Abu Dhabi vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4703	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$1173	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$2618	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3781	$647
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	53	46
😀 Quality of life	83	55
🏙️ Population	1.48M	1.2M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 155% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 2320th and 6811th ($1828 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 24th 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 2.1 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th in Russia, while ranked 438th and 5853rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Abu Dhabi	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$5.72	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1236	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2996	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2225	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.9	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.24%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5750	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4816	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.53	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.12	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.27	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.54	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.81	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.88	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.3	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.9	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.2	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$641	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12452	$4568

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$554
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$592
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$681
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$540
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$438
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$734
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$564
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$719
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$524
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$675
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$676
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$743
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$622
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1244
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$528
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$786
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$633
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$508
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$561
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$590
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$612
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$552
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$584
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$609
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$639
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$430
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$656
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$538
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$605
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$555
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$557