Al Ain vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Al Ain	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1844	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5338	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$1325	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$3717	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3607	$3146
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	38	99
😀 Quality of life	75	95
🏙️ Population	767K	2.15M

The cost of living in Al Ain is 19% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 2271st and 1222nd ($1844 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and France, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Al Ain compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 1000th and 25th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Al Ain vs Paris

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	Al Ain	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.12	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.64	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.46	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$5.02	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$668	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4401	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3318	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.3	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.1	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.33%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2055	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1218	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.44	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.86	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.16	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.1	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.1	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.6	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.4	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.2	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$640	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3802	$16193

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293