Al Ain vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Al Ain	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1449	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3246	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$889	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$1511	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$388	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.3	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3712	$2284
😷 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 19% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 4123rd and 2821st ($1449 vs $1778) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th 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 2.6 months in Al Ain compared to 1.3 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 588th and 277th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Al Ain	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.58	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.5	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.34	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.42	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$5.14	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$791	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1459	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1265	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.8	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.3	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.02%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2045	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1226	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.6	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.17	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.4	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.23	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.89	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.55	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.58	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.23	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.14	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.5	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.38	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.3	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72.8	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$602	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5433	$15329

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Cities near Al Ain

Distance	City	Cost of living
119 km or 74 mi	Fujairah	$1228
126 km or 78 mi	Dubai	$2514
133 km or 82 mi	Sharjah	$1419
135 km or 84 mi	Ajman	$2521
143 km or 89 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
152 km or 94 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
192 km or 119 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
221 km or 138 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
231 km or 143 mi	Nizwa	$792
253 km or 157 mi	Seeb	$1078
297 km or 184 mi	Muscat	$1081
337 km or 209 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
442 km or 275 mi	Doha	$1849
458 km or 284 mi	Al Khor	$1770
507 km or 315 mi	Chabahar	$573
525 km or 326 mi	Jahrom	$530
535 km or 333 mi	Jiroft	$568
564 km or 351 mi	Riffa	$1201
565 km or 351 mi	Manama	$1237
566 km or 352 mi	Fasa	$529
567 km or 352 mi	Isa Town	$1230
583 km or 362 mi	Sirjan	$534
596 km or 371 mi	Iranshahr	$624
604 km or 375 mi	Bam	$557
607 km or 377 mi	Dhahran	$908
619 km or 385 mi	Dammam	$1008
629 km or 391 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
649 km or 404 mi	Qatif	$873
679 km or 422 mi	Shiraz	$553
684 km or 425 mi	Jubail	$930
688 km or 428 mi	Kerman	$761
689 km or 428 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
694 km or 431 mi	Marvdasht	$530
720 km or 447 mi	Bushehr	$453
720 km or 447 mi	Borazjan	$477
726 km or 451 mi	Kazerun	$503
776 km or 482 mi	Zahedan	$808
818 km or 508 mi	Salalah	$817
827 km or 514 mi	Yasuj	$463
866 km or 538 mi	Yazd	$545

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1601
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1580
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1564
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1337
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1104
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1196
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1915
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1028
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$986
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1074
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1182
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1489
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1125
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1317
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1209
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1195
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1427
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1195
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1223
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1216
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1212
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1257
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1473
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1236
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1103
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1490
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1555
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$953
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1301
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1432
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1485
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1284