Charlotte vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Charlotte	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2528	$1494
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5839	$3243
🏠 One person rent	$1559	$958
🏘️ Family rent	$2624	$1655
🍽️ Food expenses	$636	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4485	$2174
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	68	65
😀 Quality of life	88	83
🏙️ Population	875K	1.25M

The cost of living in Charlotte is 69% more expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 761st and 3460th ($2528 vs $1494) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 705th and 7th in the United States and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check the United States vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Charlotte compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Charlotte ranked 62nd best city to live in the United States vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 252nd and 412th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Charlotte vs Sharjah

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	Charlotte	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.6	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.6	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.95	$9.45
☕ Cappuccino	$5.06	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.56	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1601	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1337	$704
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3268	$1595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2181	$1285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.8	$103
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4188	$6652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2832	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.61	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.9	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.8	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$6.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$8.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.74	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.9	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.65	$6.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.14	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.26	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.9	$59.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$124	$45.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.8	$4.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$54	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.3	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1337	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25956	$7169

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Cities near Charlotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Matthews	$2271
17 km or 11 mi	Mint Hill	$2269
20 km or 13 mi	Huntersville	$2188
23 km or 14 mi	Indian Trail	$2225
28 km or 18 mi	Cornelius	$2166
30 km or 18 mi	Concord	$2147
31 km or 19 mi	Gastonia	$1891
36 km or 22 mi	Kannapolis	$2136
36 km or 22 mi	Rock Hill	$2177
38 km or 23 mi	Monroe	$2182
40 km or 25 mi	Mooresville	$2072
57 km or 35 mi	Lancaster	$2170
59 km or 37 mi	Salisbury	$2117
62 km or 39 mi	Statesville	$2090
63 km or 39 mi	Shelby	$1474
72 km or 45 mi	Hickory	$1851
94 km or 58 mi	Forest	$1951
101 km or 63 mi	Thomasville	$2058
104 km or 64 mi	Rockingham	$2136
104 km or 65 mi	Spartanburg	$1925
108 km or 67 mi	Asheboro	$2091
111 km or 69 mi	Winston-Salem	$2098
113 km or 70 mi	High Point	$1934
120 km or 75 mi	Kernersville	$2169
130 km or 81 mi	Greer	$2292
132 km or 82 mi	Greensboro	$2011
138 km or 86 mi	Columbia	$1809
142 km or 88 mi	Mauldin	$2404
143 km or 89 mi	Lexington	$1929
147 km or 91 mi	Greenville	$2530
152 km or 94 mi	Florence	$1907
152 km or 95 mi	Sumter	$1902
154 km or 96 mi	Sanford	$2184
159 km or 99 mi	Burlington	$2144
160 km or 99 mi	Asheville	$2697
166 km or 103 mi	Greenwood	$2106
176 km or 109 mi	Fayetteville	$2100
179 km or 111 mi	Chapel Hill	$2309
180 km or 112 mi	Lumberton	$2100
184 km or 114 mi	Anderson	$1888

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