Al Ain vs Changhua - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Al Ain	Changhua
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1844	$813
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5338	$2423
🏠 One person rent	$1325	$308
🏘️ Family rent	$3717	$764
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$45.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3607	$1485
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	38	83
😀 Quality of life	75	62
🏙️ Population	767K	225K

The cost of living in Al Ain is 127% more expensive than in Changhua. Cities ranked 2271st and 6385th ($1844 vs $813) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 11th in the United Arab Emirates and Taiwan, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Al Ain compared to 1.8 months in Changhua. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Changhua ranked 14th in Taiwan, while ranked 1000th and 4970th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Al Ain vs Changhua

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	Al Ain	Changhua
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.12	$4.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$25.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.64	$4.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.46	$2.25
☕ Cappuccino	$5.02	$2.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$0.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$668	$312
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4401	$891
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3318	$628
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.3	$42
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$64.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.1	$18.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.33%	2.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2055	$5666
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1218	$3781
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$33.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.44	$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$3.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$1.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$2.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$6.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.86	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$4.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$13.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$1.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.16	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.1	$6.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$2.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.1	$31.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$9.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.6	$40.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$12.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.4	$81.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.2	$84.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$640	$310
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3802	$17014

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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 Changhua

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Taichung	$894
23 km or 14 mi	Nantou	$796
40 km or 25 mi	Douliu	$770
63 km or 39 mi	Miaoli	$728
66 km or 41 mi	Chiayi	$747
93 km or 58 mi	Hsinchu	$897
98 km or 61 mi	Zhubei	$821
111 km or 69 mi	Taoyuan	$875
126 km or 78 mi	Tainan	$814
140 km or 87 mi	New Taipei	$1073
145 km or 90 mi	Yilan	$731
149 km or 92 mi	Taipei	$1181
158 km or 98 mi	Taitung	$788
163 km or 101 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
170 km or 106 mi	Keelung	$967
215 km or 133 mi	Jinjiang	$627
217 km or 135 mi	Putian	$625
218 km or 136 mi	Quanzhou	$644
227 km or 141 mi	Kinmen	$823
253 km or 157 mi	Xiamen	$688
256 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$669
295 km or 183 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
307 km or 191 mi	Ningde	$648
368 km or 229 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
372 km or 231 mi	Nanping	$630
373 km or 231 mi	Longyan	$649
381 km or 237 mi	Sanming	$603
398 km or 248 mi	Shantou	$581
399 km or 248 mi	Chaozhou	$451
413 km or 257 mi	Rui'an	$681
428 km or 266 mi	Jieyang	$443
437 km or 272 mi	Wenzhou	$726
448 km or 279 mi	Meizhou	$655
452 km or 281 mi	Puning	$569
481 km or 299 mi	Wuyishan	$601
487 km or 302 mi	Wenling	$671
488 km or 303 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
491 km or 305 mi	Lishui	$682
536 km or 333 mi	Linhai	$661
550 km or 342 mi	Shangrao	$671