Ankara vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ankara	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$959	$1494
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2366	$3243
🏠 One person rent	$487	$958
🏘️ Family rent	$833	$1655
🍽️ Food expenses	$296	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$74.7	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$719	$2174
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	96	65
😀 Quality of life	72	83
🏙️ Population	5.8M	1.25M

The cost of living in Ankara is 36% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 5741st and 3460th ($959 vs $1494) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 7th in Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Turkey vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Ankara compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Ankara ranked 2nd best city to live in Turkey vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 1858th and 412th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ankara vs Sharjah

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	Ankara	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.62	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.9	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.25	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.6	$9.45
☕ Cappuccino	$3.11	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.3	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$588	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$704
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1022	$1595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$690	$1285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.1	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.5	$103
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	45.39%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1577	$6652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1106	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.58	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.16	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.87	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$6.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.9	$8.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.59	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.69	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$6.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.28	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.49	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.8	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.5	$59.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.86	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.3	$45.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.98	$4.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$467	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11471	$7169

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Cities near Ankara

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Kirikkale	$655
71 km or 44 mi	Polatli	$691
99 km or 61 mi	Cankiri	$650
139 km or 86 mi	Bolu	$616
142 km or 88 mi	Kirsehir	$663
142 km or 88 mi	Karabuk	$627
168 km or 104 mi	Yozgat	$723
176 km or 109 mi	Duzce	$535
180 km or 112 mi	Kastamonu	$492
191 km or 118 mi	Karadeniz Eregli	$626
191 km or 119 mi	Corum	$593
194 km or 121 mi	Bartin	$710
200 km or 124 mi	Eskisehir	$691
201 km or 125 mi	Aksaray	$406
216 km or 134 mi	Nevsehir	$698
228 km or 142 mi	Sakarya	$547
228 km or 142 mi	Adapazari	$455
231 km or 144 mi	Konya	$697
238 km or 148 mi	Afyonkarahisar	$464
246 km or 153 mi	Bilecik	$755
252 km or 156 mi	Kutahya	$568
255 km or 158 mi	Kartepe	$872
263 km or 163 mi	Kayseri	$672
263 km or 164 mi	Izmit	$1113
265 km or 165 mi	Amasya	$578
269 km or 167 mi	Golcuk	$835
270 km or 168 mi	Nigde	$699
272 km or 169 mi	Talas	$645
272 km or 169 mi	Bor	$664
272 km or 169 mi	Kocaeli	$718
278 km or 172 mi	Korfez	$782
285 km or 177 mi	Inegol	$708
289 km or 180 mi	Eregli	$618
303 km or 188 mi	Sinop	$653
305 km or 190 mi	Gebze	$573
307 km or 191 mi	Karaman	$490
311 km or 193 mi	Cayirova	$599
312 km or 194 mi	Isparta	$474
318 km or 197 mi	Tokat	$587
323 km or 201 mi	Bursa	$743

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