Al Ain vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Al Ain	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1455	$321
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3100	$758
🏠 One person rent	$900	$126
🏘️ Family rent	$1375	$189
🍽️ Food expenses	$384	$121
🚐 Transport expenses	$55.4	$43.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2995	$148
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	38	48
😀 Quality of life	82	34
🏙️ Population	767K	1.97M

The cost of living in Al Ain is 353% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 4139th and 9130th ($1455 vs $321) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 28th 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 2.1 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 8th in Pakistan, while ranked 562nd and 8525th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Al Ain vs Peshawar

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	Al Ain	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10	$2.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.2	$8.99
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.25	$4.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.46	$1.53
☕ Cappuccino	$5.1	$1.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$0.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$788	$110
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$731	$59.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1377	$157
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1126	$96
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.2	$45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$70.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$82.9	$10.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.69%	14.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2377	$356
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1204	$279
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.7	$9.26
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.34	$4.33
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.74	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.76	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.36	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$0.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$3.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$2.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.18	$4.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$0.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$0.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$2.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.53	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.24	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$1.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.47	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.14	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.7	$10.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$2.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64	$10.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.46	$1.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.5	$12
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.3	$44.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$574	$33.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6415	$3008

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Cities near Al Ain

Distance	City	Cost of living
119 km or 74 mi	Fujairah	$1173
126 km or 78 mi	Dubai	$2470
133 km or 82 mi	Sharjah	$1543
135 km or 84 mi	Ajman	$2356
143 km or 89 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
152 km or 94 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
192 km or 119 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
221 km or 138 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
231 km or 143 mi	Nizwa	$797
253 km or 157 mi	Seeb	$1082
297 km or 184 mi	Muscat	$1193
337 km or 209 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
442 km or 275 mi	Doha	$2100
458 km or 284 mi	Al Khor	$2015
507 km or 315 mi	Chabahar	$530
525 km or 326 mi	Jahrom	$494
535 km or 333 mi	Jiroft	$526
564 km or 351 mi	Riffa	$1062
565 km or 351 mi	Manama	$1340
566 km or 352 mi	Fasa	$497
567 km or 352 mi	Isa Town	$1218
583 km or 362 mi	Sirjan	$521
596 km or 371 mi	Iranshahr	$559
604 km or 375 mi	Bam	$514
607 km or 377 mi	Dhahran	$965
619 km or 385 mi	Dammam	$1059
629 km or 391 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
649 km or 404 mi	Qatif	$778
679 km or 422 mi	Shiraz	$505
684 km or 425 mi	Jubail	$917
688 km or 428 mi	Kerman	$700
689 km or 428 mi	Rafsanjan	$558
694 km or 431 mi	Marvdasht	$485
720 km or 447 mi	Bushehr	$454
720 km or 447 mi	Borazjan	$457
726 km or 451 mi	Kazerun	$471
776 km or 482 mi	Zahedan	$717
818 km or 508 mi	Salalah	$816
827 km or 514 mi	Yasuj	$459
866 km or 538 mi	Yazd	$517

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$394
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$373
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$381
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$371
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$373
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$496
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$446
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$438
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$456
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$504
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$280
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$391
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$350
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$253
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$335
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$447
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$393
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$382
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$344
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$306
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$359
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$309
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$313
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$379
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$332
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$286
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$396
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$339
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$450
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$468
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$340
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$397
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$401
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$440
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$371
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$350
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$346
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734