Abu Dhabi vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: July 09, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1915	$1238
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4277	$3202
🏠 One person rent	$1247	$547
🏘️ Family rent	$2181	$954
🍽️ Food expenses	$451	$439
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.9	$131
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3000	$1764
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	53	94
😀 Quality of life	84	87
🏙️ Population	1.57M	4.04M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 55% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 2282nd and 4660th ($1915 vs $1238) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in the United Arab Emirates and Taiwan, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 1.4 months in New Taipei. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 427th and 298th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs New Taipei

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	Abu Dhabi	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11	$5.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.8	$34.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.57	$5.84
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$11.4	$2.04
☕ Cappuccino	$5.73	$3.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.26	$0.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1359	$588
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$975	$425
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2488	$1084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1798	$768
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.2	$64.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$97.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$103	$25
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.21%	2.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5745	$14358
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12613	$6101
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26	$41.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.64	$9.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.02	$3.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$3.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.66	$2.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$20.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.57	$8.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$20.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$4.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$2.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$4.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$2.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.35	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.38	$1.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.22	$4.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.82	$10.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$8.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.71	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.96	$2.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.1	$40.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.4	$38.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$17.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.8	$79
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.4	$95.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$612	$667
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12182	$18482

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1713
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2512
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1383
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1450
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$2504
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1081
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1215
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1455
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$1762
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$1688
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$631
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$794
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$995
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1205
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1240
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1226
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1116
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$537
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$1063
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$1055
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$537
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$893
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$913
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$515
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$530
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$564
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$464
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$489
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$541
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$521
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$578
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$524
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$527
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$536
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$604
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$515
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1695
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1242
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$493

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1356
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$995
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1079
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$846
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$943
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$1001
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$737
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$1026
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$937
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$927
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$931
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$961
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$684
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$633
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$892
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$936
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$652
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1202
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$646
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$634
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$1060
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$690
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$940
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$740
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$698
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$638
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$681
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$673
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1203
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$610
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$703
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$672
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$654
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$607
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$594
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$683
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$612
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$451
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$677
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$588