Abu Dhabi vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Abu Dhabi	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1936	$721
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4876	$2070
🏠 One person rent	$1291	$290
🏘️ Family rent	$2811	$526
🍽️ Food expenses	$427	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.9	$83.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3588	$724
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	52	20
😀 Quality of life	82	43
🏙️ Population	1.48M	6.49M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 169% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 1938th and 6691st ($1936 vs $721) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 70th 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 1.9 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 1 months in Shangrao. Abu Dhabi ranked 4th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Shangrao ranked 244th in China, while ranked 369th and 6824th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Shangrao

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	Abu Dhabi	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.91	$3.49
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.7	$41.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.78	$4.19
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.3	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$5.69	$2.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.27	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1396	$343
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$977	$219
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3226	$687
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2329	$405
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$193	$51.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$109	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.77%	4.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5079	$5578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4566	$2536
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.7	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$4.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$1.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$1.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.07	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.37	$3.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.44
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.54	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.81	$3.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.3	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.96	$4.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.19	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.51	$1.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$74.4	$39.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$6.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$90.6	$44.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$5.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.1	$52.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$78.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$717	$558
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11210	$20642

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2229
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1612
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1132
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$1841
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1577
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1191
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1584
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$1872
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$1810
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$758
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$787
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$1164
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1285
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1375
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1327
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1126
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$798
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$959
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$1005
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$890
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$868
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$910
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$604
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$573
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$606
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$646
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$621
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$604
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$606
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$779
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$544
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$530
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$457
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$672
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$561
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1642
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$541

Cities near Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$643
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$655
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$645
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$644
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$677
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$713
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$620
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$811
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$741
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$678
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$538
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$725
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$664
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$708
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$667
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$694
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$700
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$720
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$787
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$744
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$728
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$671
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$647
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$789
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$831
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$664
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$687
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$707
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$581
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$755
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$719
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$898
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$613
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$735
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$699
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$669
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$697
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$675
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$587
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$696