Abu Dhabi vs Yaounde - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Abu Dhabi	Yaounde
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1936	$567
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4876	$1680
🏠 One person rent	$1291	$198
🏘️ Family rent	$2811	$592
🍽️ Food expenses	$427	$254
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.9	$58.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3588	$359
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	52	26
😀 Quality of life	82	43
🏙️ Population	1.48M	2.44M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 241% more expensive than in Yaounde. Cities ranked 1938th and 7966th ($1936 vs $567) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 8th in the United Arab Emirates and Cameroon, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Cameroon 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 Yaounde. Abu Dhabi ranked 4th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Yaounde ranked 1st in Cameroon, while ranked 369th and 6890th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Yaounde

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	Abu Dhabi	Yaounde
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.91	$4.15
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.7	$33
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.78	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.3	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$5.69	$1.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.27	$1.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1396	$121
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$977	$112
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3226	$933
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2329	$377
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$36.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$193	$56.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$109	$47.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.77%	5.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5079	$981
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4566	$202
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.7	$16.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$3.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$2.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$1.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.07	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.37	$3.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$5.22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$4.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.54	$1.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$8.21
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$1.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.81	$2.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.3	$3.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.96	$2.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.19	$2.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.51	$1.88
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$74.4	$23.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$8.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$90.6	$19.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$9.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.1	$22.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$30
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$717	$213
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11210	$2559

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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 Yaounde

Distance	City	Cost of living
203 km or 126 mi	Douala	$1300
217 km or 135 mi	Bafoussam	$761
245 km or 152 mi	Kumba	$860
256 km or 159 mi	Buea	$587
256 km or 159 mi	Limbe	$683
275 km or 171 mi	Bamenda	$436
297 km or 185 mi	Bata	$1242
305 km or 189 mi	Malabo	$990
374 km or 233 mi	Calabar	$237
448 km or 278 mi	Ngaoundere	$548
449 km or 279 mi	Libreville	$697
475 km or 295 mi	Berberati	$462
481 km or 299 mi	Aba	$233
484 km or 301 mi	Umuahia	$330
511 km or 317 mi	Port Harcourt	$327
529 km or 329 mi	Owerri	$507
530 km or 329 mi	Enugu	$290
558 km or 346 mi	Awka	$325
584 km or 363 mi	Onitsha	$354
593 km or 368 mi	Port-Gentil	$651
640 km or 398 mi	Garoua	$633
660 km or 410 mi	Sao Tome	$866
665 km or 413 mi	Warri	$351
669 km or 415 mi	Trindade	$866
709 km or 440 mi	Benin	$315
729 km or 453 mi	Abuja	$288
735 km or 457 mi	Jos	$269
738 km or 459 mi	Mubi	$264
741 km or 461 mi	Bauchi	$272
748 km or 465 mi	Gamboma	$510
754 km or 468 mi	Owo	$272
783 km or 487 mi	Bangui	$489
795 km or 494 mi	Akure	$243
809 km or 503 mi	Maroua	$616
813 km or 505 mi	Ado Ekiti	$247
831 km or 516 mi	Bongor	$467
842 km or 523 mi	Minna	$313
862 km or 535 mi	Mbandaka	$825
867 km or 539 mi	Kaduna	$210
867 km or 539 mi	Ife	$250