Al Ain vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Al Ain	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1050	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2765	$2731
🏠 One person rent	$560	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$1195	$1215
🍽️ Food expenses	$317	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.7	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3674	$1262
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	37	96
😀 Quality of life	79	74
🏙️ Population	767K	13M

The cost of living in Al Ain is 2% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 5284th and 5091st ($1050 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and Russia, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 3.5 months in Al Ain compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 600th and 1280th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Al Ain	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.11	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.8	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.98	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.15	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$440	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$460	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$820	$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1125	$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.9	$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.1	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.73%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2023	$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1222	$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.1	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.68	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.09	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.18	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.07	$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.01	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.29	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.18	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.44	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.14	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$81	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.1	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.02	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.7	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.8	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$665	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6250	$11652

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541