Al Ain vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Al Ain	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1449	$1555
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3246	$3707
🏠 One person rent	$889	$755
🏘️ Family rent	$1511	$1271
🍽️ Food expenses	$388	$510
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.3	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3712	$3206
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	38	65
😀 Quality of life	82	89
🏙️ Population	767K	566K

The cost of living in Al Ain is 7% less expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 4123rd and 3768th ($1449 vs $1555) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 462nd in the United Arab Emirates and Germany, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.6 months in Al Ain compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Dresden ranked 28th in Germany, while ranked 588th and 263rd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Al Ain	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.58	$13.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.5	$72.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.34	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.42	$5.15
☕ Cappuccino	$5.14	$3.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$3.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$791	$706
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$491
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1459	$1259
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1265	$871
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.8	$182
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$283
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.3	$39.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.02%	4.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2045	$5084
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1226	$3851
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$3.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.6	$68.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.17	$23.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.4	$1.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.23	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.89	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$21.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$3.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$3.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.55	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$6.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.58	$9.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.23	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.14	$2.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.5	$53.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.38	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.3	$84.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72.8	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$602	$342
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5433	$14681

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Cities near Al Ain

Distance	City	Cost of living
119 km or 74 mi	Fujairah	$1228
126 km or 78 mi	Dubai	$2514
133 km or 82 mi	Sharjah	$1419
135 km or 84 mi	Ajman	$2521
143 km or 89 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
152 km or 94 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
192 km or 119 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
221 km or 138 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
231 km or 143 mi	Nizwa	$792
253 km or 157 mi	Seeb	$1078
297 km or 184 mi	Muscat	$1081
337 km or 209 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
442 km or 275 mi	Doha	$1849
458 km or 284 mi	Al Khor	$1770
507 km or 315 mi	Chabahar	$573
525 km or 326 mi	Jahrom	$530
535 km or 333 mi	Jiroft	$568
564 km or 351 mi	Riffa	$1201
565 km or 351 mi	Manama	$1237
566 km or 352 mi	Fasa	$529
567 km or 352 mi	Isa Town	$1230
583 km or 362 mi	Sirjan	$534
596 km or 371 mi	Iranshahr	$624
604 km or 375 mi	Bam	$557
607 km or 377 mi	Dhahran	$908
619 km or 385 mi	Dammam	$1008
629 km or 391 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
649 km or 404 mi	Qatif	$873
679 km or 422 mi	Shiraz	$553
684 km or 425 mi	Jubail	$930
688 km or 428 mi	Kerman	$761
689 km or 428 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
694 km or 431 mi	Marvdasht	$530
720 km or 447 mi	Bushehr	$453
720 km or 447 mi	Borazjan	$477
726 km or 451 mi	Kazerun	$503
776 km or 482 mi	Zahedan	$808
818 km or 508 mi	Salalah	$817
827 km or 514 mi	Yasuj	$463
866 km or 538 mi	Yazd	$545

Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1490
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1485
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1475
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1473
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1448
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1301
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1436
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1182
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1408
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$986
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1432
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1489
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1486
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1446
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1028
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1385
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1196
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1125
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1374
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1435
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1491
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1471
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1427
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1251
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1363
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1396
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1084
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1195
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1601
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1690
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1207
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1337
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1563