Al Ain vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Al Ain	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1844	$1821
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5338	$4500
🏠 One person rent	$1325	$1051
🏘️ Family rent	$3717	$1950
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3607	$3986
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	38	60
😀 Quality of life	75	87
🏙️ Population	767K	246K

The cost of living in Al Ain is 1% more expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 2271st and 2336th ($1844 vs $1821) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1917th in the United Arab Emirates and the United States, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Al Ain compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Louisville ranked 78th in the United States, while ranked 1000th and 299th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Al Ain	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.12	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$65.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.64	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.46	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$5.02	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$668	$1023
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$833
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4401	$1823
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3318	$1673
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.3	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$188
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.1	$58.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.33%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2055	$3405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1218	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$48.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.44	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$0.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.86	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$4.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$5.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.16	$8.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.1	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.1	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.6	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.4	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.2	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$640	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3802	$13378

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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 Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1863
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1903
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1874
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1865
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1664
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1874
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1875
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1862
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1845
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2147
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1940
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2145
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1779
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2001
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1636
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1848
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2490
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2010
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1914
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2100
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1895
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1839
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1432
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1847
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1953
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1880
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2189
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1853
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2023
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1427
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1834
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1974