Al Ain vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Al Ain	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1449	$879
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3246	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$889	$456
🏘️ Family rent	$1511	$770
🍽️ Food expenses	$388	$266
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.3	$70.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3712	$445
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	38	72
😀 Quality of life	82	68
🏙️ Population	767K	2.95M

The cost of living in Al Ain is 65% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 4123rd and 6330th ($1449 vs $879) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and Ukraine, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.6 months in Al Ain compared to 0.5 months in Kyiv. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 588th and 4632nd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Al Ain	Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.58	$8.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.5	$32.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.34	$6.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.42	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$5.14	$1.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$0.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$791	$541
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$344
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1459	$952
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1265	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.8	$66.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$102
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.3	$6.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.02%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2045	$2254
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1226	$1261
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.6	$14.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.17	$5.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.22
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.4	$0.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.23	$1.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.89	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$8.02
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.06
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.55	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.58	$2.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.23	$4.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.14	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$5.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.5	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.38	$9.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.3	$68.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72.8	$96
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$602	$376
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5433	$7835

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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 Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$516
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$586
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$498
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$603
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$475
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$440
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$535
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$879
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$439
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$479
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$496
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$406
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$503
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$793
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$426
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$921
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$465
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$656
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$884
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$546
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$545
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$790
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$947
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$546
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$629
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$510
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$670
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$545
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$815
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1164
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$649
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$964
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$718
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$517
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$735
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$830
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$561