Adelaide vs Al Ain - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: July 09, 2025

	Adelaide	Al Ain
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2112	$1450
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4473	$3248
🏠 One person rent	$1254	$887
🏘️ Family rent	$1884	$1527
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$399
🚐 Transport expenses	$177	$55.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3332	$3985
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	50	38
😀 Quality of life	94	81
🏙️ Population	1.39M	767K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 46% more expensive than in Al Ain. Cities ranked 1700th and 4142nd ($2112 vs $1450) 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 2.7 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 56th and 590th 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	$9.26
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.7	$60.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.91	$8.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.06	$7.51
☕ Cappuccino	$3.5	$5.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.61	$0.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1335	$790
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1025	$713
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1926	$1422
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1581	$1309
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$66.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.2	$91.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7445	$2032
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4891	$1226
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.8	$24.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$1.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.25	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$3.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.71	$7.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$11.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$1.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$1.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.47	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.2	$5.14
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$6.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.9	$5.14
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.46	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.23	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$40.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.2	$63.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$75	$57.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$72.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$873	$612
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7372	$2742

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1900
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1766
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1759
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1690
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1341
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1421
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1739
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1759
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2043
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1683
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1671
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1705
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2297
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1688
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1724
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1659
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1712
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1656
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1701
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1710
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1806
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1479
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2049
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1786
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1758
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1507
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1654
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1578
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1703
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1457
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1617
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1879
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2313
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2146
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2619
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2160
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1829
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1187
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1613

Cities near Al Ain

Distance	City	Cost of living
119 km or 74 mi	Fujairah	$1215
126 km or 78 mi	Dubai	$2512
133 km or 82 mi	Sharjah	$1383
135 km or 84 mi	Ajman	$2504
143 km or 89 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1915
152 km or 94 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1081
192 km or 119 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1455
221 km or 138 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1713
231 km or 143 mi	Nizwa	$794
253 km or 157 mi	Seeb	$995
297 km or 184 mi	Muscat	$1116
337 km or 209 mi	Bandar Abbas	$631
442 km or 275 mi	Doha	$1762
458 km or 284 mi	Al Khor	$1688
507 km or 315 mi	Chabahar	$578
525 km or 326 mi	Jahrom	$537
535 km or 333 mi	Jiroft	$530
564 km or 351 mi	Riffa	$1205
565 km or 351 mi	Manama	$1240
566 km or 352 mi	Fasa	$537
567 km or 352 mi	Isa Town	$1226
583 km or 362 mi	Sirjan	$515
596 km or 371 mi	Iranshahr	$604
604 km or 375 mi	Bam	$524
607 km or 377 mi	Dhahran	$1063
619 km or 385 mi	Dammam	$1055
629 km or 391 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
649 km or 404 mi	Qatif	$893
679 km or 422 mi	Shiraz	$564
684 km or 425 mi	Jubail	$913
688 km or 428 mi	Kerman	$536
689 km or 428 mi	Rafsanjan	$527
694 km or 431 mi	Marvdasht	$541
720 km or 447 mi	Bushehr	$464
720 km or 447 mi	Borazjan	$489
726 km or 451 mi	Kazerun	$521
776 km or 482 mi	Zahedan	$807
818 km or 508 mi	Salalah	$827
827 km or 514 mi	Yasuj	$515
866 km or 538 mi	Yazd	$567