Abu Dhabi vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$875
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4703	$2361
🏠 One person rent	$1173	$353
🏘️ Family rent	$2618	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$320
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3781	$1050
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	53	93
😀 Quality of life	83	83
🏙️ Population	1.48M	2.33M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 109% more expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 2320th and 6171st ($1828 vs $875) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 7th 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 1.2 months in Taoyuan. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Taoyuan ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 438th and 418th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Taoyuan

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	Abu Dhabi	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$4.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$24.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$4.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$1.49
☕ Cappuccino	$5.72	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1236	$360
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$284
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2996	$749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2225	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.9	$36
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$55.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.24%	1.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5750	$7669
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4816	$4912
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.53	$8.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$3.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$1.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$2.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.12	$2.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$6.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$9.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.27	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.54	$9.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$7.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.81	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.88	$2.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.3	$37
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$15
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.9	$73.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.2	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$641	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12452	$18619

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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 Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$821
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$897
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1073
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1181
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$728
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$731
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$967
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$894
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$813
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$796
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$770
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$747
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$625
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$814
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$788
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$648
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$644
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$627
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$823
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$688
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$681
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$726
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$630
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$671
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$603
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$682
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$649
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$661
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$601
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$451
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$581
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$587
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$677
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$616
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$443