Al Ain vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Al Ain	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1050	$816
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2765	$2034
🏠 One person rent	$560	$460
🏘️ Family rent	$1195	$870
🍽️ Food expenses	$317	$225
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.7	$45.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3674	$501
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	37	45
😀 Quality of life	79	54
🏙️ Population	767K	2.96M

The cost of living in Al Ain is 29% more expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 5284th and 6377th ($1050 vs $816) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Uzbekistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 3.5 months in Al Ain compared to 0.6 months in Tashkent. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 600th and 5908th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Al Ain	Tashkent
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.11	$5.05
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.8	$27.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.98	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.15	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$1.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$0.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$440	$593
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$460	$379
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$820	$1231
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1125	$715
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.9	$25.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.1	$39.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.73%	22.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2023	$1629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1222	$913
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.1	$0.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.68	$2.88
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.09	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.18	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$7.01
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.07	$3.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.01	$8.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$5.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.29	$2.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.18	$6.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.44	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.14	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$81	$47.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$4.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.1	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.02	$9.51
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.7	$52.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.8	$98.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$665	$291
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6250	$9093

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Cities near Al Ain

Distance	City	Cost of living
119 km or 74 mi	Fujairah	$1232
126 km or 78 mi	Dubai	$2309
133 km or 82 mi	Sharjah	$1503
135 km or 84 mi	Ajman	$2084
143 km or 89 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
152 km or 94 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
192 km or 119 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
221 km or 138 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
231 km or 143 mi	Nizwa	$786
253 km or 157 mi	Seeb	$994
297 km or 184 mi	Muscat	$1110
337 km or 209 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
442 km or 275 mi	Doha	$1810
458 km or 284 mi	Al Khor	$1719
507 km or 315 mi	Chabahar	$687
525 km or 326 mi	Jahrom	$561
535 km or 333 mi	Jiroft	$547
564 km or 351 mi	Riffa	$1218
565 km or 351 mi	Manama	$1267
566 km or 352 mi	Fasa	$556
567 km or 352 mi	Isa Town	$1226
583 km or 362 mi	Sirjan	$520
596 km or 371 mi	Iranshahr	$639
604 km or 375 mi	Bam	$531
607 km or 377 mi	Dhahran	$870
619 km or 385 mi	Dammam	$989
629 km or 391 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
649 km or 404 mi	Qatif	$878
679 km or 422 mi	Shiraz	$558
684 km or 425 mi	Jubail	$928
688 km or 428 mi	Kerman	$467
689 km or 428 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
694 km or 431 mi	Marvdasht	$546
720 km or 447 mi	Bushehr	$548
720 km or 447 mi	Borazjan	$541
726 km or 451 mi	Kazerun	$537
776 km or 482 mi	Zahedan	$831
818 km or 508 mi	Salalah	$806
827 km or 514 mi	Yasuj	$489
866 km or 538 mi	Yazd	$577

Cities near Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$429
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$660
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$596
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$658
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$671
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$666
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$663
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$667
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$468
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$527
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$473
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$469
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$532
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$664
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$461
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$519
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$419
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$530
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$653
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$672
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$567
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$645
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$614
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$435
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$452
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$710
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$681
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$467
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$673
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$661
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$450
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$654
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$639
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$838