Al Ain vs Kawaguchi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Al Ain	Kawaguchi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1050	$1056
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2765	$2809
🏠 One person rent	$560	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$1195	$1064
🍽️ Food expenses	$317	$300
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.7	$151
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3674	$2198
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	37	100
😀 Quality of life	79	79
🏙️ Population	767K	594K

The cost of living in Al Ain is 0.6% less expensive than in Kawaguchi. Cities ranked 5284th and 5234th ($1050 vs $1056) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 362nd in the United Arab Emirates and Japan, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 3.5 months in Al Ain compared to 2.1 months in Kawaguchi. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Kawaguchi ranked 21st in Japan, while ranked 600th and 584th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Al Ain vs Kawaguchi

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	Al Ain	Kawaguchi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.11	$3.86
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.8	$36
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.98	$4.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.15	$2.68
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$1.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$440	$528
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$460	$333
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$820	$1103
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1125	$830
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.9	$95.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.1	$145
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$34.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.73%	1.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2023	$6874
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1222	$4013
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.1	$2.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$67.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.68	$25.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.09	$1.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.18	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.07	$3.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.01	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$3.42
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.3
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$3.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$2.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$2.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$2.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$1.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.29	$4.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.18	$9.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$3.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.44	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.14	$1.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$81	$57.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.1	$32
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.02	$19.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.7	$39.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.8	$60.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$665	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6250	$12607

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Cities near Al Ain

Distance	City	Cost of living
119 km or 74 mi	Fujairah	$1232
126 km or 78 mi	Dubai	$2309
133 km or 82 mi	Sharjah	$1503
135 km or 84 mi	Ajman	$2084
143 km or 89 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
152 km or 94 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
192 km or 119 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
221 km or 138 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
231 km or 143 mi	Nizwa	$786
253 km or 157 mi	Seeb	$994
297 km or 184 mi	Muscat	$1110
337 km or 209 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
442 km or 275 mi	Doha	$1810
458 km or 284 mi	Al Khor	$1719
507 km or 315 mi	Chabahar	$687
525 km or 326 mi	Jahrom	$561
535 km or 333 mi	Jiroft	$547
564 km or 351 mi	Riffa	$1218
565 km or 351 mi	Manama	$1267
566 km or 352 mi	Fasa	$556
567 km or 352 mi	Isa Town	$1226
583 km or 362 mi	Sirjan	$520
596 km or 371 mi	Iranshahr	$639
604 km or 375 mi	Bam	$531
607 km or 377 mi	Dhahran	$870
619 km or 385 mi	Dammam	$989
629 km or 391 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
649 km or 404 mi	Qatif	$878
679 km or 422 mi	Shiraz	$558
684 km or 425 mi	Jubail	$928
688 km or 428 mi	Kerman	$467
689 km or 428 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
694 km or 431 mi	Marvdasht	$546
720 km or 447 mi	Bushehr	$548
720 km or 447 mi	Borazjan	$541
726 km or 451 mi	Kazerun	$537
776 km or 482 mi	Zahedan	$831
818 km or 508 mi	Salalah	$806
827 km or 514 mi	Yasuj	$489
866 km or 538 mi	Yazd	$577

Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$980
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$964
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1077
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1038
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1050
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1116
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1059
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1038
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1000
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1641
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1052
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1060
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1061
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1090
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1056
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1106
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1016
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1078
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1121
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1037
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1062
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1079
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1068
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1113
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1033
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1133
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1119
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1075
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1031
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1060
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1124
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1109
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1033
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1112
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1084
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1096
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1078
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1041
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1044
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1095