Abu Dhabi vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Abu Dhabi	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1802	$1862
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4691	$4532
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$1091
🏘️ Family rent	$2569	$1976
🍽️ Food expenses	$442	$555
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.3	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3906	$4332
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	52	61
😀 Quality of life	83	87
🏙️ Population	1.48M	246K

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 3% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 2486th and 2276th ($1802 vs $1862) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1806th in the United Arab Emirates and the United States, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 2.3 months in Louisville. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Louisville ranked 68th in the United States, while ranked 405th and 251st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Louisville

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	Abu Dhabi	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.3	$67.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.62	$9.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.9	$5.34
☕ Cappuccino	$5.81	$4.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.09	$2.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1179	$1155
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$880	$856
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2759	$2035
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2207	$1662
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.9	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$147	$184
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$55.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.18%	6.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4957	$3349
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4315	$3026
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.7	$48.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.28	$16.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$0.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.34	$2.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.07	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.41	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.83	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$4.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$4.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$5.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.21	$2.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.21	$8.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.61	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.03	$5.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.83	$3.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.95	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.9	$23.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$90.5	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.3	$52.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$667	$1242
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12787	$13601

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2309
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1503
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1050
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$2084
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1232
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$1810
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$1719
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$786
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$994
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1218
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1267
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1226
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1110
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$561
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$870
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$989
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$556
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$878
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$928
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$520
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$547
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$558
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$548
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$541
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$546
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$537
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$687
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$531
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$467
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$639
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$489
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1586
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$507

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1724
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1840
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1896
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1888
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1759
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1911
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1703
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1451
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1784
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1900
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1786
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1784
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2092
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1921
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2124
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1651
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1975
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1549
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1775
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2464
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1912
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1978
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1788
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1896
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1746
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1877
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1837
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1317
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1764
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1927
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1929
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2187
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1780
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1852
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$1999
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1436
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1745
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1856
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1822
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1954