Abu Dhabi vs Zagreb - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Abu Dhabi	Zagreb
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1936	$1242
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4876	$2882
🏠 One person rent	$1291	$637
🏘️ Family rent	$2811	$1061
🍽️ Food expenses	$427	$399
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.9	$98.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3588	$1443
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	52	38
😀 Quality of life	82	75
🏙️ Population	1.48M	767K

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 56% more expensive than in Zagreb. Cities ranked 1938th and 4330th ($1936 vs $1242) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd 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 1.9 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 1.2 months in Zagreb. Abu Dhabi ranked 4th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Zagreb ranked 1st in Croatia, while ranked 369th and 983rd 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	$9.91	$11.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.7	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.78	$8.36
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.3	$3.15
☕ Cappuccino	$5.69	$2.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.27	$2.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1396	$604
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$977	$473
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3226	$1109
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2329	$800
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$111
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$193	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$109	$27
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.77%	4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5079	$4564
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4566	$3182
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.7	$53.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$10.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$1.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.07	$4.03
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$10.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.37	$9.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.54	$2.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$7.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.81	$5.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.3	$6.84
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.96	$3.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.19	$1.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.51	$2.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$74.4	$42.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$7.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$90.6	$44.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$7.48
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.1	$89.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$93.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$717	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11210	$10009

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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 Zagreb

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Velika Gorica	$1100
46 km or 29 mi	Karlovac	$997
61 km or 38 mi	Novo Mesto	$1058
70 km or 43 mi	Bjelovar	$913
71 km or 44 mi	Celje	$1081
87 km or 54 mi	Maribor	$1133
90 km or 56 mi	Velenje	$1197
97 km or 60 mi	Murska Sobota	$929
109 km or 68 mi	Nagykanizsa	$682
110 km or 68 mi	Bihac	$558
110 km or 68 mi	Prijedor	$517
114 km or 71 mi	Ljubljana	$1438
128 km or 79 mi	Sanski Most	$503
129 km or 80 mi	Rijeka	$1102
132 km or 82 mi	Kranj	$1274
135 km or 84 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$762
144 km or 89 mi	Wolfsberg	$1321
146 km or 91 mi	Graz	$1658
150 km or 93 mi	Banja Luka	$742
155 km or 96 mi	Kaposvar	$777
156 km or 97 mi	Klagenfurt	$1664
168 km or 104 mi	Trieste	$1279
168 km or 104 mi	Szombathely	$747
176 km or 109 mi	Slavonski Brod	$690
179 km or 111 mi	Nova Gorica	$1167
179 km or 111 mi	Pecs	$835
180 km or 112 mi	Izola	$1301
181 km or 113 mi	Gorizia	$1200
186 km or 116 mi	Villach	$1581
188 km or 117 mi	Piran	$1271
188 km or 117 mi	Leoben	$1393
189 km or 118 mi	Kapfenberg	$1229
195 km or 121 mi	Pula	$1008
196 km or 122 mi	Zadar	$1219
208 km or 129 mi	Doboj	$604
209 km or 130 mi	Veszprem	$852
212 km or 132 mi	Udine	$1284
213 km or 132 mi	Osijek	$849
215 km or 134 mi	Sopron	$765
221 km or 137 mi	Szekszard	$755