Al Ain vs Pune - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Al Ain	Pune
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1844	$513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5338	$1306
🏠 One person rent	$1325	$202
🏘️ Family rent	$3717	$429
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$203
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$62.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3607	$1236
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	38	58
😀 Quality of life	75	62
🏙️ Population	767K	5.95M

The cost of living in Al Ain is 260% more expensive than in Pune. Cities ranked 2271st and 8539th ($1844 vs $513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 6th in the United Arab Emirates and India, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Al Ain compared to 2.4 months in Pune. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Pune ranked 8th in India, while ranked 1000th and 4894th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Al Ain	Pune
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.12	$4.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$20.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.64	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.46	$2.3
☕ Cappuccino	$5.02	$2.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$668	$232
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4401	$542
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3318	$354
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.3	$18.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$28.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.1	$9.39
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.33%	9.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2055	$2017
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1218	$1168
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.44	$3.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$6.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$3.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.86	$7.14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$1.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$9.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$2.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.16	$4.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$1.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.1	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$2.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.1	$17.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$4.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.6	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$2.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.4	$30.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.2	$54.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$640	$94.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3802	$1975

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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 Pune

Distance	City	Cost of living
94 km or 58 mi	Satara	$304
106 km or 66 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
110 km or 68 mi	Kalyan	$381
119 km or 74 mi	Mumbai	$716
119 km or 74 mi	Thane	$501
120 km or 75 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
153 km or 95 mi	Vasai	$284
165 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
199 km or 123 mi	Sangli	$292
206 km or 128 mi	Kolhapur	$307
213 km or 132 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
216 km or 134 mi	Aurangabad	$350
237 km or 147 mi	Solapur	$293
237 km or 147 mi	Malegaon	$378
273 km or 169 mi	Bijapur	$340
287 km or 179 mi	Navsari	$286
288 km or 179 mi	Latur	$397
303 km or 188 mi	Belgaum	$473
314 km or 195 mi	Surat	$771
330 km or 205 mi	Jalgaon	$348
338 km or 210 mi	Panjim	$401
342 km or 212 mi	Gulbarga	$250
347 km or 215 mi	Mormugao	$492
361 km or 224 mi	Margao	$430
366 km or 227 mi	Hubli	$359
373 km or 232 mi	Nanded	$315
403 km or 250 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
411 km or 255 mi	Akola	$295
426 km or 265 mi	Vadodara	$376
447 km or 278 mi	Nizamabad	$294
452 km or 281 mi	Hospet	$272
474 km or 295 mi	Godhra	$371
476 km or 296 mi	Nadiad	$382
480 km or 299 mi	Mahbubnagar	$357
486 km or 302 mi	Adoni	$366
488 km or 303 mi	Amravati	$296
501 km or 312 mi	Davanagere	$292
504 km or 313 mi	Hyderabad	$464
505 km or 314 mi	Secunderabad	$395
511 km or 318 mi	Indore	$367