Abu Dhabi vs Mersin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Abu Dhabi	Mersin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1936	$750
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4876	$1906
🏠 One person rent	$1291	$365
🏘️ Family rent	$2811	$599
🍽️ Food expenses	$427	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.9	$66.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3588	$536
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	62 km
🎓 Higher education	52	44
😀 Quality of life	82	58
🏙️ Population	1.48M	1.81M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 158% more expensive than in Mersin. Cities ranked 1938th and 6570th ($1936 vs $750) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 10th in the United Arab Emirates and Turkey, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Turkey 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 Mersin. Abu Dhabi ranked 4th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Mersin ranked 10th in Turkey, while ranked 369th and 5682nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Mersin

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	Abu Dhabi	Mersin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.91	$4.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.7	$20.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.78	$5.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.3	$2.09
☕ Cappuccino	$5.69	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.27	$1.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1396	$377
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$977	$274
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3226	$675
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2329	$455
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$55.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$193	$84.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$109	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.77%	34.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5079	$1416
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4566	$881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.7	$19.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$5.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$0.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.07	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$7.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.37	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$13.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$0.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.54	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$7.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$2.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.81	$1.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.3	$2.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.96	$2.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.19	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.51	$3.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$74.4	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$4.79
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$90.6	$57.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.1	$51.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$84.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$717	$282
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11210	$15894

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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 Mersin

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 18 mi	Tarsus	$601
67 km or 42 mi	Adana	$630
93 km or 58 mi	Eregli	$539
106 km or 66 mi	Mut	$566
109 km or 68 mi	Ceyhan	$517
121 km or 75 mi	Bor	$592
128 km or 80 mi	Kozan	$521
130 km or 81 mi	Nigde	$622
131 km or 82 mi	Karaman	$513
136 km or 84 mi	Iskenderun	$518
146 km or 90 mi	Samandag	$550
146 km or 91 mi	Kadirli	$490
148 km or 92 mi	Osmaniye	$402
152 km or 95 mi	Antakya	$563
170 km or 106 mi	Hassa	$479
177 km or 110 mi	Latakia	$436
181 km or 112 mi	Islahiye	$473
182 km or 113 mi	Aksaray	$397
184 km or 114 mi	Reyhanli	$530
197 km or 122 mi	Famagusta	$1199
200 km or 124 mi	Kyrenia	$1081
203 km or 126 mi	Nevsehir	$498
204 km or 127 mi	Paralimni	$990
205 km or 127 mi	Idlib	$401
213 km or 132 mi	Nicosia	$1280
223 km or 139 mi	Kilis	$483
223 km or 139 mi	Konya	$586
224 km or 139 mi	Kahramanmaras	$594
225 km or 140 mi	Dali	$1091
225 km or 140 mi	Talas	$431
226 km or 140 mi	Aradippou	$1189
227 km or 141 mi	Larnaca	$1519
228 km or 142 mi	Kayseri	$416
235 km or 146 mi	Alanya	$742
236 km or 147 mi	Aleppo	$404
248 km or 154 mi	Gaziantep	$434
264 km or 164 mi	Kirsehir	$522
267 km or 166 mi	Hama	$480
276 km or 171 mi	Limassol	$2099
278 km or 173 mi	Ypsonas	$1783