Abu Dhabi vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4703	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$1173	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$2618	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3781	$2695
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	53	98
😀 Quality of life	83	93
🏙️ Population	1.48M	1.97M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 0.9% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 2320th and 2270th ($1828 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and Austria, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 438th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Vienna

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	Abu Dhabi	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$5.72	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1236	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2996	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2225	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.9	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.24%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5750	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4816	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.53	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.12	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.27	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.54	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.81	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.88	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.3	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.9	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.2	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$641	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12452	$18199

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1582
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1719
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1627
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1586
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1275
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1559
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$919
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1553
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$943
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1087
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1098
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1181
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$701
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$784
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1329
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1335
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1120
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1381
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1039
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1263
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1045
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1107
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$974
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1118
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1594
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1474
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1169
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1075
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1593
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1555
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1549
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$983
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$987