Abu Dhabi vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: July 08, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1913	$1358
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4243	$3260
🏠 One person rent	$1245	$795
🏘️ Family rent	$2144	$1403
🍽️ Food expenses	$451	$345
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.8	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3041	$1702
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	53	96
😀 Quality of life	84	76
🏙️ Population	1.57M	13.3M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 41% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 2289th and 4384th ($1913 vs $1358) 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 1.3 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 1270th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Abu Dhabi	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.5	$47.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.52	$5.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$11.4	$4.17
☕ Cappuccino	$5.77	$3.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.27	$1.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1345	$1100
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$974	$598
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2411	$1971
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1768	$1083
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.2	$86.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$10.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.21%	24.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5729	$9003
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12723	$3928
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.9	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.63	$6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.02	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.55	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.61	$5.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$2.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$9.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.21	$3.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.8	$6.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.06	$3.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.78	$2.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.93	$2.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.1	$40.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$6.11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$79.1	$33.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$7.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.8	$81.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.2	$130
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$613	$682
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12362	$14735

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1716
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2507
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1387
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1449
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$2504
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1080
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1211
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1453
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$1769
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$1688
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$630
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$791
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$995
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1205
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1239
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1235
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1116
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$536
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$1063
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$1057
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$805
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$537
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$894
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$915
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$517
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$531
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$566
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$464
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$491
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$541
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$522
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$577
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$525
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$528
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$539
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$601
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$514
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1694
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1248
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$492

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$1012
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1033
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$959
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$967
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$937
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$811
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$1000
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$900
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$824
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$593
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$735
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$856
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$672
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$669
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$686
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$630
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$806
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$665
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$683
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$719
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$564
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$578
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$488
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$916
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$579
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$663
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$660
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$506
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$849
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$553
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$501
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$500
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$738
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$554
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$465
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$494
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$754
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$746