Abu Dhabi vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Abu Dhabi	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2070	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4485	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$1417	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$2400	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.3	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2675	$1020
😷 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 31% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1859th and 3728th ($2070 vs $1585) 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 0.6 months in Moscow. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 447th and 3206th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Moscow

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	Abu Dhabi	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.29	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.6	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.56	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$5.55	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.15	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1520	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1151	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2679	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2026	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.7	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$97.1	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.26%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4936	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10145	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.9	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.58	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.36	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.91	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.45	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.38	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.2	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.82	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.05	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.75	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.9	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$79.6	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$649	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13889	$17546

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791