Al Ain vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Al Ain	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1132	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2470	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$612	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$915	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$343	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.2	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3750	$1208
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	37	96
😀 Quality of life	79	73
🏙️ Population	767K	12.5M

The cost of living in Al Ain is 11% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 4616th and 5167th ($1132 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and Russia, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 3.3 months in Al Ain compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 496th and 1608th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Al Ain	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.1	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.6	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.03	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.3	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$5.72	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.73	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$445	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$381	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$811	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$603	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.3	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$122	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.75%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11243	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6743	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.9	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.22	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.26	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.77	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.37	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.54	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.15	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.46	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.17	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$90.5	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.1	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$8	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.3	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.8	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$224	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8033	$10868

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Cities near Al Ain

Distance	City	Cost of living
119 km or 74 mi	Fujairah	$1191
126 km or 78 mi	Dubai	$2229
133 km or 82 mi	Sharjah	$1612
135 km or 84 mi	Ajman	$1841
143 km or 89 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1936
152 km or 94 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1577
192 km or 119 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1584
221 km or 138 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
231 km or 143 mi	Nizwa	$787
253 km or 157 mi	Seeb	$1164
297 km or 184 mi	Muscat	$1126
337 km or 209 mi	Bandar Abbas	$758
442 km or 275 mi	Doha	$1872
458 km or 284 mi	Al Khor	$1810
507 km or 315 mi	Chabahar	$779
525 km or 326 mi	Jahrom	$798
535 km or 333 mi	Jiroft	$573
564 km or 351 mi	Riffa	$1285
565 km or 351 mi	Manama	$1375
566 km or 352 mi	Fasa	$890
567 km or 352 mi	Isa Town	$1327
583 km or 362 mi	Sirjan	$604
596 km or 371 mi	Iranshahr	$672
604 km or 375 mi	Bam	$544
607 km or 377 mi	Dhahran	$959
619 km or 385 mi	Dammam	$1005
629 km or 391 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
649 km or 404 mi	Qatif	$868
679 km or 422 mi	Shiraz	$606
684 km or 425 mi	Jubail	$910
688 km or 428 mi	Kerman	$457
689 km or 428 mi	Rafsanjan	$530
694 km or 431 mi	Marvdasht	$604
720 km or 447 mi	Bushehr	$646
720 km or 447 mi	Borazjan	$621
726 km or 451 mi	Kazerun	$606
776 km or 482 mi	Zahedan	$822
818 km or 508 mi	Salalah	$844
827 km or 514 mi	Yasuj	$561
866 km or 538 mi	Yazd	$575

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517