Abu Dhabi vs Portland - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Portland
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$2629
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4703	$6215
🏠 One person rent	$1173	$1568
🏘️ Family rent	$2618	$2656
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$680
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$171
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3781	$4810
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	53	88
😀 Quality of life	83	90
🏙️ Population	1.48M	653K

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 30% less expensive than in Portland. Cities ranked 2320th and 603rd ($1828 vs $2629) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 553rd 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 Portland. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Portland ranked 34th in the United States, while ranked 438th and 157th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Abu Dhabi vs Portland infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/abu-dhabi/portland.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Abu Dhabi vs Portland infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/abu-dhabi/portland" target="_blank">Abu Dhabi vs Portland - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Portland

Prices for goods and services in Abu Dhabi and Portland are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Abu Dhabi	Portland
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$17.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$74.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$7.4
☕ Cappuccino	$5.72	$5.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$2.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1236	$1608
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$1314
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2996	$2917
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2225	$2257
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.9	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$203
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$63.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.24%	6.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5750	$3766
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4816	$3350
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$2.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$101
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.53	$23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$3.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$4.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.12	$4.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$13.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$4.73
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$4.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$4.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$1.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$3.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$16.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$3.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.27	$11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.54	$14.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$7.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.81	$7.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.88	$2.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.3	$37
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$187
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$32.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.9	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.2	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$641	$1788
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12452	$16585

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

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 Portland

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5.1 mi	Milwaukie	$2390
11 km or 6.7 mi	Lake Oswego	$2415
11 km or 6.9 mi	Beaverton	$2508
13 km or 8.2 mi	Tigard	$2437
14 km or 8.7 mi	Vancouver	$2465
17 km or 11 mi	West Linn	$2425
18 km or 11 mi	Tualatin	$2432
18 km or 11 mi	Gresham	$2484
18 km or 11 mi	Oregon City	$2420
25 km or 16 mi	Hillsboro	$2341
33 km or 21 mi	Newberg	$2410
35 km or 21 mi	Forest Grove	$2353
44 km or 27 mi	Woodburn	$2585
54 km or 33 mi	McMinnville	$2379
64 km or 40 mi	Keizer	$2361
71 km or 44 mi	Salem	$2368
72 km or 45 mi	Longview	$2095
104 km or 65 mi	Albany	$2119
116 km or 72 mi	Corvallis	$2029
116 km or 72 mi	The Dalles	$2206
136 km or 84 mi	Centralia	$2523
165 km or 102 mi	Springfield	$1967
166 km or 103 mi	Eugene	$2174
168 km or 105 mi	Lacey	$2571
171 km or 106 mi	Olympia	$2406
177 km or 110 mi	Spanaway	$2460
181 km or 113 mi	Redmond	$2604
184 km or 114 mi	Lakewood	$2449
185 km or 115 mi	Aberdeen	$1744
187 km or 116 mi	Puyallup	$2644
190 km or 118 mi	University Place	$2604
192 km or 120 mi	Tacoma	$2517
195 km or 121 mi	Bend	$2796
201 km or 125 mi	Federal Way	$2532
202 km or 125 mi	Auburn	$2338
206 km or 128 mi	Yakima	$1882
210 km or 131 mi	Kent	$2784
210 km or 131 mi	Des Moines	$2623
211 km or 131 mi	Maple Valley	$2579
216 km or 134 mi	SeaTac	$2741