Abu Dhabi vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Abu Dhabi	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2070	$634
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4485	$1479
🏠 One person rent	$1417	$301
🏘️ Family rent	$2400	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.3	$79.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2675	$759
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	51	49
😀 Quality of life	85	71
🏙️ Population	1.57M	8.78M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 227% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1859th and 7679th ($2070 vs $634) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 137th 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 1.3 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 23rd in China, while ranked 447th and 3611th 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	$9.29	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.6	$21.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.56	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$0.86
☕ Cappuccino	$5.55	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.15	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1520	$240
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1151	$258
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2679	$438
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2026	$328
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.7	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$47.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$97.1	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.26%	3.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4936	$2900
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10145	$1919
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.9	$22.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.58	$3.81
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$0.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.36	$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.91	$1.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$5.07
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$0.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.45	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$7.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.38	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.2	$2.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.82	$3.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.05	$5.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.75	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.9	$52.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$5.73
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$79.6	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$8.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$20.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$649	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13889	$9536

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2420
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1473
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1457
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$2183
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1148
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1214
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1373
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$2014
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$1923
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$796
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$1080
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1109
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1309
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1192
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1135
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$545
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$931
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$1037
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$541
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$823
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$928
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$545
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$575
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$565
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$465
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$489
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$547
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$523
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$575
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$563
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$613
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$761
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$627
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$487
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1632
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$492

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$630
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$903
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$723
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$668
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$656
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$698
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$634
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$682
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$654
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$888
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$957
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$709
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$889
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$879
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$937
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$465
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$882
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$910
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$602
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$673
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$941
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$910
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$464
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1108
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1257
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$589
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$997
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$796
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$610
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$841
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$705
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$814
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$665
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$586
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$763
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$594
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$595
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$943