Al Ain vs Maputo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Al Ain	Maputo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1844	$1068
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5338	$2602
🏠 One person rent	$1325	$531
🏘️ Family rent	$3717	$1006
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$319
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$131
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3607	$373
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	1 km
🎓 Higher education	38	29
😀 Quality of life	75	41
🏙️ Population	767K	1.13M

The cost of living in Al Ain is 73% more expensive than in Maputo. Cities ranked 2271st and 5045th ($1844 vs $1068) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 3rd in the United Arab Emirates and Mozambique, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Mozambique comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Al Ain compared to 0.3 months in Maputo. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Maputo ranked 1st in Mozambique, while ranked 1000th and 6875th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Al Ain vs Maputo

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	Al Ain	Maputo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.12	$9.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$47.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.64	$8.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.46	$1.14
☕ Cappuccino	$5.02	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$668	$592
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$308
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4401	$1399
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3318	$661
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.3	$56
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$86.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.1	$111
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.33%	24.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2055	$3504
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1218	$2016
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$13.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.44	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$2.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$5.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.86	$6.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.16	$2.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$4.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.1	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.1	$39
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$7.76
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.6	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.4	$43.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.2	$80.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$640	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3802	$5643

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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 Maputo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.7 mi	Matola	$964
136 km or 85 mi	Manzini	$442
144 km or 90 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003
148 km or 92 mi	Mbabane	$562
272 km or 169 mi	Vryheid	$763
310 km or 193 mi	Middelburg	$795
318 km or 197 mi	Bethal	$784
415 km or 258 mi	Springs	$678
426 km or 265 mi	Benoni	$785
439 km or 273 mi	Centurion	$807
440 km or 273 mi	Pretoria	$906
453 km or 281 mi	Sandton	$953
454 km or 282 mi	Johannesburg	$993
457 km or 284 mi	Randburg	$837
460 km or 286 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
464 km or 288 mi	Durban	$809
471 km or 292 mi	Vereeniging	$672
472 km or 293 mi	Soweto	$923
480 km or 299 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
483 km or 300 mi	Brits	$820
534 km or 332 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
536 km or 333 mi	Rustenburg	$889
553 km or 343 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
564 km or 351 mi	Kroonstad	$768
598 km or 371 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
598 km or 372 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
624 km or 388 mi	Welkom	$748
628 km or 390 mi	Maseru	$621
661 km or 411 mi	Mahalapye	$631
667 km or 414 mi	Palapye	$540
674 km or 419 mi	Masvingo	$854
680 km or 422 mi	Mafeteng	$567
685 km or 425 mi	Gaborone	$691
695 km or 432 mi	Mmabatho	$780
697 km or 433 mi	Lobatse	$665
712 km or 443 mi	Serowe	$583
715 km or 444 mi	Beira	$1003
720 km or 447 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
730 km or 453 mi	Mthatha	$852
732 km or 455 mi	Molepolole	$628