Chicago vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chicago	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2678	$1494
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6655	$3243
🏠 One person rent	$1596	$958
🏘️ Family rent	$2946	$1655
🍽️ Food expenses	$700	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$200	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4876	$2174
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	100	65
😀 Quality of life	95	83
🏙️ Population	2.75M	1.25M

The cost of living in Chicago is 79% more expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 529th and 3460th ($2678 vs $1494) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 483rd 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 Chicago compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Chicago ranked 3rd best city to live in the United States vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 23rd and 412th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chicago vs Sharjah

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	Chicago	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.9	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90.6	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$9.45
☕ Cappuccino	$5.4	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.95	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1841	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1327	$704
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3729	$1595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2474	$1285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.1	$103
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.68%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3391	$6652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2689	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.48	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.1	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.68	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$6.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.3	$8.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.85	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.04	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$15	$6.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.02	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.63	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.76	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63	$59.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$127	$45.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$29.8	$4.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$59	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.4	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2114	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24502	$7169

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Cities near Chicago

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Cicero	$2425
14 km or 8.8 mi	Berwyn	$2421
14 km or 8.9 mi	Oak Park	$2510
16 km or 10 mi	Elmwood Park	$2426
18 km or 11 mi	Maywood	$2444
18 km or 11 mi	Evanston	$2194
19 km or 12 mi	Skokie	$2256
19 km or 12 mi	Burbank	$2401
20 km or 12 mi	Melrose Park	$2418
21 km or 13 mi	Oak Lawn	$2384
22 km or 14 mi	Morton Grove	$2314
22 km or 14 mi	Niles	$2334
23 km or 14 mi	Park Ridge	$2389
23 km or 14 mi	Wilmette	$2264
25 km or 16 mi	Blue Island	$2377
26 km or 16 mi	Elmhurst	$2392
27 km or 17 mi	Glenview	$2363
28 km or 17 mi	Des Plaines	$2509
28 km or 18 mi	Dolton	$2359
29 km or 18 mi	Villa Park	$2393
30 km or 19 mi	Harvey	$2360
30 km or 19 mi	East Chicago	$1938
30 km or 19 mi	Westmont	$2362
31 km or 19 mi	Calumet	$2363
31 km or 20 mi	South Holland	$2344
32 km or 20 mi	Lombard	$2396
32 km or 20 mi	Hammond	$1948
32 km or 20 mi	Oak Forest	$2350
33 km or 20 mi	Northbrook	$2378
33 km or 20 mi	Mount Prospect	$2446
33 km or 20 mi	Darien	$2369
33 km or 21 mi	Elk Grove Village	$2506
34 km or 21 mi	Downers Grove	$2342
35 km or 22 mi	Orland Park	$2367
36 km or 22 mi	Lansing	$2342
36 km or 22 mi	Glen Ellyn	$2227
37 km or 23 mi	Highland Park	$2345
37 km or 23 mi	Munster	$1954
37 km or 23 mi	Tinley Park	$2351
37 km or 23 mi	Wheeling	$2371

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