Al Ain vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Al Ain	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1455	$1899
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3100	$4415
🏠 One person rent	$900	$1182
🏘️ Family rent	$1375	$1957
🍽️ Food expenses	$384	$451
🚐 Transport expenses	$55.4	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2995	$2366
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	38	93
😀 Quality of life	82	89
🏙️ Population	767K	1.4M

The cost of living in Al Ain is 23% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 4139th and 2377th ($1455 vs $1899) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Al Ain compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 562nd and 244th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Al Ain	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10	$10.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.2	$48.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.25	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.46	$3.01
☕ Cappuccino	$5.1	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$788	$1089
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$731	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1377	$1964
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1126	$1546
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.2	$199
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$304
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$82.9	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.69%	4.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2377	$10118
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1204	$7415
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$1.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.7	$25.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.34	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.74	$1.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.76	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.36	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$9.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.18	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$3.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$2.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.53	$7.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.24	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$4.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.47	$2.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.14	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.7	$67.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64	$43.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.46	$19
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.5	$89.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.3	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$574	$1075
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6415	$19039

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1696
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1685
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1661
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1402
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1195
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1115
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1276
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1332
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1141
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1094
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1006
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1107
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1216
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1517
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1174
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1397
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1250
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1174
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1112
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1460
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1258
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1259
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1280
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1412
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1256
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1424
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1289
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1218
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1108
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1438
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1412
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1448
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$956
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1316
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1503
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1278
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1410
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1467
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1340