Al Ain vs Budapest - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Al Ain	Budapest
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1844	$1109
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5338	$2730
🏠 One person rent	$1325	$553
🏘️ Family rent	$3717	$965
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$342
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3607	$1229
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	38	92
😀 Quality of life	75	79
🏙️ Population	767K	1.69M

The cost of living in Al Ain is 66% more expensive than in Budapest. Cities ranked 2271st and 4777th ($1844 vs $1109) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and Hungary, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Hungary comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Al Ain compared to 1.1 months in Budapest. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Budapest ranked 1st in Hungary, while ranked 1000th and 618th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Al Ain vs Budapest

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	Al Ain	Budapest
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.12	$9.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$45
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.64	$7.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.46	$2.55
☕ Cappuccino	$5.02	$2.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$1.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$668	$574
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$426
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4401	$1044
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3318	$769
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.3	$79.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.1	$18.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.33%	6.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2055	$4106
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1218	$2694
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$1.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$23.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.44	$11.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.13
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$2.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$5.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.86	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$1.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$5.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.16	$5.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.1	$3.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$2.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$2.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.1	$51
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$7.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.6	$49.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.4	$71.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.2	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$640	$374
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3802	$11151

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$901
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$790
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$939
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$843
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$924
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$827
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$794
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$762
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$684
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$855
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1045
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$781
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$823
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$987
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$666
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$786
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$922
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$784
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$784
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1039
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1237
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$802
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$747
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1080
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$892
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1181
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$676
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$692
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$935
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$681
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$750
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1275
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$768
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$766
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$848
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1118
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1039