Adelaide vs Al Ain - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	Al Ain
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$1457
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$3132
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$903
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$1411
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$55.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$3660
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	50	38
😀 Quality of life	93	84
🏙️ Population	1.39M	767K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 60% more expensive than in Al Ain. Cities ranked 1210th and 4207th ($2338 vs $1457) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 6th 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 2.5 months in Al Ain. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Al Ain ranked 4th in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 73rd and 505th 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	$15.9	$9.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$8.36
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$7.51
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$5.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$782
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$728
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$1388
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$1163
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$76.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$87.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	5.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$2374
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$1186
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$0.68
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$24.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$7.45
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$2.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$7.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$9.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$2.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$1.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$1.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$2.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$4.58
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$6.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$5.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$2.45
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$51.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$64.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$6.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$55
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$72.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$576
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$6189

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2128
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1904
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1487
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1604
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1906
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1928
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2217
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1822
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1815
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2496
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1829
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1894
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1824
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1860
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1896
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1979
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2223
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1898
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1867
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1477
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1821
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1699
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1753
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1710
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2050
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2482
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2308
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2379
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1997
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1288
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796

Cities near Al Ain

Distance	City	Cost of living
119 km or 74 mi	Fujairah	$1214
126 km or 78 mi	Dubai	$2420
133 km or 82 mi	Sharjah	$1473
135 km or 84 mi	Ajman	$2183
143 km or 89 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
152 km or 94 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1148
192 km or 119 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1373
221 km or 138 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
231 km or 143 mi	Nizwa	$796
253 km or 157 mi	Seeb	$1080
297 km or 184 mi	Muscat	$1135
337 km or 209 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
442 km or 275 mi	Doha	$2014
458 km or 284 mi	Al Khor	$1923
507 km or 315 mi	Chabahar	$575
525 km or 326 mi	Jahrom	$545
535 km or 333 mi	Jiroft	$575
564 km or 351 mi	Riffa	$1109
565 km or 351 mi	Manama	$1309
566 km or 352 mi	Fasa	$541
567 km or 352 mi	Isa Town	$1192
583 km or 362 mi	Sirjan	$545
596 km or 371 mi	Iranshahr	$627
604 km or 375 mi	Bam	$563
607 km or 377 mi	Dhahran	$931
619 km or 385 mi	Dammam	$1037
629 km or 391 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
649 km or 404 mi	Qatif	$823
679 km or 422 mi	Shiraz	$565
684 km or 425 mi	Jubail	$928
688 km or 428 mi	Kerman	$761
689 km or 428 mi	Rafsanjan	$613
694 km or 431 mi	Marvdasht	$547
720 km or 447 mi	Bushehr	$465
720 km or 447 mi	Borazjan	$489
726 km or 451 mi	Kazerun	$523
776 km or 482 mi	Zahedan	$813
818 km or 508 mi	Salalah	$825
827 km or 514 mi	Yasuj	$487
866 km or 538 mi	Yazd	$565