Al Ain vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Al Ain	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1844	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5338	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$1325	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$3717	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3607	$647
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	38	46
😀 Quality of life	75	55
🏙️ Population	767K	1.2M

The cost of living in Al Ain is 157% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 2271st and 6811th ($1844 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 24th 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 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th in Russia, while ranked 1000th and 5853rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Al Ain vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Al Ain	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.12	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.64	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.46	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$5.02	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$668	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4401	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3318	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.3	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.1	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.33%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2055	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1218	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.44	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.86	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.16	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.1	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.1	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.6	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.4	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.2	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$640	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3802	$4568

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$554
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$592
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$681
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$540
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$438
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$734
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$564
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$719
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$524
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$675
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$676
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$743
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$622
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1244
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$528
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$786
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$633
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$508
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$561
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$590
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$612
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$552
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$584
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$609
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$639
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$430
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$656
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$538
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$605
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$555
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$557