Dublin vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dublin	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2992	$1473
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6629	$3212
🏠 One person rent	$1987	$912
🏘️ Family rent	$3461	$1543
🍽️ Food expenses	$663	$338
🚐 Transport expenses	$163	$106
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4313	$2465
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	96	66
😀 Quality of life	95	87
🏙️ Population	593K	1.25M

The cost of living in Dublin is 103% more expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 223rd and 4144th ($2992 vs $1473) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Ireland and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Ireland vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Dublin compared to 1.7 months in Sharjah. Dublin ranked 1st best city to live in Ireland vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 36th and 352nd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/dublin/sharjah.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Dublin vs Sharjah infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/dublin/sharjah" target="_blank">Dublin vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Dublin vs Sharjah

Prices for goods and services in Dublin and Sharjah are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Dublin	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.5	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$96.7	$32.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.8	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.58	$9.48
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$3.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2108	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1693	$668
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3809	$1201
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2999	$1225
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$249	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.7	$104
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.78%	4.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8392	$8753
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6209	$6966
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.36	$1.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$102	$55.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.1	$8.57
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.08	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.73	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.31	$1.21
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.03	$2.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$7.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$2.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.84	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$7.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.04	$2.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21	$6.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$6.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8	$4.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.75	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.85	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$60.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$81.5	$47.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.4	$5.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$119	$56.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$128	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1316	$292
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10947	$7922

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Dublin

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Swords	$2472
30 km or 19 mi	Naas	$2515
42 km or 26 mi	Drogheda	$2627
75 km or 46 mi	Dundalk	$2179
102 km or 63 mi	Kilkenny	$2055
113 km or 70 mi	Wexford	$2074
131 km or 82 mi	Lisburn	$1945
134 km or 83 mi	Waterford	$2423
141 km or 88 mi	Belfast	$1954
148 km or 92 mi	Douglas	$2265
148 km or 92 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892
152 km or 94 mi	Bangor	$1496
154 km or 96 mi	Omagh	$1769
175 km or 109 mi	Limerick	$2236
185 km or 115 mi	Galway	$2978
185 km or 115 mi	Rhyl	$1764
196 km or 122 mi	Derry	$1620
212 km or 132 mi	Wallasey	$1718
213 km or 132 mi	Formby	$1873
215 km or 133 mi	Crosby	$1862
216 km or 134 mi	Birkenhead	$1895
217 km or 135 mi	Bebington	$1888
217 km or 135 mi	Liverpool	$1998
217 km or 135 mi	Bootle	$1893
218 km or 136 mi	Southport	$1861
219 km or 136 mi	Blackpool	$1677
219 km or 136 mi	Cork	$2524
220 km or 137 mi	Wrexham	$1784
221 km or 137 mi	Lytham St Annes	$1804
221 km or 137 mi	Whitehaven	$1771
224 km or 139 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1951
225 km or 140 mi	Chester	$2047
234 km or 145 mi	Llanelli	$1815
234 km or 145 mi	St Helens	$1686
235 km or 146 mi	Widnes	$1907
236 km or 147 mi	Runcorn	$1928
239 km or 148 mi	Morecambe	$1873
240 km or 149 mi	Preston	$1754
241 km or 150 mi	Lancaster	$1819
242 km or 150 mi	Wigan	$1718

Cities near Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2183
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2420
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1148
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1373
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1214
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1457
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$1080
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$796
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1135
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$2014
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1923
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$545
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$541
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$575
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$545
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1309
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1109
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1192
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$563
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$575
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$931
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1037
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$565
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$547
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$613
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$823
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$627
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$761
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$489
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$928
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$465
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$487
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$813
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$565
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$492