Ahmedabad vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ahmedabad	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$452	$1494
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1122	$3243
🏠 One person rent	$166	$958
🏘️ Family rent	$318	$1655
🍽️ Food expenses	$181	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.1	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$467	$2174
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	57	65
😀 Quality of life	54	83
🏙️ Population	7.65M	1.25M

The cost of living in Ahmedabad is 70% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 8848th and 3460th ($452 vs $1494) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 15th and 7th in India and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check India vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Ahmedabad compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Ahmedabad ranked 19th best city to live in India vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 5984th and 412th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ahmedabad vs Sharjah

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	Ahmedabad	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.45	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.2	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.02	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.46	$9.45
☕ Cappuccino	$2.14	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$148	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$117	$704
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$355	$1595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$232	$1285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.8	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.12	$103
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.86%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$885	$6652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$687	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.29	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.5	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.09	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.38	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$6.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.09	$8.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.03	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.87	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.98	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.18	$6.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.13	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.87	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.29	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.04	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$59.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.48	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24	$45.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.32	$4.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.5	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.3	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$60.6	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1659	$7169

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Cities near Ahmedabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 15 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
47 km or 29 mi	Nadiad	$382
66 km or 41 mi	Mehsana	$389
103 km or 64 mi	Vadodara	$376
110 km or 68 mi	Godhra	$371
148 km or 92 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
200 km or 124 mi	Rajkot	$311
206 km or 128 mi	Udaipur	$310
208 km or 130 mi	Surat	$771
234 km or 145 mi	Navsari	$286
256 km or 159 mi	Ratlam	$311
299 km or 186 mi	Bhuj	$288
314 km or 195 mi	Pali	$324
327 km or 203 mi	Ujjain	$298
332 km or 206 mi	Bhilwara	$340
336 km or 209 mi	Indore	$367
343 km or 213 mi	Malegaon	$378
343 km or 213 mi	Porbandar	$333
359 km or 223 mi	Nashik	$333
381 km or 237 mi	Jalgaon	$348
385 km or 239 mi	Jodhpur	$366
397 km or 246 mi	Vasai	$284
407 km or 253 mi	Kota	$339
418 km or 260 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
424 km or 264 mi	Kalyan	$381
430 km or 267 mi	Thane	$501
435 km or 270 mi	Ajmer	$279
447 km or 278 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
451 km or 280 mi	Aurangabad	$350
453 km or 281 mi	Mumbai	$716
456 km or 283 mi	Mirpur Khas	$394
495 km or 308 mi	Bhopal	$363
501 km or 311 mi	Hyderabad	$334
519 km or 322 mi	Pune	$513
523 km or 325 mi	Akola	$295
537 km or 333 mi	Vidisha	$331
544 km or 338 mi	Jaipur	$376
553 km or 343 mi	Nawabshah	$325
560 km or 348 mi	Bikaner	$297
571 km or 355 mi	Sikar	$350

Cities near Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2240
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2379
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1239
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1844
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$967
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$780
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1090
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1779
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1709
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$547
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$548
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$518
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$514
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1280
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1223
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1243
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$515
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$585
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$1068
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1056
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$589
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$563
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$897
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$605
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$464
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$546
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$901
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$557
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$551
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$529
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$829
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$573
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$536