Abu Dhabi vs Pune - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Pune
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1942	$517
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4262	$1237
🏠 One person rent	$1271	$209
🏘️ Family rent	$2152	$359
🍽️ Food expenses	$453	$200
🚐 Transport expenses	$77.2	$59.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3050	$490
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	53	58
😀 Quality of life	85	62
🏙️ Population	1.57M	5.95M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 275% more expensive than in Pune. Cities ranked 2187th and 8553rd ($1942 vs $517) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 6th in the United Arab Emirates and India, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 0.9 months in Pune. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Pune ranked 9th in India, while ranked 443rd and 5617th 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 Pune 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/pune.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Abu Dhabi vs Pune infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/abu-dhabi/pune" target="_blank">Abu Dhabi vs Pune - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Pune

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

	Abu Dhabi	Pune
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$4.51
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.6	$16.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.53	$5.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$11.7	$2.26
☕ Cappuccino	$5.6	$2.43
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.34	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1358	$244
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1002	$167
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2476	$436
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1762	$294
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.6	$17.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$27.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$9.06
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.01%	9.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5485	$2151
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12028	$1102
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.9	$11.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.63	$2.83
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.97	$0.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.63	$1.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$6.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.07	$3.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$6.61
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$2.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$8.73
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.54	$2.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.29	$4.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.83	$1.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.95	$2.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.73	$2.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.92	$0.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.4	$19.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$4.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.5	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$2.35
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.4	$33.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$62.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$598	$109
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12663	$2540

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	$1730
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2514
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1419
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1449
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$2521
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1228
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$1849
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$1770
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$792
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$1078
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1201
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1237
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1230
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1081
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$530
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$908
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$1008
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$529
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$873
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$930
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$534
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$568
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$553
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$453
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$477
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$530
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$503
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$573
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$557
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$761
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$624
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$463
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1627
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$483

Cities near Pune

Distance	City	Cost of living
94 km or 58 mi	Satara	$273
106 km or 66 mi	Navi Mumbai	$503
110 km or 68 mi	Kalyan	$399
119 km or 74 mi	Mumbai	$705
119 km or 74 mi	Thane	$487
120 km or 75 mi	Bhiwandi	$363
153 km or 95 mi	Vasai	$267
165 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$350
199 km or 123 mi	Sangli	$290
206 km or 128 mi	Kolhapur	$309
213 km or 132 mi	Ichalkaranji	$302
216 km or 134 mi	Aurangabad	$349
237 km or 147 mi	Solapur	$285
237 km or 147 mi	Malegaon	$382
273 km or 169 mi	Bijapur	$333
287 km or 179 mi	Navsari	$278
288 km or 179 mi	Latur	$396
303 km or 188 mi	Belgaum	$463
314 km or 195 mi	Surat	$705
330 km or 205 mi	Jalgaon	$303
338 km or 210 mi	Panjim	$398
342 km or 212 mi	Gulbarga	$251
347 km or 215 mi	Mormugao	$476
361 km or 224 mi	Margao	$422
366 km or 227 mi	Hubli	$355
373 km or 232 mi	Nanded	$328
403 km or 250 mi	Bhavnagar	$291
411 km or 255 mi	Akola	$297
426 km or 265 mi	Vadodara	$374
447 km or 278 mi	Nizamabad	$305
452 km or 281 mi	Hospet	$266
474 km or 295 mi	Godhra	$366
476 km or 296 mi	Nadiad	$375
480 km or 299 mi	Mahbubnagar	$353
486 km or 302 mi	Adoni	$383
488 km or 303 mi	Amravati	$310
501 km or 312 mi	Davanagere	$295
504 km or 313 mi	Hyderabad	$470
505 km or 314 mi	Secunderabad	$398
511 km or 318 mi	Indore	$361