Adelaide vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$1543
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$3341
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$990
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$1686
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$98.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$2274
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	50	66
😀 Quality of life	92	86
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.25M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 53% more expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 1178th and 3851st ($2355 vs $1543) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th 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 1.5 months in Sharjah. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 75th and 367th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Adelaide	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$5.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$32.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$8.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$9.6
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$0.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$672
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$772
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$1207
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$1417
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$138
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$210
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$100
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	4.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$8219
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$5942
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$2.03
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$47
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$8.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$2.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$6.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$1.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$1.09
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$2.67
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$8.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$6.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$6.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$4.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$57
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$47.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$5.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$62.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$281
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$8199

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2133
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1905
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1493
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1606
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1896
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1933
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2179
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1813
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1816
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2543
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1834
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1913
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1825
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1915
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1936
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$2000
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2258
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1868
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1855
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1460
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1795
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1701
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1728
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1709
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2040
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2481
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2364
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2354
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1995
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1273
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786

Cities near Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2356
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2470
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1173
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1455
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$1082
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$797
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1193
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$2100
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$2015
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$494
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$497
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$526
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$521
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1340
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1062
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1218
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$514
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$530
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$965
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1059
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$505
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$485
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$558
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$778
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$559
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$700
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$457
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$917
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$471
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$454
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$459
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$717
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$517
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$469