Abu Dhabi vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: July 09, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1915	$1749
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4277	$4089
🏠 One person rent	$1247	$1046
🏘️ Family rent	$2181	$1798
🍽️ Food expenses	$451	$425
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.9	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3000	$2120
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	53	94
😀 Quality of life	84	85
🏙️ Population	1.57M	1.86M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 9% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 2282nd and 2970th ($1915 vs $1749) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and Poland, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 427th and 394th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Warsaw

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	Abu Dhabi	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.8	$58.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.57	$9.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$11.4	$4.75
☕ Cappuccino	$5.73	$4.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.26	$2.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1359	$1056
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$975	$813
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2488	$1890
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1798	$1433
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.2	$167
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$256
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$103	$17.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.21%	7.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5745	$6734
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12613	$4442
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$1.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26	$30.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.64	$13.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.02	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.66	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.57	$7.26
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$3.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.35	$3.67
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$8.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.38	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.22	$5.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.82	$9.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$5.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.71	$4.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.96	$5.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.1	$44.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$9.74
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.4	$75
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$25.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.8	$103
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.4	$96.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$612	$594
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12182	$16095

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1713
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2512
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1383
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1450
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$2504
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1081
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1215
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1455
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$1762
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$1688
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$631
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$794
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$995
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1205
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1240
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1226
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1116
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$537
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$1063
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$1055
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$537
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$893
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$913
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$515
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$530
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$564
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$464
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$489
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$541
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$521
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$578
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$524
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$527
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$536
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$604
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$515
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1695
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1242
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$493

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1451
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1423
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1194
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1246
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1007
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1037
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1180
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1116
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1243
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1187
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1312
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1010
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$992
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$1001
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1070
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1157
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1102
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1359
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1078
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1296
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1162
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1201
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$494
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$962
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1237
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1182
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1126
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1042
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1233
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1147
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$986
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1151
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1103
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1223
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1211
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1047
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1079
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$985
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1098
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$337