Abu Dhabi vs Nairobi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Nairobi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$760
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4703	$2089
🏠 One person rent	$1173	$262
🏘️ Family rent	$2618	$619
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$281
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3781	$399
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	53	68
😀 Quality of life	83	59
🏙️ Population	1.48M	5.55M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 140% more expensive than in Nairobi. Cities ranked 2320th and 6622nd ($1828 vs $760) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and Kenya, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Kenya comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 0.5 months in Nairobi. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Nairobi ranked 1st in Kenya, while ranked 438th and 5369th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Nairobi

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	Abu Dhabi	Nairobi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$5.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$38.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$6.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$2.34
☕ Cappuccino	$5.72	$2.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1236	$395
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$156
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2996	$1080
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2225	$418
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.9	$20
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$31.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$37.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.24%	14.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5750	$1743
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4816	$998
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$31
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.53	$13.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.56
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$0.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.12	$1.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$6.33
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$5.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$1.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$2.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.27	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.54	$2.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$3.72
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.81	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.88	$1.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.3	$42
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$6.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$4.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.9	$19.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.2	$59.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$641	$187
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12452	$7984

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2379
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1494
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1844
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$2240
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1239
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$1779
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$1709
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$780
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$967
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1223
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1243
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1090
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$547
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$1068
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$1056
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$548
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$897
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$901
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$514
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$518
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$589
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$551
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$546
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$563
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$557
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$585
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$515
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$464
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$605
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$529
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1637
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$536

Cities near Nairobi

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Thika	$589
56 km or 35 mi	Machakos	$408
139 km or 87 mi	Nakuru	$500
175 km or 109 mi	Meru	$541
232 km or 144 mi	Arusha	$638
235 km or 146 mi	Moshi	$561
263 km or 164 mi	Eldoret	$483
265 km or 165 mi	Kisumu	$522
316 km or 196 mi	Mumias	$490
367 km or 228 mi	Tororo	$602
394 km or 245 mi	Mbale	$605
425 km or 264 mi	Malindi	$498
441 km or 274 mi	Mombasa	$580
444 km or 276 mi	Jinja	$562
456 km or 284 mi	Mwanza	$625
491 km or 305 mi	Tanga	$545
501 km or 311 mi	Kira Town	$646
503 km or 313 mi	Kampala	$698
507 km or 315 mi	Entebbe	$558
564 km or 351 mi	Dodoma	$502
603 km or 375 mi	Stone Town	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Zanzibar	$552
623 km or 387 mi	Morogoro	$486
671 km or 417 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
674 km or 419 mi	Gulu	$594
741 km or 461 mi	Muyinga	$650
751 km or 467 mi	Byumba	$613
755 km or 469 mi	Kigali	$771
769 km or 478 mi	Ruyigi	$648
778 km or 483 mi	Kasese	$573
794 km or 494 mi	Nyanza	$518
796 km or 495 mi	Bunia	$801
798 km or 496 mi	Ruhengeri	$492
798 km or 496 mi	Ngozi	$648
799 km or 496 mi	Butare	$413
801 km or 498 mi	Gitega	$651
811 km or 504 mi	Rutana	$648
813 km or 505 mi	Arua	$585
835 km or 519 mi	Kibuye	$479
841 km or 523 mi	Beni	$785