Adelaide vs Al Ain - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Adelaide	Al Ain
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2246	$1050
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5047	$2765
🏠 One person rent	$1312	$560
🏘️ Family rent	$2094	$1195
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$317
🚐 Transport expenses	$181	$56.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3574	$3674
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	50	37
😀 Quality of life	93	79
🏙️ Population	1.3M	767K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 114% more expensive than in Al Ain. Cities ranked 1267th and 5284th ($2246 vs $1050) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 9th in Australia and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Australia vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 3.5 months in Al Ain. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Al Ain ranked 5th in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 64th and 600th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Al Ain

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	Adelaide	Al Ain
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.1	$6.11
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$94.1	$47.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.98	$5.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.31	$8.15
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.69	$0.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1399	$440
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$994	$460
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2312	$820
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1617	$1125
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$49.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$77.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.4	$54.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	2.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6896	$2023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4181	$1222
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.98	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.4	$25.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$6.68
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.32	$1.09
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$2.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$5.49
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$7.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$9.01
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$1.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$1.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$10.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.22	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.9	$6.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$6.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$5.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$2.44
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.42	$2.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$81
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.8	$64.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.3	$21.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$133	$95.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1344	$665
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11389	$6250

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2013
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1816
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1788
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1697
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1397
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1357
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1795
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1822
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1892
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1757
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1717
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1767
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2397
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1758
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1876
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1746
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1799
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1738
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1800
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1805
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1829
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2393
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1900
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1815
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1500
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1748
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1674
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1798
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1532
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1732
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1997
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2472
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2265
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2801
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2286
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1833
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1289
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1533
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661

Cities near Al Ain

Distance	City	Cost of living
119 km or 74 mi	Fujairah	$1232
126 km or 78 mi	Dubai	$2309
133 km or 82 mi	Sharjah	$1503
135 km or 84 mi	Ajman	$2084
143 km or 89 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
152 km or 94 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
192 km or 119 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
221 km or 138 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
231 km or 143 mi	Nizwa	$786
253 km or 157 mi	Seeb	$994
297 km or 184 mi	Muscat	$1110
337 km or 209 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
442 km or 275 mi	Doha	$1810
458 km or 284 mi	Al Khor	$1719
507 km or 315 mi	Chabahar	$687
525 km or 326 mi	Jahrom	$561
535 km or 333 mi	Jiroft	$547
564 km or 351 mi	Riffa	$1218
565 km or 351 mi	Manama	$1267
566 km or 352 mi	Fasa	$556
567 km or 352 mi	Isa Town	$1226
583 km or 362 mi	Sirjan	$520
596 km or 371 mi	Iranshahr	$639
604 km or 375 mi	Bam	$531
607 km or 377 mi	Dhahran	$870
619 km or 385 mi	Dammam	$989
629 km or 391 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
649 km or 404 mi	Qatif	$878
679 km or 422 mi	Shiraz	$558
684 km or 425 mi	Jubail	$928
688 km or 428 mi	Kerman	$467
689 km or 428 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
694 km or 431 mi	Marvdasht	$546
720 km or 447 mi	Bushehr	$548
720 km or 447 mi	Borazjan	$541
726 km or 451 mi	Kazerun	$537
776 km or 482 mi	Zahedan	$831
818 km or 508 mi	Salalah	$806
827 km or 514 mi	Yasuj	$489
866 km or 538 mi	Yazd	$577