Abu Dhabi vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Abu Dhabi	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2070	$2499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4485	$5815
🏠 One person rent	$1417	$1483
🏘️ Family rent	$2400	$2594
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.3	$248
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2675	$4507
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	51	90
😀 Quality of life	85	94
🏙️ Population	1.57M	1.51M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 17% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 1859th and 889th ($2070 vs $2499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and Germany, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 447th and 38th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Munich

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	Abu Dhabi	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.29	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.6	$85.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.56	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$5.55	$5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.15	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1520	$1499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1151	$1182
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2679	$2689
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2026	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.7	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$295
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$97.1	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.26%	3.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4936	$12913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10145	$8949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$4.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.9	$70.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.58	$29.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.36	$4.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.91	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$4.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.45	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.38	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.2	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.82	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.05	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.75	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.9	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$79.6	$81.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$649	$1039
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13889	$16629

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2008
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1954
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1994
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1967
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1943
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1925
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1918
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1771
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1877
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1806
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1890
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1827
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1864
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1316
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1853
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1840
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1983
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1785
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1707
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1877
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1707
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1867
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1635
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2117
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1638
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1735
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1904
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1726
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1696
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1724
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1759
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1698
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1699
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2009
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1748