Abu Dhabi vs Zagreb - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Zagreb
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$1253
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4703	$2899
🏠 One person rent	$1173	$663
🏘️ Family rent	$2618	$1071
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$383
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3781	$1581
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	53	38
😀 Quality of life	83	76
🏙️ Population	1.48M	767K

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 46% more expensive than in Zagreb. Cities ranked 2320th and 4331st ($1828 vs $1253) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 4th in the United Arab Emirates and Croatia, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Croatia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 1.3 months in Zagreb. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Zagreb ranked 1st in Croatia, while ranked 438th and 843rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Zagreb

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	Abu Dhabi	Zagreb
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$50.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$8.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$2.94
☕ Cappuccino	$5.72	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1236	$624
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$503
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2996	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2225	$826
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.9	$108
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$27.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.24%	4.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5750	$4361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4816	$2995
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$51.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.53	$12.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.12	$3.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$9.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$7.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.27	$5.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.54	$6.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.81	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.88	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.3	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$7.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$43
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.9	$86.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.2	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$641	$394
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12452	$10861

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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 Zagreb

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Velika Gorica	$1101
46 km or 29 mi	Karlovac	$912
61 km or 38 mi	Novo Mesto	$1080
70 km or 43 mi	Bjelovar	$1008
71 km or 44 mi	Celje	$1116
87 km or 54 mi	Maribor	$1082
90 km or 56 mi	Velenje	$1157
97 km or 60 mi	Murska Sobota	$842
109 km or 68 mi	Nagykanizsa	$711
110 km or 68 mi	Bihac	$556
110 km or 68 mi	Prijedor	$659
114 km or 71 mi	Ljubljana	$1468
128 km or 79 mi	Sanski Most	$558
129 km or 80 mi	Rijeka	$1152
132 km or 82 mi	Kranj	$1261
135 km or 84 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
144 km or 89 mi	Wolfsberg	$1303
146 km or 91 mi	Graz	$1594
150 km or 93 mi	Banja Luka	$803
155 km or 96 mi	Kaposvar	$750
156 km or 97 mi	Klagenfurt	$1653
168 km or 104 mi	Trieste	$1421
168 km or 104 mi	Szombathely	$701
176 km or 109 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
179 km or 111 mi	Nova Gorica	$985
179 km or 111 mi	Pecs	$848
180 km or 112 mi	Izola	$1263
181 km or 113 mi	Gorizia	$1223
186 km or 116 mi	Villach	$1582
188 km or 117 mi	Piran	$1247
188 km or 117 mi	Leoben	$1263
189 km or 118 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
195 km or 121 mi	Pula	$941
196 km or 122 mi	Zadar	$1122
208 km or 129 mi	Doboj	$603
209 km or 130 mi	Veszprem	$786
212 km or 132 mi	Udine	$1307
213 km or 132 mi	Osijek	$958
215 km or 134 mi	Sopron	$919
221 km or 137 mi	Szekszard	$747