Al Ain vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Al Ain	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1455	$421
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3100	$1023
🏠 One person rent	$900	$146
🏘️ Family rent	$1375	$237
🍽️ Food expenses	$384	$158
🚐 Transport expenses	$55.4	$74.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2995	$142
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	38	63
😀 Quality of life	82	54
🏙️ Population	767K	14.9M

The cost of living in Al Ain is 246% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 4139th and 8923rd ($1455 vs $421) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 5th in the United Arab Emirates and Pakistan, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Al Ain compared to 0.3 months in Karachi. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 562nd and 6375th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Al Ain vs Karachi

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	Al Ain	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10	$1.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.2	$14.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.25	$5.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.46	$2.12
☕ Cappuccino	$5.1	$2.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$788	$106
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$731	$65.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1377	$194
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1126	$117
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.2	$59.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$91.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$82.9	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.69%	13.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2377	$751
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1204	$469
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.7	$8.06
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.34	$6.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.74	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.76	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.36	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$1.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$6.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$3.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.18	$5.97
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$0.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$0.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$1.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$1.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.53	$1.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.24	$1.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.47	$1.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.14	$0.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.7	$19.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$4.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64	$11.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.46	$2.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.5	$16.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.3	$57.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$574	$63.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6415	$1476

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Cities near Al Ain

Distance	City	Cost of living
119 km or 74 mi	Fujairah	$1173
126 km or 78 mi	Dubai	$2470
133 km or 82 mi	Sharjah	$1543
135 km or 84 mi	Ajman	$2356
143 km or 89 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
152 km or 94 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
192 km or 119 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
221 km or 138 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
231 km or 143 mi	Nizwa	$797
253 km or 157 mi	Seeb	$1082
297 km or 184 mi	Muscat	$1193
337 km or 209 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
442 km or 275 mi	Doha	$2100
458 km or 284 mi	Al Khor	$2015
507 km or 315 mi	Chabahar	$530
525 km or 326 mi	Jahrom	$494
535 km or 333 mi	Jiroft	$526
564 km or 351 mi	Riffa	$1062
565 km or 351 mi	Manama	$1340
566 km or 352 mi	Fasa	$497
567 km or 352 mi	Isa Town	$1218
583 km or 362 mi	Sirjan	$521
596 km or 371 mi	Iranshahr	$559
604 km or 375 mi	Bam	$514
607 km or 377 mi	Dhahran	$965
619 km or 385 mi	Dammam	$1059
629 km or 391 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
649 km or 404 mi	Qatif	$778
679 km or 422 mi	Shiraz	$505
684 km or 425 mi	Jubail	$917
688 km or 428 mi	Kerman	$700
689 km or 428 mi	Rafsanjan	$558
694 km or 431 mi	Marvdasht	$485
720 km or 447 mi	Bushehr	$454
720 km or 447 mi	Borazjan	$457
726 km or 451 mi	Kazerun	$471
776 km or 482 mi	Zahedan	$717
818 km or 508 mi	Salalah	$816
827 km or 514 mi	Yasuj	$459
866 km or 538 mi	Yazd	$517

Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$355
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$320
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$385
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$342
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$273
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$352
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$337
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$312
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$298
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$367
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$303
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$433
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$391
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$273
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$312
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$299
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$360
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$530
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$314
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$310
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$559
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$358
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$350
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$279
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$663
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$440
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$267
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$473
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$316
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$401
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$260
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$469
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$717
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$350
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$283
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$252
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1193
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$311
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$525