Abu Dhabi vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Abu Dhabi	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1802	$666
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4691	$1794
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$278
🏘️ Family rent	$2569	$393
🍽️ Food expenses	$442	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.3	$74.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3906	$831
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	52	53
😀 Quality of life	83	50
🏙️ Population	1.48M	8.78M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 171% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 2486th and 7155th ($1802 vs $666) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 142nd in the United Arab Emirates and China, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Quanzhou ranked 57th in China, while ranked 405th and 6224th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Quanzhou

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	Abu Dhabi	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$2.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.3	$25
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.62	$5.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.9	$1.41
☕ Cappuccino	$5.81	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.09	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1179	$193
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$880	$257
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2759	$425
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2207	$327
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.9	$23.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$147	$36.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$9.92
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.18%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4957	$2834
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4315	$1563
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.7	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.28	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.34	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.07	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.41	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.83	$2.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.21	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.21	$2.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.61	$3.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.03	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.83	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.95	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.9	$51.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$90.5	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$8.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.3	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$89.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$667	$469
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12787	$22902

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2309
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1503
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1050
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$2084
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1232
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$1810
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$1719
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$786
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$994
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1218
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1267
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1226
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1110
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$561
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$870
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$989
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$556
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$878
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$928
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$520
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$547
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$558
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$548
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$541
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$546
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$537
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$687
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$531
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$467
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$639
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$489
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1586
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$507

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$654
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$821
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$807
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$661
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$706
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$713
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$642
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$673
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$683
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$841
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$931
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$698
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$761
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$818
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$864
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$592
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$828
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$707
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$605
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$795
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$868
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$841
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$691
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1060
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1158
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$726
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1028
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$745
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$643
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$801
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$719
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$813
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$716
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$634
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$776
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$636
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$618
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$1014