Cairo vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cairo	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$1494
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$3243
🏠 One person rent	$154	$958
🏘️ Family rent	$315	$1655
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$165	$2174
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	83	65
😀 Quality of life	58	83
🏙️ Population	9.61M	1.25M

The cost of living in Cairo is 72% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 8923rd and 3460th ($417 vs $1494) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 7th in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Egypt vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 5545th and 412th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Sharjah

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	Cairo	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.9	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$9.45
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$704
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$1595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$1285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.1	$103
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.49%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$690	$6652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$453	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.17	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$6.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$8.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.33	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$6.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$59.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$45.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.86	$4.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.2	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1985	$7169

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Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$318
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$365
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$335
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$300
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$305
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$307
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$288
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$325
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$269
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$319
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$301
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$295
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$272
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$268
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$289
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$298
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$276
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$316
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$339
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$290
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$640
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1684
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1742
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1732
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$381
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1577
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1511
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1471
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1686
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$809
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1837
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1716
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$336
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$1884
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$360
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$813
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1811

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