Dili vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dili	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$520	$1419
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1233	$3073
🏠 One person rent	$227	$859
🏘️ Family rent	$377	$1432
🍽️ Food expenses	$213	$332
🚐 Transport expenses	$27.4	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$139	$2246
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	12	66
😀 Quality of life	30	88
🏙️ Population	222K	1.25M

The cost of living in Dili is 63% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 8528th and 4204th ($520 vs $1419) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in East Timor and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check East Timor vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Dili compared to 1.6 months in Sharjah. Dili ranked 1st best city to live in East Timor vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 8795th and 312th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Dili	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.43	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.7	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.85	$8.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$9.56
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.55	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$674
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$148	$578
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$395	$1188
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$265	$1064
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.5	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.6	$234
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.7	$108
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.43%	4.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1475	$10301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$926	$8167
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.37	$1.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.1	$66.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.45	$9.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.63	$2.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.03	$9.51
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.14	$2.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.79	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.45	$1.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.87	$6.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.54	$6.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.83	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.51	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$2.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.2	$68.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.35	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.2	$46.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$4.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$28.2	$49.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.4	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$95.3	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3267	$6883

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Cities near Dili

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ainaro	$513
62 km or 38 mi	Maliana	$512
97 km or 60 mi	Baucau	$513
282 km or 176 mi	Kupang	$531
473 km or 294 mi	Baubau	$499
607 km or 377 mi	Kendari	$507
611 km or 380 mi	Ambon	$502
719 km or 447 mi	Darwin	$1647
754 km or 469 mi	Bima	$588
779 km or 484 mi	Makassar	$523
829 km or 515 mi	Parepare	$502
857 km or 533 mi	Palopo	$519
1040 km or 646 mi	Mataram	$402
1049 km or 652 mi	Gorontalo	$445
1058 km or 657 mi	Ternate	$447
1061 km or 660 mi	Palu	$549
1061 km or 660 mi	Sorong	$500
1113 km or 692 mi	Bitung	$447
1121 km or 696 mi	Manado	$445
1134 km or 705 mi	Ubud	$834
1139 km or 708 mi	Denpasar	$489
1163 km or 722 mi	Bali	$1134
1265 km or 786 mi	Balikpapan	$598
1273 km or 791 mi	Manokwari	$496
1293 km or 804 mi	Samarinda	$568
1317 km or 818 mi	Bontang	$547
1324 km or 823 mi	Banjarbaru	$449
1347 km or 837 mi	Banjarmasin	$459
1363 km or 847 mi	Probolinggo	$470
1398 km or 869 mi	Pasuruan	$457
1421 km or 883 mi	Surabaya	$551
1427 km or 887 mi	Malang	$384
1438 km or 894 mi	Batu	$409
1452 km or 902 mi	Mojokerto	$413
1470 km or 913 mi	Palangka Raya	$470
1478 km or 918 mi	Blitar	$440
1495 km or 929 mi	Kediri	$447
1550 km or 963 mi	Madiun	$456
1586 km or 985 mi	Tarakan	$524
1628 km or 1012 mi	Surakarta	$409

Cities near Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2521
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2514
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1228
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1449
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$1078
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$792
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1081
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1849
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1770
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$530
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$529
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$568
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$534
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1237
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1201
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1230
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$557
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$573
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$908
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1008
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$553
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$530
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$873
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$624
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$761
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$477
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$930
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$503
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$453
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$463
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$808
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$545
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$483