Budapest vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Budapest	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1109	$1494
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2730	$3243
🏠 One person rent	$553	$958
🏘️ Family rent	$965	$1655
🍽️ Food expenses	$342	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1229	$2174
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	92	65
😀 Quality of life	79	83
🏙️ Population	1.69M	1.25M

The cost of living in Budapest is 26% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 4777th and 3460th ($1109 vs $1494) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Hungary and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Hungary vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Budapest compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 618th and 412th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Sharjah

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	Budapest	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.45	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.53	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.55	$9.45
☕ Cappuccino	$2.77	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.48	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$574	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$426	$704
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1044	$1595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$769	$1285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.4	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.1	$103
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.95%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4106	$6652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2694	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.18	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.7	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.7	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.62	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.78	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.66	$6.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$8.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.79	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.93	$6.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.38	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.15	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.73	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51	$59.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.6	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.5	$45.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$4.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.3	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.8	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$374	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11151	$7169

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Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$901
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$790
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$939
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$843
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$924
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$827
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$794
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$762
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$684
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$855
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1045
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$781
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$823
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$987
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$666
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$786
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$922
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$784
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$784
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1039
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1237
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$802
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$747
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1080
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$892
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1181
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$676
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$692
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$935
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$681
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$750
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1275
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$768
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$766
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$848
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1118
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1039

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