Al Ain vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Al Ain	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1844	$1516
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5338	$3783
🏠 One person rent	$1325	$764
🏘️ Family rent	$3717	$1542
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$505
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3607	$2738
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	38	72
😀 Quality of life	75	92
🏙️ Population	767K	620K

The cost of living in Al Ain is 22% more expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 2271st and 3353rd ($1844 vs $1516) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 271st 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 months in Al Ain compared to 1.8 months in Leipzig. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Leipzig ranked 14th in Germany, while ranked 1000th and 87th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Al Ain	Leipzig
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.12	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$63.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.64	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.46	$4.42
☕ Cappuccino	$5.02	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$2.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$668	$687
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$504
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4401	$1640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3318	$1119
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.3	$176
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$271
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.1	$47.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.33%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2055	$3984
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1218	$2535
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$3.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$52.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.44	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$3.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.86	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$4.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$6.29
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.16	$8.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.1	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.1	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.6	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.4	$90.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.2	$82.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$640	$372
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3802	$9452

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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 Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1269
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1284
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1229
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1261
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1295
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1281
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1287
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1350
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1346
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1109
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1278
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1147
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1306
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1309
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1118
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1388
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1011
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1221
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1123
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1332
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1215
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1312
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1325
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1355
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1147
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1202
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1356
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1288
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1341
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1351
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307