Al Ain vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Al Ain	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1844	$996
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5338	$2359
🏠 One person rent	$1325	$434
🏘️ Family rent	$3717	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$393
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3607	$973
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	38	56
😀 Quality of life	75	51
🏙️ Population	767K	39K

The cost of living in Al Ain is 85% more expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 2271st and 5524th ($1844 vs $996) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in the United Arab Emirates and the Palestine, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs the Palestine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Al Ain compared to 1 months in Ramallah. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Ramallah ranked 1st in the Palestine, while ranked 1000th and 6159th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Al Ain vs Ramallah

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	Al Ain	Ramallah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.12	$9.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$43.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.64	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.46	$5.56
☕ Cappuccino	$5.02	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$668	$402
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$317
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4401	$776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3318	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.3	$60.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$93.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.1	$39.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.33%	6.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2055	$1126
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1218	$922
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$2.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$77.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.44	$16.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$1.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$3.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$7.18
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$8.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.86	$17.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$2.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.16	$7.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$5.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.1	$4.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$2.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$4.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.1	$68.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$8.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.6	$29.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$6.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.4	$74.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.2	$98.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$640	$190
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3802	$4230

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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 Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2114
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$905
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1556
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1891
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2123
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$1930
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$877
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1811
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$761
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$762
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2156
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1834
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2306
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$1931
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$1884
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2145
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$1890
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$1902
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$813
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$552
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1837
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2138
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1511