Al Ain vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Al Ain	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1132	$689
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2470	$1829
🏠 One person rent	$612	$279
🏘️ Family rent	$915	$398
🍽️ Food expenses	$343	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.2	$71.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3750	$813
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	37	53
😀 Quality of life	79	53
🏙️ Population	767K	8.78M

The cost of living in Al Ain is 64% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 4616th and 6882nd ($1132 vs $689) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 102nd in the United Arab Emirates and China, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 3.3 months in Al Ain compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Quanzhou ranked 50th in China, while ranked 496th and 6124th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Al Ain vs Quanzhou

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	Al Ain	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.1	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.6	$23.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.03	$5.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.3	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$5.72	$3.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.73	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$445	$186
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$381	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$811	$420
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$603	$321
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.3	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$45.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$122	$11.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.75%	5.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11243	$7109
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6743	$1653
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.9	$18.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.22	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.26	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$6.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.77	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.37	$0.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.54	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.15	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.46	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.17	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$90.5	$48.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$4.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.1	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8	$8.09
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.3	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.8	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$224	$505
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8033	$19406

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Cities near Al Ain

Distance	City	Cost of living
119 km or 74 mi	Fujairah	$1191
126 km or 78 mi	Dubai	$2229
133 km or 82 mi	Sharjah	$1612
135 km or 84 mi	Ajman	$1841
143 km or 89 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1936
152 km or 94 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1577
192 km or 119 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1584
221 km or 138 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
231 km or 143 mi	Nizwa	$787
253 km or 157 mi	Seeb	$1164
297 km or 184 mi	Muscat	$1126
337 km or 209 mi	Bandar Abbas	$758
442 km or 275 mi	Doha	$1872
458 km or 284 mi	Al Khor	$1810
507 km or 315 mi	Chabahar	$779
525 km or 326 mi	Jahrom	$798
535 km or 333 mi	Jiroft	$573
564 km or 351 mi	Riffa	$1285
565 km or 351 mi	Manama	$1375
566 km or 352 mi	Fasa	$890
567 km or 352 mi	Isa Town	$1327
583 km or 362 mi	Sirjan	$604
596 km or 371 mi	Iranshahr	$672
604 km or 375 mi	Bam	$544
607 km or 377 mi	Dhahran	$959
619 km or 385 mi	Dammam	$1005
629 km or 391 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
649 km or 404 mi	Qatif	$868
679 km or 422 mi	Shiraz	$606
684 km or 425 mi	Jubail	$910
688 km or 428 mi	Kerman	$457
689 km or 428 mi	Rafsanjan	$530
694 km or 431 mi	Marvdasht	$604
720 km or 447 mi	Bushehr	$646
720 km or 447 mi	Borazjan	$621
726 km or 451 mi	Kazerun	$606
776 km or 482 mi	Zahedan	$822
818 km or 508 mi	Salalah	$844
827 km or 514 mi	Yasuj	$561
866 km or 538 mi	Yazd	$575

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$676
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$851
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$721
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$675
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$664
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$713
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$667
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$678
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$694
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$890
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$995
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$746
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$791
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$857
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$860
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$588
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$917
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$725
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$799
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$861
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$913
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$716
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1011
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1169
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$738
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$860
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$863
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$655
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$952
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$744
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$812
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$721
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$643
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$787
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$645
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$620
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$1083