Adelaide vs Al Ain - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Adelaide	Al Ain
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1978	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4280	$5338
🏠 One person rent	$1150	$1325
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$3717
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$349
🚐 Transport expenses	$171	$57.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3388	$3607
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	50	38
😀 Quality of life	94	75
🏙️ Population	1.39M	767K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 7% more expensive than in Al Ain. Cities ranked 1894th and 2271st ($1978 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 3rd 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 1.7 months in Adelaide compared to 2 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 46th and 1000th 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	$14.9	$9.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73	$51.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$7.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.51	$7.46
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$5.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$668
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$902	$1309
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1801	$4401
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1445	$3318
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$68.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$212	$106
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.9	$76.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	5.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6777	$2055
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4517	$1218
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.76	$0.85
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$25.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$7.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$1.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$1.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$5.77
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$7.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$6.86
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$0.87
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.41	$1.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.8	$5.16
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$6.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$5.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.16	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$63.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$12.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$64.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$6.42
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.6	$32.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$88.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$843	$640
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7829	$3802

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1795
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1691
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1291
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1390
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1668
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1691
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1981
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1625
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1601
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2194
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1620
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1645
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1619
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1671
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1643
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1654
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1727
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2023
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1768
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1702
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1511
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1616
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1538
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1651
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1416
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1584
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1824
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2252
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2106
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2539
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2099
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1448
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1185
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681

Cities near Al Ain

Distance	City	Cost of living
119 km or 74 mi	Fujairah	$1239
126 km or 78 mi	Dubai	$2379
133 km or 82 mi	Sharjah	$1494
135 km or 84 mi	Ajman	$2240
143 km or 89 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
152 km or 94 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
192 km or 119 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
221 km or 138 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
231 km or 143 mi	Nizwa	$780
253 km or 157 mi	Seeb	$967
297 km or 184 mi	Muscat	$1090
337 km or 209 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
442 km or 275 mi	Doha	$1779
458 km or 284 mi	Al Khor	$1709
507 km or 315 mi	Chabahar	$585
525 km or 326 mi	Jahrom	$547
535 km or 333 mi	Jiroft	$518
564 km or 351 mi	Riffa	$1223
565 km or 351 mi	Manama	$1280
566 km or 352 mi	Fasa	$548
567 km or 352 mi	Isa Town	$1243
583 km or 362 mi	Sirjan	$514
596 km or 371 mi	Iranshahr	$605
604 km or 375 mi	Bam	$515
607 km or 377 mi	Dhahran	$1068
619 km or 385 mi	Dammam	$1056
629 km or 391 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
649 km or 404 mi	Qatif	$897
679 km or 422 mi	Shiraz	$589
684 km or 425 mi	Jubail	$901
688 km or 428 mi	Kerman	$464
689 km or 428 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
694 km or 431 mi	Marvdasht	$563
720 km or 447 mi	Bushehr	$551
720 km or 447 mi	Borazjan	$546
726 km or 451 mi	Kazerun	$557
776 km or 482 mi	Zahedan	$829
818 km or 508 mi	Salalah	$809
827 km or 514 mi	Yasuj	$529
866 km or 538 mi	Yazd	$573