Al Ain vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Al Ain	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1844	$2508
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5338	$6081
🏠 One person rent	$1325	$1562
🏘️ Family rent	$3717	$2876
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$640
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3607	$4538
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	38	78
😀 Quality of life	75	88
🏙️ Population	767K	689K

The cost of living in Al Ain is 26% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 2271st and 790th ($1844 vs $2508) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 733rd in the United Arab Emirates and the United States, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Al Ain compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Nashville ranked 58th in the United States, while ranked 1000th and 244th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Al Ain	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.12	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$72.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.64	$9.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.46	$7.15
☕ Cappuccino	$5.02	$6.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$2.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$668	$1711
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$1308
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4401	$3359
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3318	$2469
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.3	$104
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.1	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.33%	6.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2055	$3428
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1218	$3097
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$2.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$68.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.44	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$0.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$3.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$3.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.86	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$5.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$5.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$4.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$2.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$3.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$3.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$3.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.16	$7.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.1	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$4.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.1	$54.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.6	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$27.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.4	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.2	$96.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$640	$1251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3802	$30520

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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 Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2499
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2356
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2335
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2340
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2738
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2271
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2302
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2274
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2607
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2016
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2031
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2075
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2259
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1855
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$1969
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1828
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1839
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$1942
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1932
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1350
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1772
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1779
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2192
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2185
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1717
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1728
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1847
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1865
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2166
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2100
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1730
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1432
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1636
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$2025
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2048
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$2116
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1494