Al Ain vs Cairo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Al Ain	Cairo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1844	$417
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5338	$1080
🏠 One person rent	$1325	$154
🏘️ Family rent	$3717	$315
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$38
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3607	$165
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	38	83
😀 Quality of life	75	58
🏙️ Population	767K	9.61M

The cost of living in Al Ain is 342% more expensive than in Cairo. Cities ranked 2271st and 8923rd ($1844 vs $417) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Egypt comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Al Ain compared to 0.4 months in Cairo. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Cairo ranked 1st in Egypt, while ranked 1000th and 5545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Al Ain vs Cairo

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	Al Ain	Cairo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.12	$3.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$18.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.64	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.46	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$5.02	$1.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$0.34
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$668	$185
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$113
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4401	$386
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3318	$253
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.3	$16.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$25.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.1	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.33%	14.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2055	$690
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1218	$453
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$7.68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.44	$3.17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$0.29
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$3.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$4.36
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.86	$8.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$0.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$7.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$1.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.16	$1.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$1.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.1	$2.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$0.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$0.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.1	$17.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$2.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.6	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$2.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.4	$37
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.2	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$640	$90.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3802	$1985

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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 Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$318
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$365
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$335
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$300
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$305
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$307
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$288
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$325
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$269
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$319
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$301
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$295
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$272
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$268
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$289
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$298
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$276
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$316
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$339
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$290
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$640
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1684
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1742
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1732
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$381
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1577
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1511
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1471
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1686
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$809
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1837
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1716
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$336
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$1884
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$360
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$813
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1811