Beirut vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Beirut	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1255	$1494
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3214	$3243
🏠 One person rent	$605	$958
🏘️ Family rent	$1314	$1655
🍽️ Food expenses	$342	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$542	$2174
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	75	65
😀 Quality of life	63	83
🏙️ Population	2.42M	1.25M

The cost of living in Beirut is 16% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 4326th and 3460th ($1255 vs $1494) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Lebanon vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Beirut compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 4772nd and 412th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs Sharjah

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	Beirut	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.3	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.83	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.02	$9.45
☕ Cappuccino	$2.9	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.58	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$732	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$355	$704
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1783	$1595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$887	$1285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.6	$103
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.48%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3136	$6652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1549	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.6	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.5	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.1	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.82	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$6.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$8.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.41	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.01	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.02	$6.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.87	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.8	$59.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.01	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$45.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.08	$4.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.9	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$294	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4459	$7169

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Cities near Beirut

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Jounieh	$1020
37 km or 23 mi	Zahle	$912
38 km or 23 mi	Sidon	$798
68 km or 42 mi	Tripoli	$776
75 km or 46 mi	Tyre	$573
76 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1709
83 km or 52 mi	Damascus	$638
99 km or 62 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1647
102 km or 64 mi	Safed	$1681
106 km or 66 mi	Nahariya	$1616
112 km or 69 mi	Karmiel	$1531
114 km or 71 mi	Acre	$1502
115 km or 72 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
116 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1633
119 km or 74 mi	Tamra	$1655
122 km or 76 mi	Tiberias	$1600
123 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1666
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1657
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1666
124 km or 77 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1677
127 km or 79 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1647
130 km or 81 mi	Haifa	$1645
131 km or 82 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1709
132 km or 82 mi	Nesher	$1593
133 km or 83 mi	Nazareth	$1732
137 km or 85 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1742
142 km or 88 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1778
144 km or 89 mi	Afula	$1652
145 km or 90 mi	Homs	$456
151 km or 94 mi	Irbid	$679
155 km or 97 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1731
156 km or 97 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1756
165 km or 103 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1728
169 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
169 km or 105 mi	Hadera	$1576
179 km or 111 mi	Hama	$417
183 km or 114 mi	Jerash	$608
183 km or 114 mi	Netanya	$2138
184 km or 114 mi	Latakia	$386
186 km or 116 mi	Tayibe	$1902

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