Al Ain vs Shizuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Al Ain	Shizuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1844	$932
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5338	$2392
🏠 One person rent	$1325	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$3717	$715
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3607	$2528
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	38	52
😀 Quality of life	75	87
🏙️ Population	767K	686K

The cost of living in Al Ain is 98% more expensive than in Shizuoka. Cities ranked 2271st and 5882nd ($1844 vs $932) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 732nd in the United Arab Emirates and Japan, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Al Ain compared to 2.7 months in Shizuoka. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Shizuoka ranked 10th in Japan, while ranked 1000th and 271st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Al Ain vs Shizuoka

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	Al Ain	Shizuoka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.12	$6.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.64	$5.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.46	$3.52
☕ Cappuccino	$5.02	$3.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$668	$330
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4401	$630
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3318	$548
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.3	$78.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$121
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.1	$29.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.33%	1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2055	$4676
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1218	$3205
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$1.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$22.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.44	$20
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$6.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.86	$18.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$3.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$2.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$1.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$9.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$1.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.16	$3.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$5.47
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.1	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$0.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.1	$92.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.6	$39.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.4	$41.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.2	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$640	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3802	$8368

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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 Shizuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.4 mi	Yaizu	$931
15 km or 9.3 mi	Fujieda	$940
24 km or 15 mi	Shimada	$961
26 km or 16 mi	Yoshida	$966
30 km or 19 mi	Makinohara	$969
34 km or 21 mi	Fuji	$1041
35 km or 22 mi	Fujinomiya	$1019
36 km or 23 mi	Kikugawa	$975
42 km or 26 mi	Kakegawa	$976
44 km or 27 mi	Omaezaki	$983
46 km or 28 mi	Numazu	$1042
49 km or 30 mi	Fukuroi	$971
49 km or 31 mi	Shimizu	$1028
50 km or 31 mi	Izunokuni	$1032
50 km or 31 mi	Nagaizumi	$1027
51 km or 32 mi	Mishima	$1034
51 km or 32 mi	Izu	$1035
53 km or 33 mi	Susono	$1034
53 km or 33 mi	Kannami	$1029
56 km or 35 mi	Iwata	$981
61 km or 38 mi	Shimoda	$1032
62 km or 39 mi	Gotemba	$1041
64 km or 40 mi	Atami	$1042
66 km or 41 mi	Ito	$1041
66 km or 41 mi	Hamamatsu	$1045
67 km or 42 mi	Fujikawaguchiko	$1049
69 km or 43 mi	Yugawara	$1039
69 km or 43 mi	Fujiyoshida	$1049
70 km or 44 mi	Chuo	$1081
71 km or 44 mi	Minami-Alps	$1080
74 km or 46 mi	Showa	$1095
76 km or 47 mi	Minamiashigara	$1034
77 km or 48 mi	Odawara	$1045
77 km or 48 mi	Kai	$1100
78 km or 49 mi	Fuefuki	$1065
79 km or 49 mi	Kofu	$1138
79 km or 49 mi	Iida	$1016
80 km or 50 mi	Tsuru	$1055
81 km or 50 mi	Shinshiro	$929
82 km or 51 mi	Nirasaki	$1083