Abu Dhabi vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4703	$3254
🏠 One person rent	$1173	$567
🏘️ Family rent	$2618	$1230
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3781	$1684
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	53	95
😀 Quality of life	83	86
🏙️ Population	1.48M	2.6M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 55% more expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 2320th and 4534th ($1828 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and Taiwan, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 438th and 339th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Taipei

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	Abu Dhabi	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$2.83
☕ Cappuccino	$5.72	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1236	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$468
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2996	$1547
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2225	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.9	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.24%	2.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5750	$13635
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4816	$6907
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$36.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.53	$8.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$2.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$2.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.12	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$17.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$8.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.27	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.54	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$7.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.81	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.88	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.3	$38.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.9	$56.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.2	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$641	$617
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12452	$19749

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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 Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1073
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$967
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$875
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$731
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$821
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$897
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$728
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$894
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$813
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$770
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$747
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$669
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$625
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$788
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$814
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$648
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$644
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$627
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$681
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$823
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$726
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$688
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$671
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$630
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$682
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$603
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$661
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$649
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$601
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$587
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$677
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$616
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$671
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$451
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$581