Al Ain vs Sarajevo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Al Ain	Sarajevo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1844	$796
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5338	$1933
🏠 One person rent	$1325	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$3717	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$296
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3607	$794
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	38	47
😀 Quality of life	75	62
🏙️ Population	767K	276K

The cost of living in Al Ain is 132% more expensive than in Sarajevo. Cities ranked 2271st and 6461st ($1844 vs $796) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in the United Arab Emirates and Bosnia and Herzegovina, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Bosnia and Herzegovina comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Al Ain compared to 1 months in Sarajevo. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Sarajevo ranked 1st in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while ranked 1000th and 4897th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Al Ain	Sarajevo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.12	$7.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$26.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.64	$7.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.46	$2.22
☕ Cappuccino	$5.02	$1.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$1.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$668	$320
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4401	$640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3318	$438
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.3	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.1	$22.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.33%	3.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2055	$3005
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1218	$1953
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.44	$7.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$9.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$6.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.86	$11.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$7.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.16	$3.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.1	$2.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.1	$28.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.6	$26.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$3.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.4	$86.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.2	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$640	$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3802	$2856

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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 Sarajevo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zenica	$559
75 km or 47 mi	Mostar	$693
77 km or 48 mi	Tuzla	$636
99 km or 61 mi	Doboj	$603
117 km or 73 mi	Bijeljina	$661
125 km or 78 mi	Valjevo	$776
138 km or 86 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
139 km or 86 mi	Dubrovnik	$1227
140 km or 87 mi	Banja Luka	$803
144 km or 89 mi	Cavtat	$1187
147 km or 91 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
155 km or 96 mi	Cacak	$759
163 km or 101 mi	Kotor	$1150
163 km or 101 mi	Split	$1337
163 km or 101 mi	Berane	$1070
169 km or 105 mi	Cetinje	$816
171 km or 106 mi	Kastela	$1266
171 km or 107 mi	Sanski Most	$558
173 km or 107 mi	Podgorica	$975
177 km or 110 mi	Hvar	$1274
179 km or 111 mi	Budva	$1117
183 km or 114 mi	Prijedor	$659
187 km or 116 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
188 km or 117 mi	Plav	$1030
189 km or 118 mi	Osijek	$958
192 km or 119 mi	Novi Sad	$1012
194 km or 121 mi	Belgrade	$1160
203 km or 126 mi	Kragujevac	$807
203 km or 126 mi	Sibenik	$1053
204 km or 127 mi	Bar	$972
219 km or 136 mi	Shkoder	$679
225 km or 140 mi	Ulcinj	$965
226 km or 141 mi	Mitrovica	$463
229 km or 142 mi	Bihac	$556
246 km or 153 mi	Pecs	$848
257 km or 160 mi	Zadar	$1122
258 km or 160 mi	Bjelovar	$1008
260 km or 161 mi	Pristina	$595
261 km or 162 mi	Baja	$692
267 km or 166 mi	Subotica	$768