Abu Dhabi vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Abu Dhabi	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2070	$789
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4485	$2078
🏠 One person rent	$1417	$422
🏘️ Family rent	$2400	$751
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.3	$75.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2675	$1006
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	51	27
😀 Quality of life	85	52
🏙️ Population	1.57M	6.17M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 162% more expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 1859th and 6807th ($2070 vs $789) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 30th 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 1.3 months in Maoming. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Maoming ranked 100th in China, while ranked 447th and 6563rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Maoming

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	Abu Dhabi	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.29	$2.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.6	$14.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.56	$3.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$1.64
☕ Cappuccino	$5.55	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.15	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1520	$485
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1151	$355
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2679	$867
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2026	$652
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.7	$28.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$43.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$97.1	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.26%	3.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4936	$4804
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10145	$2750
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.9	$24.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.58	$2.66
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$1.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.36	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.91	$5.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$5.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$0.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$0.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.45	$1.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.38	$0.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.2	$3.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.82	$6.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.05	$5.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.75	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5	$2.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.9	$32.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$7.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$79.6	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$9.91
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$41.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$70.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$649	$488
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13889	$19015

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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 Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$790
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$896
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$738
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$832
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$664
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$694
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$844
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$816
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$699
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$605
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$848
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$534
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$592
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$611
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1718
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$674
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$608
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$782
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$564
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$769
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$795
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$666
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$587
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$939
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2674
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2415
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$580
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$760
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$577
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$621
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$585
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$533
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$774
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$807
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$584
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$571
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$765
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$943