Al Ain vs Sheffield - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Al Ain	Sheffield
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1844	$1764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5338	$4219
🏠 One person rent	$1325	$1001
🏘️ Family rent	$3717	$1774
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$497
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$135
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3607	$2831
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	54 km
🎓 Higher education	38	87
😀 Quality of life	75	90
🏙️ Population	767K	518K

The cost of living in Al Ain is 5% more expensive than in Sheffield. Cities ranked 2271st and 2490th ($1844 vs $1764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 147th in the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Al Ain compared to 1.6 months in Sheffield. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Sheffield ranked 26th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 1000th and 141st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Al Ain vs Sheffield

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	Al Ain	Sheffield
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.12	$18.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$76.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.64	$9.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.46	$5.31
☕ Cappuccino	$5.02	$4.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$2.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$668	$937
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$818
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4401	$1922
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3318	$1459
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.3	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$183
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.1	$39.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.33%	5.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2055	$3631
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1218	$2541
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$95
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.44	$14.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$3.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$8.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.86	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$2.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$2.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.16	$17.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$4.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.1	$5.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$2.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.1	$35.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.6	$80.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.4	$78.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.2	$87.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$640	$1155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3802	$9487

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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 Sheffield

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Rotherham	$1511
19 km or 12 mi	Barnsley	$1401
27 km or 17 mi	Doncaster	$1463
32 km or 20 mi	Mansfield	$1724
33 km or 21 mi	Wakefield	$1619
35 km or 22 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 24 mi	Batley	$1707
42 km or 26 mi	Brighouse	$1737
44 km or 27 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
46 km or 28 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
46 km or 29 mi	Halifax	$1793
46 km or 29 mi	Oldham	$1602
47 km or 29 mi	Leeds	$1943
47 km or 29 mi	Droylsden	$1800
48 km or 30 mi	Leek	$1686
49 km or 31 mi	Bradford	$1598
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2071
52 km or 32 mi	Derby	$1727
52 km or 32 mi	Nottingham	$1820
52 km or 33 mi	Rochdale	$1672
56 km or 35 mi	Salford	$1948
56 km or 35 mi	Stretford	$1874
57 km or 35 mi	Sale	$1845
59 km or 36 mi	Altrincham	$1788
59 km or 36 mi	Scunthorpe	$1324
59 km or 37 mi	Bury	$1806
61 km or 38 mi	Keighley	$1680
63 km or 39 mi	Lincoln	$1698
64 km or 40 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
65 km or 40 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
65 km or 41 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1633
67 km or 42 mi	Bolton	$1806
68 km or 42 mi	Harrogate	$1867
68 km or 42 mi	York	$1727
68 km or 42 mi	Burnley	$1376
70 km or 44 mi	Loughborough	$1759
72 km or 45 mi	Crewe	$1486
75 km or 47 mi	Warrington	$1962
77 km or 48 mi	Stafford	$1750