Al Ain vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Al Ain	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1844	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5338	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$1325	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$3717	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3607	$2695
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	38	98
😀 Quality of life	75	93
🏙️ Population	767K	1.97M

The cost of living in Al Ain is 0% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 2271st and 2270th ($1844 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and Austria, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Al Ain compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 1000th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Al Ain vs Vienna

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	Al Ain	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.12	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.64	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.46	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$5.02	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$668	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4401	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3318	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.3	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.1	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.33%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2055	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1218	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.44	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.86	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.16	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.1	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.1	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.6	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.4	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.2	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$640	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3802	$18199

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1582
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1719
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1627
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1586
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1275
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1559
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$919
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1553
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$943
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1087
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1098
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1181
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$701
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$784
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1329
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1335
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1120
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1381
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1039
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1263
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1045
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1107
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$974
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1118
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1594
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1474
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1169
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1075
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1593
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1555
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1549
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$983
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$987