Al Ain vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Al Ain	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1132	$1011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2470	$2876
🏠 One person rent	$612	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$915	$948
🍽️ Food expenses	$343	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.2	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3750	$1496
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	37	95
😀 Quality of life	79	88
🏙️ Population	767K	4.36M

The cost of living in Al Ain is 12% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 4616th and 5229th ($1132 vs $1011) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 2nd in the United Arab Emirates and Taiwan, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 3.3 months in Al Ain compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 496th and 181st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Al Ain vs New Taipei

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	Al Ain	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.1	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.6	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.03	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.3	$1.81
☕ Cappuccino	$5.72	$2.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.73	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$445	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$381	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$811	$1097
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$603	$766
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.3	$61.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$94.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$122	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.75%	1.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11243	$9649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6743	$5036
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.9	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.22	$8.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$2.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$4.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.26	$2.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$7.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$23.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$5.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$2.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$1.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.77	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.37	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.54	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$9.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.15	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.46	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.17	$2.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$90.5	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$9.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.1	$35.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$8	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.3	$60.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.8	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$224	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8033	$11035

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1169
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$861
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$860
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$863
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$917
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$860
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$746
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$995
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$890
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$857
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$791
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$664
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$675
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$952
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$913
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$694
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$689
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$676
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$744
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$851
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$787
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$721
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$678
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$735
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$667
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$741
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$719
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$655
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$811
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$725
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$644
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$588
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$721
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589