Adelaide vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$1473
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$3212
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$912
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$1543
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$338
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$106
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$2465
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	50	66
😀 Quality of life	93	87
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.25M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 59% more expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 1210th and 4144th ($2338 vs $1473) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 5th in Australia and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Australia vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 1.7 months in Sharjah. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 73rd and 352nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Sharjah

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	Adelaide	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$32.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$9.48
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$3.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$668
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$1201
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$1225
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$104
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	4.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$8753
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$6966
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$1.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$55.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$8.57
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.21
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$2.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$7.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$2.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$7.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$2.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$6.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$6.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$4.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$60.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$47.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$5.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$56.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$292
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$7922

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2128
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1904
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1487
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1604
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1906
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1928
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2217
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1822
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1815
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2496
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1829
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1894
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1824
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1860
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1896
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1979
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2223
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1898
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1867
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1477
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1821
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1699
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1753
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1710
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2050
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2482
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2308
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2379
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1997
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1288
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796

Cities near Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2183
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2420
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1148
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1373
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1214
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1457
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$1080
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$796
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1135
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$2014
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1923
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$545
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$541
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$575
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$545
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1309
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1109
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1192
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$563
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$575
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$931
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1037
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$565
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$547
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$613
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$823
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$627
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$761
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$489
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$928
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$465
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$487
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$813
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$565
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$492