Al Ain vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Al Ain	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1449	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3246	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$889	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$1511	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$388	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.3	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3712	$881
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	38	96
😀 Quality of life	82	73
🏙️ Population	767K	13.3M

The cost of living in Al Ain is 0.7% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 4123rd and 4141st ($1449 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th 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 2.6 months in Al Ain compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 588th and 2664th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Al Ain	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.58	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.5	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.34	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.42	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$5.14	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$791	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1459	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1265	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.8	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.3	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.02%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2045	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1226	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.6	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.17	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.4	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.23	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.89	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.55	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.58	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.23	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.14	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.5	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.38	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.3	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72.8	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$602	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5433	$15272

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Cities near Al Ain

Distance	City	Cost of living
119 km or 74 mi	Fujairah	$1228
126 km or 78 mi	Dubai	$2514
133 km or 82 mi	Sharjah	$1419
135 km or 84 mi	Ajman	$2521
143 km or 89 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
152 km or 94 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
192 km or 119 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
221 km or 138 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
231 km or 143 mi	Nizwa	$792
253 km or 157 mi	Seeb	$1078
297 km or 184 mi	Muscat	$1081
337 km or 209 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
442 km or 275 mi	Doha	$1849
458 km or 284 mi	Al Khor	$1770
507 km or 315 mi	Chabahar	$573
525 km or 326 mi	Jahrom	$530
535 km or 333 mi	Jiroft	$568
564 km or 351 mi	Riffa	$1201
565 km or 351 mi	Manama	$1237
566 km or 352 mi	Fasa	$529
567 km or 352 mi	Isa Town	$1230
583 km or 362 mi	Sirjan	$534
596 km or 371 mi	Iranshahr	$624
604 km or 375 mi	Bam	$557
607 km or 377 mi	Dhahran	$908
619 km or 385 mi	Dammam	$1008
629 km or 391 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
649 km or 404 mi	Qatif	$873
679 km or 422 mi	Shiraz	$553
684 km or 425 mi	Jubail	$930
688 km or 428 mi	Kerman	$761
689 km or 428 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
694 km or 431 mi	Marvdasht	$530
720 km or 447 mi	Bushehr	$453
720 km or 447 mi	Borazjan	$477
726 km or 451 mi	Kazerun	$503
776 km or 482 mi	Zahedan	$808
818 km or 508 mi	Salalah	$817
827 km or 514 mi	Yasuj	$463
866 km or 538 mi	Yazd	$545

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772