Rent: AED10,000 pm for a 3 bedroom apartment

Utilities: around AED 1000 pm including internet, electricity, cable TV

Food: relatively cheap as compared to other big cities. one can of coke: AED0.9

To own a car is cheap: A Ford Edge is AED110,000

Rent: $1800pcm for a decent one bedroomed apartment - normally company pays or an allowance is given toward housing in contracts in the UAE

Food: $400 pcm - this is for one person, supermarket shopping including fresh meat, veg.
12 eggs $4.30

dinner out per person, with wine $50

Utilities - usually included in rent.

taxi's - quite cheap - maximum you would pay around the city would be $10 (this would be late at night in a hotel taxi) street cabs much cheaper.

Bottle beer $4-5

Milk $3 per 2 ltrs

Rent 3 bed appt 68,000USD per annum
Club/Beach/Gym 5,000USD
Eating out family 4 Good restaurant 200USD
Average Weekly shop (European) 160USD
Car Insurance 5% of value of car
Cost of car Mercury Mountaineer 4x4 good spec 35,000USD

Rent - 50,000pa (4167/month, Liwa Street, Abu Dhabi) double bedroom apt taken 6 yrs ago, otherwise current rates for the same flat over 120,000 pa.

Utilities (water & electricity bill - 250 dhs) if things switched off after use or in the mornings, telephone bill - 200 or less dhs, internet (broadband connection - smallest speed) - 149 flat rate/ month,

Food costs - 2500 dhs max if i am cooking, getting vegs and fruits for 2 to 3 people,

Recreation - swimming (50/day), cycling on corniche (20/hr), eating outside in a local restaurant one item may range from 15 to 25 dhs (there are cheaper or expensive places too), watching movie - 25 to 30 dhs/ticket

Thanks, Asha

Monthly costs as follows in Dirhams, Family of 4

Rent: 8000

Schooling for 2 sons: 2000

Electricity & Water: 250

Telecom including internet: 400

Health Care: Employer Sponsored Insurance (average premium 400 per family per month)

Food cost: 2000

Recreation: 1000

Other costs including maintenance: 1000