Abu Dhabi vs Tabriz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Tabriz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$658
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4703	$1826
🏠 One person rent	$1173	$230
🏘️ Family rent	$2618	$521
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$233
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$42.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3781	$249
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	53	59
😀 Quality of life	83	47
🏙️ Population	1.48M	1.56M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 178% more expensive than in Tabriz. Cities ranked 2320th and 7153rd ($1828 vs $658) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 24th in the United Arab Emirates and Iran, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 0.4 months in Tabriz. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Tabriz ranked 6th in Iran, while ranked 438th and 6409th 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 Tabriz 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/tabriz.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Abu Dhabi vs Tabriz infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/abu-dhabi/tabriz" target="_blank">Abu Dhabi vs Tabriz - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Tabriz

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

	Abu Dhabi	Tabriz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$4.95
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$3.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$0.55
☕ Cappuccino	$5.72	$1.18
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$1.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1236	$330
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$172
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2996	$685
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2225	$441
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.9	$8.83
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$13.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$18.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.24%	22.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5750	$1732
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4816	$1813
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.47
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.53	$2.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$1.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$0.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.12	$1.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$5.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$3.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$4.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$3.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$0.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$1.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.27	$3.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.54	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$4.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.81	$3.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.88	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.3	$17.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$1.75
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$98.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$37.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.9	$20.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.2	$176
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$641	$96.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12452	$671

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	$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 Tabriz

Distance	City	Cost of living
58 km or 36 mi	Marand	$553
78 km or 48 mi	Maragheh	$573
81 km or 50 mi	Ahar	$622
120 km or 74 mi	Urmia	$519
125 km or 78 mi	Kapan	$961
125 km or 78 mi	Miandoab	$540
127 km or 79 mi	Khoy	$419
159 km or 99 mi	Goris	$967
174 km or 108 mi	Bukan	$536
177 km or 110 mi	Ardabil	$827
184 km or 114 mi	Mahabad	$458
184 km or 115 mi	Piranshahr	$476
204 km or 127 mi	Saqqez	$533
230 km or 143 mi	Hakkari	$575
235 km or 146 mi	Baneh	$531
236 km or 147 mi	Lankaran	$608
237 km or 147 mi	Caldiran	$574
250 km or 155 mi	Zanjan	$466
251 km or 156 mi	Dogubayazit	$570
254 km or 158 mi	Van	$615
264 km or 164 mi	Masis	$1081
266 km or 165 mi	Barda	$618
279 km or 173 mi	Yerevan	$1199
282 km or 175 mi	Igdir	$565
282 km or 175 mi	Abovyan	$1094
284 km or 177 mi	Marivan	$536
289 km or 180 mi	Ganja	$481
291 km or 181 mi	Erbil	$854
291 km or 181 mi	Yevlakh	$618
292 km or 181 mi	Sulaymaniyah	$676
295 km or 183 mi	Ashtarak	$1071
300 km or 187 mi	Armavir	$990
305 km or 190 mi	Rasht	$534
307 km or 191 mi	Sirvan	$634
315 km or 196 mi	Sanandaj	$449
322 km or 200 mi	Duhok	$646
334 km or 207 mi	Agri	$553
334 km or 208 mi	Zakho	$688
336 km or 209 mi	Kirkuk	$508
339 km or 211 mi	Mosul	$597