Bengbu	$505
255 km or 159 mi	Mingguang	$587
256 km or 159 mi	Shangqiu	$736
258 km or 161 mi	Yucheng	$577
260 km or 161 mi	Binzhou	$815
263 km or 163 mi	Liaocheng	$522
265 km or 165 mi	Heze	$1385