Edmonton vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edmonton	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1769	$1494
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4094	$3243
🏠 One person rent	$948	$958
🏘️ Family rent	$1630	$1655
🍽️ Food expenses	$540	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2961	$2174
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	63	65
😀 Quality of life	89	83
🏙️ Population	1.01M	1.25M

The cost of living in Edmonton is 18% more expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 2475th and 3460th ($1769 vs $1494) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 84th and 7th in Canada and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Canada vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Edmonton compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Edmonton ranked 12th best city to live in Canada vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 181st and 412th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edmonton vs Sharjah

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	Edmonton	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.1	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.07	$9.45
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.91	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$711	$704
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1601	$1595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1315	$1285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$201	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.2	$103
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.25%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2901	$6652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2327	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.47	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$70.2	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.6	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.34	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$6.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$8.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.73	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$6.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.31	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.1	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.3	$59.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.6	$45.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$4.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.5	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$689	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7826	$7169

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Cities near Edmonton

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 16 mi	Spruce Grove	$1588
31 km or 19 mi	Leduc	$1656
142 km or 88 mi	Red Deer	$1676
279 km or 173 mi	Calgary	$2077
297 km or 185 mi	Banff	$1743
380 km or 236 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871
388 km or 241 mi	Grande Prairie	$1778
429 km or 267 mi	Lethbridge	$1614
435 km or 270 mi	Medicine Hat	$1487
483 km or 300 mi	Saskatoon	$1786
515 km or 320 mi	Prince Albert	$1446
565 km or 351 mi	Kamloops	$1770
576 km or 358 mi	Kelowna	$1886
610 km or 379 mi	Prince George	$1491
616 km or 383 mi	Penticton	$1638
622 km or 387 mi	Sandpoint	$2568
646 km or 402 mi	Moose Jaw	$1360
688 km or 428 mi	Great Falls	$2007
689 km or 428 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2299
691 km or 430 mi	Post Falls	$2284
698 km or 434 mi	Regina	$1540
703 km or 437 mi	Spokane Valley	$2174
711 km or 442 mi	Spokane	$2163
743 km or 461 mi	Missoula	$2054
752 km or 467 mi	Whistler	$2023
762 km or 473 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
779 km or 484 mi	Helena	$2327
789 km or 491 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
792 km or 492 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
796 km or 495 mi	Moscow	$1792
798 km or 496 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
800 km or 497 mi	Pullman	$1612
804 km or 499 mi	Langley	$2021
809 km or 502 mi	Surrey	$2280
809 km or 503 mi	Burnaby	$2495
811 km or 504 mi	North Vancouver	$2388
818 km or 508 mi	Vancouver	$2488
820 km or 510 mi	Bellingham	$2466
821 km or 510 mi	Delta	$2317
822 km or 511 mi	Moses Lake	$2009

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