Beirut vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Beirut	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1441	$1543
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3510	$3341
🏠 One person rent	$641	$990
🏘️ Family rent	$1099	$1686
🍽️ Food expenses	$430	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$225	$98.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$260	$2274
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	74	66
😀 Quality of life	63	86
🏙️ Population	2.42M	1.25M

The cost of living in Beirut is 7% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 4177th and 3851st ($1441 vs $1543) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th 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 0.2 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 5483rd and 367th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Beirut	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.8	$5.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$32.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.96	$8.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.48	$9.6
☕ Cappuccino	$4.49	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.21	$0.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$758	$672
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$406	$772
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1356	$1207
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$1417
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$138
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$210
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.2	$100
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.06%	4.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3695	$8219
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1988	$5942
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.97	$2.03
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77.1	$47
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23	$8.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$1.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.86	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$2.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$6.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.09
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.88	$2.67
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.93	$8.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.97	$6.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.82	$6.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.88	$4.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.8	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$76.3	$57
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$75.9	$47.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.7	$5.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$66.9	$62.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$138	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$487	$281
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8983	$8199

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Cities near Beirut

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Jounieh	$1204
37 km or 23 mi	Zahle	$1093
38 km or 23 mi	Sidon	$927
68 km or 42 mi	Tripoli	$841
75 km or 46 mi	Tyre	$700
76 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$2164
83 km or 52 mi	Damascus	$706
99 km or 62 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$2153
102 km or 64 mi	Safed	$2195
106 km or 66 mi	Nahariya	$2069
112 km or 69 mi	Karmiel	$2008
114 km or 71 mi	Acre	$1873
115 km or 72 mi	Sakhnin	$2112
116 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$2150
119 km or 74 mi	Tamra	$2142
122 km or 76 mi	Tiberias	$2044
123 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$2113
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$2089
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Yam	$2095
124 km or 77 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$2122
127 km or 79 mi	Kiryat Ata	$2047
130 km or 81 mi	Haifa	$1891
131 km or 82 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2172
132 km or 82 mi	Nesher	$2043
133 km or 83 mi	Nazareth	$2125
137 km or 85 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2165
142 km or 88 mi	Yokneam Illit	$2184
144 km or 89 mi	Afula	$2133
145 km or 90 mi	Homs	$390
151 km or 94 mi	Irbid	$771
155 km or 97 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$2230
156 km or 97 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2245
165 km or 103 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$2129
169 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2214
169 km or 105 mi	Hadera	$1918
179 km or 111 mi	Hama	$441
183 km or 114 mi	Jerash	$745
183 km or 114 mi	Netanya	$2175
184 km or 114 mi	Latakia	$446
186 km or 116 mi	Tayibe	$2347

Cities near Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2356
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2470
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1173
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1455
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$1082
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$797
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1193
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$2100
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$2015
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$494
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$497
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$526
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$521
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1340
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1062
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1218
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$514
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$530
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$965
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1059
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$505
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$485
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$558
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$778
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$559
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$700
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$457
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$917
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$471
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$454
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$459
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$717
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$517
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$469