Al Ain vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Al Ain	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1844	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5338	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$1325	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$3717	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3607	$1546
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	38	96
😀 Quality of life	75	74
🏙️ Population	767K	13.1M

The cost of living in Al Ain is 48% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 2271st and 4359th ($1844 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd 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 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 1000th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Al Ain vs Moscow

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	Al Ain	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.12	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.64	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.46	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$5.02	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$668	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4401	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3318	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.3	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.1	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.33%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2055	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1218	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.44	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.86	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.16	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.1	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.1	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.6	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.4	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.2	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$640	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3802	$12252

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592