Abu Dhabi vs Maputo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Maputo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$1068
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4703	$2602
🏠 One person rent	$1173	$531
🏘️ Family rent	$2618	$1006
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$319
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$131
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3781	$373
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	1 km
🎓 Higher education	53	29
😀 Quality of life	83	41
🏙️ Population	1.48M	1.13M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 71% more expensive than in Maputo. Cities ranked 2320th and 5045th ($1828 vs $1068) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 3rd in the United Arab Emirates and Mozambique, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Mozambique comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 0.3 months in Maputo. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Maputo ranked 1st in Mozambique, while ranked 438th and 6875th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Maputo

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	Abu Dhabi	Maputo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$9.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$47.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$8.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$1.14
☕ Cappuccino	$5.72	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1236	$592
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$308
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2996	$1399
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2225	$661
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.9	$56
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$86.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$111
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.24%	24.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5750	$3504
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4816	$2016
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$13.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.53	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.12	$2.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$5.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$6.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.27	$2.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.54	$4.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.81	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.88	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.3	$39
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$7.76
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.9	$43.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.2	$80.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$641	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12452	$5643

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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 Maputo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.7 mi	Matola	$964
136 km or 85 mi	Manzini	$442
144 km or 90 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003
148 km or 92 mi	Mbabane	$562
272 km or 169 mi	Vryheid	$763
310 km or 193 mi	Middelburg	$795
318 km or 197 mi	Bethal	$784
415 km or 258 mi	Springs	$678
426 km or 265 mi	Benoni	$785
439 km or 273 mi	Centurion	$807
440 km or 273 mi	Pretoria	$906
453 km or 281 mi	Sandton	$953
454 km or 282 mi	Johannesburg	$993
457 km or 284 mi	Randburg	$837
460 km or 286 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
464 km or 288 mi	Durban	$809
471 km or 292 mi	Vereeniging	$672
472 km or 293 mi	Soweto	$923
480 km or 299 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
483 km or 300 mi	Brits	$820
534 km or 332 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
536 km or 333 mi	Rustenburg	$889
553 km or 343 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
564 km or 351 mi	Kroonstad	$768
598 km or 371 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
598 km or 372 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
624 km or 388 mi	Welkom	$748
628 km or 390 mi	Maseru	$621
661 km or 411 mi	Mahalapye	$631
667 km or 414 mi	Palapye	$540
674 km or 419 mi	Masvingo	$854
680 km or 422 mi	Mafeteng	$567
685 km or 425 mi	Gaborone	$691
695 km or 432 mi	Mmabatho	$780
697 km or 433 mi	Lobatse	$665
712 km or 443 mi	Serowe	$583
715 km or 444 mi	Beira	$1003
720 km or 447 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
730 km or 453 mi	Mthatha	$852
732 km or 455 mi	Molepolole	$628