Abu Dhabi vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$2508
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4703	$6081
🏠 One person rent	$1173	$1562
🏘️ Family rent	$2618	$2876
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$640
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3781	$4538
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	53	78
😀 Quality of life	83	88
🏙️ Population	1.48M	689K

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 27% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 2320th and 790th ($1828 vs $2508) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 733rd in the United Arab Emirates and the United States, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Nashville ranked 58th in the United States, while ranked 438th and 244th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Abu Dhabi	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$72.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$9.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$7.15
☕ Cappuccino	$5.72	$6.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$2.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1236	$1711
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$1308
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2996	$3359
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2225	$2469
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.9	$104
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.24%	6.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5750	$3428
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4816	$3097
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$2.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$68.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.53	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$3.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$3.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.12	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$5.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$5.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$4.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$3.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$3.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$3.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.27	$7.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.54	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.81	$4.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.88	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.3	$54.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$27.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.9	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.2	$96.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$641	$1251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12452	$30520

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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 Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2499
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2356
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2335
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2340
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2738
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2271
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2302
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2274
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2607
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2016
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2031
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2075
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2259
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1855
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$1969
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1828
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1839
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$1942
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1932
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1350
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1772
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1779
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2192
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2185
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1717
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1728
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1847
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1865
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2166
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2100
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1730
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1432
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1636
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$2025
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2048
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$2116
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1494