Athens vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Athens	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1272	$1494
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3097	$3243
🏠 One person rent	$616	$958
🏘️ Family rent	$1082	$1655
🍽️ Food expenses	$450	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1094	$2174
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	90	65
😀 Quality of life	78	83
🏙️ Population	643K	1.25M

The cost of living in Athens is 15% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 4281st and 3460th ($1272 vs $1494) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 7th in Greece and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Greece vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Athens compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 656th and 412th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Sharjah

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	Athens	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.4	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.4	$9.45
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$583	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$455	$704
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1040	$1595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$850	$1285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.3	$103
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.85%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3265	$6652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3075	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.7	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$6.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$8.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.01	$6.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$59.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.39	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49	$45.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$4.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$456	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9915	$7169

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Cities near Athens

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Kallithea	$1159
4 km or 2.5 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1150
5 km or 3.1 mi	Peristeri	$1082
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1258
6.5 km or 4 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1131
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Nea Ionia	$1142
7.3 km or 4.5 mi	Piraeus	$1045
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Nikaia	$1054
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Argyroupoli	$1284
12 km or 7.2 mi	Glyfada	$1437
15 km or 9 mi	Kifissia	$1265
15 km or 9.1 mi	Voula	$1296
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aspropyrgos	$957
16 km or 10 mi	Eleusis	$1022
20 km or 12 mi	Salamina	$967
55 km or 34 mi	Chalcis	$980
69 km or 43 mi	Corinth	$955
129 km or 80 mi	Tripoli	$990
151 km or 94 mi	Lamia	$836
154 km or 96 mi	Mykonos	$1838
168 km or 104 mi	Volos	$981
176 km or 109 mi	Patras	$1011
178 km or 111 mi	Kalamata	$1033
214 km or 133 mi	Agrinio	$900
216 km or 134 mi	Chios	$1099
216 km or 134 mi	Larissa	$1030
219 km or 136 mi	Karditsa	$1012
231 km or 143 mi	Santorini	$1659
243 km or 151 mi	Trikala	$1015
275 km or 171 mi	Mytilene	$934
275 km or 171 mi	Katerini	$973
275 km or 171 mi	Chania	$1131
298 km or 185 mi	Rethymno	$1052
302 km or 188 mi	Thessaloniki	$1106
303 km or 188 mi	Izmir	$909
307 km or 191 mi	Kozani	$943
311 km or 193 mi	Ioannina	$930
311 km or 193 mi	Kusadasi	$764
311 km or 193 mi	Veria	$1027
315 km or 196 mi	Crete	$1150

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