Al Ain vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Al Ain	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1844	$346
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5338	$824
🏠 One person rent	$1325	$130
🏘️ Family rent	$3717	$221
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$130
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$52
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3607	$190
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	38	48
😀 Quality of life	75	40
🏙️ Population	767K	1.97M

The cost of living in Al Ain is 433% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 2271st and 9093rd ($1844 vs $346) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 20th 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 2 months in Al Ain compared to 0.5 months in Peshawar. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Peshawar ranked 5th in Pakistan, while ranked 1000th and 6958th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Al Ain	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.12	$2.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$10.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.64	$3.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.46	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$5.02	$1.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$0.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$668	$106
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$47.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4401	$207
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3318	$95.2
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.3	$60.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.1	$10.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.33%	21.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2055	$177
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1218	$148
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$7.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.44	$6.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$3.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$3.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.86	$3.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$1.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$1.6
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.16	$1.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$0.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.1	$1.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.1	$10.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.6	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$1.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.4	$13.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.2	$39.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$640	$30
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3802	$518

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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 Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$379
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$366
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$303
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$382
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$442
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$366
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$386
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$474
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$354
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$458
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$273
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$373
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$389
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$389
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$354
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$306
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$308
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$281
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$342
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$287
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$305
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$411
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$394
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$300
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$383
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$361
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$392
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$355
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$356
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$358
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596