Al Ain vs Belgrade - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Al Ain	Belgrade
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1844	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5338	$2759
🏠 One person rent	$1325	$622
🏘️ Family rent	$3717	$1090
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$349
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$83
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3607	$980
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	38	51
😀 Quality of life	75	71
🏙️ Population	767K	1.2M

The cost of living in Al Ain is 59% more expensive than in Belgrade. Cities ranked 2271st and 4605th ($1844 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and Serbia, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Serbia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Al Ain compared to 0.8 months in Belgrade. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Belgrade ranked 1st in Serbia, while ranked 1000th and 2157th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Al Ain	Belgrade
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.12	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$40.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.64	$9.56
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.46	$3.09
☕ Cappuccino	$5.02	$2.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$2.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$668	$693
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$433
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4401	$1311
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3318	$785
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.3	$110
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.1	$27.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.33%	5.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2055	$4299
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1218	$2617
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$20.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.44	$9.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$0.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$2.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$6.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.86	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$1.44
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$8.41
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.16	$4.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$6.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.1	$5.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$2.32
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$2.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.1	$34
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$7.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.6	$32.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$9.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.4	$92.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.2	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$640	$400
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3802	$7674

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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 Belgrade

Distance	City	Cost of living
70 km or 44 mi	Novi Sad	$1012
77 km or 48 mi	Valjevo	$776
97 km or 60 mi	Kragujevac	$807
99 km or 61 mi	Bijeljina	$661
103 km or 64 mi	Cacak	$759
121 km or 75 mi	Timisoara	$816
124 km or 77 mi	Resita	$716
145 km or 90 mi	Tuzla	$636
155 km or 97 mi	Subotica	$768
161 km or 100 mi	Szeged	$766
163 km or 101 mi	Osijek	$958
164 km or 102 mi	Arad	$623
174 km or 108 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$663
180 km or 112 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$681
184 km or 115 mi	Doboj	$603
185 km or 115 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
192 km or 120 mi	Baja	$692
194 km or 121 mi	Sarajevo	$796
196 km or 122 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
202 km or 125 mi	Nis	$711
213 km or 132 mi	Vidin	$605
213 km or 132 mi	Bekescsaba	$804
214 km or 133 mi	Zenica	$559
217 km or 135 mi	Mitrovica	$463
218 km or 136 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
219 km or 136 mi	Hunedoara	$627
219 km or 136 mi	Szekszard	$747
222 km or 138 mi	Targu Jiu	$718
223 km or 139 mi	Pecs	$848
224 km or 139 mi	Berane	$1070
224 km or 139 mi	Deva	$636
240 km or 149 mi	Kecskemet	$781
246 km or 153 mi	Pristina	$595
251 km or 156 mi	Plav	$1030
259 km or 161 mi	Banja Luka	$803
263 km or 164 mi	Szolnok	$666
267 km or 166 mi	Mostar	$693
268 km or 166 mi	Cegled	$855
269 km or 167 mi	Dunaujvaros	$684
271 km or 168 mi	Kaposvar	$750