Al Ain vs Beirut - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Al Ain	Beirut
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1844	$1255
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5338	$3214
🏠 One person rent	$1325	$605
🏘️ Family rent	$3717	$1314
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$342
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3607	$542
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	38	75
😀 Quality of life	75	63
🏙️ Population	767K	2.42M

The cost of living in Al Ain is 47% more expensive than in Beirut. Cities ranked 2271st and 4326th ($1844 vs $1255) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Lebanon comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Al Ain compared to 0.4 months in Beirut. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Beirut ranked 1st in Lebanon, while ranked 1000th and 4772nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Al Ain vs Beirut

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	Al Ain	Beirut
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.12	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$50.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.64	$7.83
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.46	$3.02
☕ Cappuccino	$5.02	$2.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$1.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$668	$732
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$355
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4401	$1783
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3318	$887
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.3	$136
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$209
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.1	$38.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.33%	11.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2055	$3136
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1218	$1549
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$1.6
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$79.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.44	$15.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$0.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$8.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.86	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.11
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$1.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$7.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$1.16
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.16	$2.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$6.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.1	$3.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.1	$63.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$7.01
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.6	$54.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$8.08
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.4	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.2	$117
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$640	$294
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3802	$4459

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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

Cities near Beirut

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Jounieh	$1020
37 km or 23 mi	Zahle	$912
38 km or 23 mi	Sidon	$798
68 km or 42 mi	Tripoli	$776
75 km or 46 mi	Tyre	$573
76 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1709
83 km or 52 mi	Damascus	$638
99 km or 62 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1647
102 km or 64 mi	Safed	$1681
106 km or 66 mi	Nahariya	$1616
112 km or 69 mi	Karmiel	$1531
114 km or 71 mi	Acre	$1502
115 km or 72 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
116 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1633
119 km or 74 mi	Tamra	$1655
122 km or 76 mi	Tiberias	$1600
123 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1666
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1657
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1666
124 km or 77 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1677
127 km or 79 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1647
130 km or 81 mi	Haifa	$1645
131 km or 82 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1709
132 km or 82 mi	Nesher	$1593
133 km or 83 mi	Nazareth	$1732
137 km or 85 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1742
142 km or 88 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1778
144 km or 89 mi	Afula	$1652
145 km or 90 mi	Homs	$456
151 km or 94 mi	Irbid	$679
155 km or 97 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1731
156 km or 97 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1756
165 km or 103 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1728
169 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
169 km or 105 mi	Hadera	$1576
179 km or 111 mi	Hama	$417
183 km or 114 mi	Jerash	$608
183 km or 114 mi	Netanya	$2138
184 km or 114 mi	Latakia	$386
186 km or 116 mi	Tayibe	$1902