Al Ain vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Al Ain	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1844	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5338	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$1325	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$3717	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3607	$1829
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	38	93
😀 Quality of life	75	87
🏙️ Population	767K	1.38M

The cost of living in Al Ain is 22% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 2271st and 3363rd ($1844 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd 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 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 1000th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Al Ain	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.12	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.64	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.46	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$5.02	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$668	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4401	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3318	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.3	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.1	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.33%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2055	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1218	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.44	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.86	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.16	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.1	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.1	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.6	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.4	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.2	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$640	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3802	$12277

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1371
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1370
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1356
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1216
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1166
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1092
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1795
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$942
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$880
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1163
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1048
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1314
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1033
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1135
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1159
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1030
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1352
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1088
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1150
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1112
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1092
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1107
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1352
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1121
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$974
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1402
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1059
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1202
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1420
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1120