Barcelona vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barcelona	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$1494
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4103	$3243
🏠 One person rent	$1100	$958
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$1655
🍽️ Food expenses	$452	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2025	$2174
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	98	65
😀 Quality of life	87	83
🏙️ Population	1.7M	1.25M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 23% more expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 2276th and 3460th ($1841 vs $1494) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 7th in Spain and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Spain vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Barcelona compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 270th and 412th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Sharjah

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	Barcelona	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$9.45
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1176	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$704
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$1595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1446	$1285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$103
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5914	$6652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4127	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$6.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$8.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$6.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$59.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$45.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$4.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$635	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13290	$7169

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Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1567
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$1747
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1434
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1389
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1454
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1393
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1431
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1361
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1415
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1428
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1269
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1089
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1076
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1237
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1217
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1539
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1338
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1235
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1601
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1592
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1197
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1275
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$1696
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1435
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1093
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1071
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1233
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1470
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1100
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1391
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1131
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1150
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1499
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1101
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1369
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1220
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2528
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1472
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1296
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1522

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