Abu Dhabi vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Zhumadian
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4703	$1667
🏠 One person rent	$1173	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$2618	$457
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$71.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3781	$745
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	49 km
🎓 Higher education	53	19
😀 Quality of life	83	38
🏙️ Population	1.48M	7.01M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 187% more expensive than in Zhumadian. Cities ranked 2320th and 7314th ($1828 vs $637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 137th in the United Arab Emirates and China, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 1.2 months in Zhumadian. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Zhumadian ranked 304th in China, while ranked 438th and 7150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Zhumadian

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	Abu Dhabi	Zhumadian
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$3.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$5.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$0.95
☕ Cappuccino	$5.72	$2.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1236	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$187
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2996	$450
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2225	$344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.9	$50.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$78.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$13.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.24%	4.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5750	$3149
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4816	$1823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$18.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.53	$3.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.12	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$8.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.27	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.54	$3.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$4.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.81	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.88	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.3	$43.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$23.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$5.05
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.9	$74.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.2	$88.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$641	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12452	$8598

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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 Zhumadian

Distance	City	Cost of living
59 km or 36 mi	Wugang	$571
67 km or 42 mi	Luohe	$591
92 km or 57 mi	Zhoukou	$580
95 km or 59 mi	Xinyang	$655
96 km or 60 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
108 km or 67 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
118 km or 73 mi	Xuchang	$586
128 km or 80 mi	Jieshou	$591
140 km or 87 mi	Nanyang	$632
140 km or 87 mi	Changge	$547
140 km or 87 mi	Yuzhou	$552
152 km or 94 mi	Zaoyang	$591
152 km or 95 mi	Guangshui	$619
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$621
160 km or 100 mi	Xinzheng	$538
166 km or 103 mi	Fuyang	$633
173 km or 107 mi	Ruzhou	$538
184 km or 114 mi	Xinmi	$528
185 km or 115 mi	Dengzhou	$600
189 km or 117 mi	Dengfeng	$529
194 km or 121 mi	Anlu	$615
200 km or 124 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
203 km or 126 mi	Xiangyang	$604
204 km or 127 mi	Kaifeng	$545
210 km or 130 mi	Xingyang	$519
218 km or 135 mi	Yicheng	$577
219 km or 136 mi	Gongyi	$522
220 km or 137 mi	Shangqiu	$736
221 km or 137 mi	Macheng	$630
226 km or 140 mi	Yanshi	$509
228 km or 142 mi	Xiaogan	$651
230 km or 143 mi	Laohekou	$582
230 km or 143 mi	Yingcheng	$600
234 km or 145 mi	Jingshan	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Luoyang	$505
240 km or 149 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
243 km or 151 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
244 km or 151 mi	Mengzhou	$505
248 km or 154 mi	Yongcheng	$600
256 km or 159 mi	Qinyang	$504