Abu Dhabi vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1942	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4262	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$1271	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$2152	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$453	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$77.2	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3050	$881
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	53	96
😀 Quality of life	85	73
🏙️ Population	1.57M	13.3M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 35% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 2187th and 4141st ($1942 vs $1438) 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 1.6 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 443rd and 2664th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Abu Dhabi	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.6	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.53	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$11.7	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$5.6	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.34	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1358	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1002	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2476	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1762	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.6	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.01%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5485	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12028	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.9	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.63	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.97	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.63	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.07	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.54	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.29	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.83	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.95	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.73	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.92	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.4	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.5	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.4	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$598	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12663	$15272

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2514
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1419
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1449
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$2521
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1228
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$1849
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$1770
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$792
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$1078
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1201
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1237
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1230
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1081
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$530
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$908
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$1008
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$529
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$873
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$930
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$534
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$568
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$553
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$453
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$477
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$530
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$503
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$573
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$557
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$761
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$624
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$463
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1627
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$483

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772