Al Ain vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Al Ain	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1050	$338
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2765	$820
🏠 One person rent	$560	$125
🏘️ Family rent	$1195	$220
🍽️ Food expenses	$317	$127
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.7	$53
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3674	$193
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	37	48
😀 Quality of life	79	40
🏙️ Population	767K	1.97M

The cost of living in Al Ain is 210% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 5284th and 9126th ($1050 vs $338) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 19th in the United Arab Emirates and Pakistan, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 3.5 months in Al Ain compared to 0.6 months in Peshawar. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Peshawar ranked 4th in Pakistan, while ranked 600th and 6896th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Al Ain	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.11	$1.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.8	$12.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.98	$3.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.15	$1.42
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$1.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$0.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$440	$98
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$460	$44.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$820	$211
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1125	$97.5
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.9	$56.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.1	$87
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.73%	20.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2023	$181
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1222	$151
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.1	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$7.15
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.68	$6.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.09	$0.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.18	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$3.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.07	$3.16
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.01	$3.75
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$0.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$0.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$1.64
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.29	$1.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.18	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$1.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.44	$0.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.14	$0.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$81	$9.61
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.1	$14.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.02	$1.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.7	$13.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.8	$34.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$665	$28.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6250	$525

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Cities near Al Ain

Distance	City	Cost of living
119 km or 74 mi	Fujairah	$1232
126 km or 78 mi	Dubai	$2309
133 km or 82 mi	Sharjah	$1503
135 km or 84 mi	Ajman	$2084
143 km or 89 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
152 km or 94 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
192 km or 119 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
221 km or 138 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
231 km or 143 mi	Nizwa	$786
253 km or 157 mi	Seeb	$994
297 km or 184 mi	Muscat	$1110
337 km or 209 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
442 km or 275 mi	Doha	$1810
458 km or 284 mi	Al Khor	$1719
507 km or 315 mi	Chabahar	$687
525 km or 326 mi	Jahrom	$561
535 km or 333 mi	Jiroft	$547
564 km or 351 mi	Riffa	$1218
565 km or 351 mi	Manama	$1267
566 km or 352 mi	Fasa	$556
567 km or 352 mi	Isa Town	$1226
583 km or 362 mi	Sirjan	$520
596 km or 371 mi	Iranshahr	$639
604 km or 375 mi	Bam	$531
607 km or 377 mi	Dhahran	$870
619 km or 385 mi	Dammam	$989
629 km or 391 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
649 km or 404 mi	Qatif	$878
679 km or 422 mi	Shiraz	$558
684 km or 425 mi	Jubail	$928
688 km or 428 mi	Kerman	$467
689 km or 428 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
694 km or 431 mi	Marvdasht	$546
720 km or 447 mi	Bushehr	$548
720 km or 447 mi	Borazjan	$541
726 km or 451 mi	Kazerun	$537
776 km or 482 mi	Zahedan	$831
818 km or 508 mi	Salalah	$806
827 km or 514 mi	Yasuj	$489
866 km or 538 mi	Yazd	$577

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$374
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$372
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$358
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$323
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$354
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$439
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$441
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$469
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$599
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$328
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$456
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$277
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$330
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$476
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$373
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$388
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$319
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$280
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$335
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$344
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$308
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$344
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$312
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$406
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$467
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$310
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$500
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$358
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$371
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$407
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$360
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$378
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659