Abu Dhabi vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Abu Dhabi	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2133	$1678
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4670	$4001
🏠 One person rent	$1489	$1006
🏘️ Family rent	$2612	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$432	$403
🚐 Transport expenses	$73.8	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2773	$1104
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	51	96
😀 Quality of life	85	72
🏙️ Population	1.57M	13.3M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 27% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1650th and 3277th ($2133 vs $1678) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and Russia, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 0.7 months in Moscow. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 424th and 2774th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Abu Dhabi	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.11	$11.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.9	$61.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.6	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$11.9	$5.38
☕ Cappuccino	$5.69	$4.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$1.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1728	$1440
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1197	$743
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3067	$2602
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2202	$1335
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97	$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$176
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$88	$9.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.64%	20.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4681	$11458
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8556	$4987
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$1.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.6	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.63	$7.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.87	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$2.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$7.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.48	$3.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$1.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.55	$3.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.49	$5.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$3.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.56	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.22	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$72.8	$51.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$9.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.9	$38.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$8.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.1	$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$149
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$628	$788
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14421	$20160

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2470
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1543
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1455
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$2356
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1173
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$2100
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$2015
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$797
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$1082
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1062
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1340
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1218
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1193
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$494
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$965
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$1059
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$497
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$778
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$917
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$521
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$526
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$505
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$454
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$457
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$485
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$471
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$530
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$514
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$558
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$700
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$559
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$459
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1628
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$469

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$1084
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$1055
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$1030
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$1068
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$791
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$691
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$775
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$974
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$821
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$771
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$705
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$786
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$804
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$730
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$732
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$629
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$635
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$604
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$626
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$694
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$685
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$766
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$355
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$766
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$611
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$539
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$669
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$834
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$614
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$589
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$518
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$746
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$749