Al Ain vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Al Ain	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1844	$2071
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5338	$5081
🏠 One person rent	$1325	$1241
🏘️ Family rent	$3717	$2185
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$510
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3607	$2923
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	38	91
😀 Quality of life	75	92
🏙️ Population	767K	548K

The cost of living in Al Ain is 11% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 2271st and 1662nd ($1844 vs $2071) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 46th in the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Al Ain compared to 1.4 months in Manchester. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Manchester ranked 13th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 1000th and 85th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Al Ain vs Manchester

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	Al Ain	Manchester
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.12	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$73.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.64	$9.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.46	$6.16
☕ Cappuccino	$5.02	$4.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$2.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$668	$1351
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$936
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4401	$2179
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3318	$1788
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.3	$186
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$283
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.1	$35.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.33%	5.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2055	$5330
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1218	$3723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$110
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.44	$24.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$3.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$8.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.86	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$3.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$2.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$2.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.16	$16.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$7.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.1	$4.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$2.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.1	$43.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.6	$84.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.4	$86.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.2	$88
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$640	$1818
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3802	$19551

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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 Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1948
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1800
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1874
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1845
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1602
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1806
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1672
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1806
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1962
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1574
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1675
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1497
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1753
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1686
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1762
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1376
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1793
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1737
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1686
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1486
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1456
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1598
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1707
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1774
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1680
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1706
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1401
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1774
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1764
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1897
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1710
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1697
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1681