Abu Dhabi vs Tripoli - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Abu Dhabi	Tripoli
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1936	$470
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4876	$1199
🏠 One person rent	$1291	$181
🏘️ Family rent	$2811	$362
🍽️ Food expenses	$427	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.9	$51.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3588	$291
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	52	20
😀 Quality of life	82	48
🏙️ Population	1.48M	1.29M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 312% more expensive than in Tripoli. Cities ranked 1938th and 8679th ($1936 vs $470) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and Libya, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Libya comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 0.6 months in Tripoli. Abu Dhabi ranked 4th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Tripoli ranked 1st in Libya, while ranked 369th and 6385th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Tripoli

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	Abu Dhabi	Tripoli
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.91	$6.23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.7	$24.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.78	$4.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.3	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$5.69	$0.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.27	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1396	$203
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$977	$112
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3226	$476
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2329	$247
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$33.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$193	$51.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$109	$17.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.77%	17.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5079	$1408
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4566	$425
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.7	$16.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$6.95
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$0.54
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$0.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.07	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$4.45
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.37	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$8.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$0.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$0.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.54	$1.48
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$1.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$0.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.81	$2.37
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.3	$4.56
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.96	$1.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.19	$0.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.51	$0.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$74.4	$26.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$5.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$90.6	$28.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$1.49
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.1	$30.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$48.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$717	$68.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11210	$911

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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 Tripoli

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Zawiya	$377
66 km or 41 mi	Sabratha	$386
80 km or 50 mi	Gharyan	$407
103 km or 64 mi	Zuwarah	$390
104 km or 64 mi	Al-Khums	$389
110 km or 68 mi	Yafran	$398
187 km or 116 mi	Misrata	$340
305 km or 190 mi	Sfax	$435
308 km or 191 mi	Gabes	$328
355 km or 221 mi	Mosta	$1338
355 km or 221 mi	Marsaskala	$1372
356 km or 221 mi	Zabbar	$1278
356 km or 221 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
357 km or 222 mi	Naxxar	$1469
357 km or 222 mi	Valletta	$1657
358 km or 222 mi	San Gwann	$1608
358 km or 222 mi	Gzira	$1708
359 km or 223 mi	Sliema	$1670
359 km or 223 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1583
404 km or 251 mi	Sousse	$423
422 km or 262 mi	Kairouan	$433
442 km or 275 mi	Gafsa	$390
456 km or 284 mi	Nabeul	$418
472 km or 293 mi	Ragusa	$1120
476 km or 296 mi	Gela	$927
488 km or 303 mi	Niscemi	$1027
495 km or 307 mi	Agrigento	$983
504 km or 313 mi	Syracuse	$1103
516 km or 320 mi	Tunis	$514
516 km or 321 mi	La Marsa	$596
521 km or 323 mi	Aryanah	$466
543 km or 337 mi	Catania	$1163
545 km or 338 mi	Tebessa	$474
552 km or 343 mi	Marsala	$1050
575 km or 357 mi	Bizerte	$355
575 km or 357 mi	Trapani	$979
583 km or 362 mi	Palermo	$1150
591 km or 367 mi	El Oued	$388
611 km or 380 mi	Souk Ahras	$371
624 km or 388 mi	Reggio Calabria	$936