Abu Dhabi vs Rotterdam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Rotterdam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$2359
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4703	$5397
🏠 One person rent	$1173	$1479
🏘️ Family rent	$2618	$2435
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3781	$3493
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	53	94
😀 Quality of life	83	93
🏙️ Population	1.48M	664K

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 23% less expensive than in Rotterdam. Cities ranked 2320th and 1038th ($1828 vs $2359) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 3rd in the United Arab Emirates and the Netherlands, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs the Netherlands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 1.5 months in Rotterdam. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Rotterdam ranked 5th in the Netherlands, while ranked 438th and 68th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Rotterdam

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	Abu Dhabi	Rotterdam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$20.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$83.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$6.3
☕ Cappuccino	$5.72	$3.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$3.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1236	$1509
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$1241
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2996	$2680
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2225	$2049
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.9	$138
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$213
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$46.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.24%	4.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5750	$5415
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4816	$3934
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$4.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$98.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.53	$20.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$2.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$3.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.12	$4.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$15.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$3.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$3.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$6.23
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.27	$12.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.54	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.81	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.88	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.3	$41.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$19.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.9	$78.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.2	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$641	$2027
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12452	$10730

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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 Rotterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Ridderkerk	$2062
13 km or 8 mi	Delft	$1861
19 km or 12 mi	Leidschendam	$2042
21 km or 13 mi	The Hague	$2199
23 km or 14 mi	Sliedrecht	$1969
25 km or 16 mi	Scheveningen	$2049
26 km or 16 mi	Leiden	$2081
27 km or 17 mi	Oegstgeest	$1934
41 km or 25 mi	Etten-Leur	$1805
43 km or 27 mi	Breda	$1739
43 km or 27 mi	Roosendaal	$1890
47 km or 29 mi	Utrecht	$2251
49 km or 30 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1917
50 km or 31 mi	Zandvoort	$2090
52 km or 32 mi	Haarlem	$2291
54 km or 34 mi	Zaltbommel	$2026
55 km or 34 mi	Zeist	$2180
56 km or 35 mi	Tilburg	$1862
59 km or 36 mi	Amsterdam	$2791
59 km or 37 mi	Hilversum	$2049
60 km or 38 mi	IJmuiden	$2085
61 km or 38 mi	Hoogstraten	$1492
62 km or 39 mi	Goes	$2001
63 km or 39 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1975
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2432
67 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$1957
72 km or 45 mi	Almere	$1937
73 km or 45 mi	Purmerend	$1944
74 km or 46 mi	Veenendaal	$1631
74 km or 46 mi	Turnhout	$1421
76 km or 47 mi	Middelburg	$1879
79 km or 49 mi	Antwerp	$1640
81 km or 51 mi	Wageningen	$2105
82 km or 51 mi	Beveren	$1613
82 km or 51 mi	Ede	$1651
83 km or 52 mi	Uden	$1958
84 km or 52 mi	Mortsel	$1530
85 km or 53 mi	Veldhoven	$1917
87 km or 54 mi	Herentals	$1318
88 km or 54 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514