Fort Worth vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Fort Worth	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2289	$1494
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5688	$3243
🏠 One person rent	$1368	$958
🏘️ Family rent	$2517	$1655
🍽️ Food expenses	$621	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4336	$2174
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	82	65
😀 Quality of life	88	83
🏙️ Population	919K	1.25M

The cost of living in Fort Worth is 53% more expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 1178th and 3460th ($2289 vs $1494) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1073rd 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 1.9 months in Fort Worth compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Fort Worth ranked 47th best city to live in the United States vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 210th and 412th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Fort Worth	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.3	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.99	$9.45
☕ Cappuccino	$5.87	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.47	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1480	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1079	$704
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2669	$1595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2125	$1285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$213	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70	$103
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.68%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2229	$6652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2097	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.24	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.5	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.42	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.15	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$6.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.4	$8.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.22	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.6	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.02	$6.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.84	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.36	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.3	$59.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$98.9	$45.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$4.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.1	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.6	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1782	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23220	$7169

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Cities near Fort Worth

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Haltom	$2143
12 km or 7.5 mi	Saginaw	$2148
14 km or 8.8 mi	Benbrook	$2165
15 km or 9.3 mi	Watauga	$2126
15 km or 9.5 mi	North Richland Hills	$2119
17 km or 10 mi	Hurst	$2093
21 km or 13 mi	Arlington	$1883
21 km or 13 mi	Bedford	$2086
21 km or 13 mi	Keller	$2079
22 km or 14 mi	Colleyville	$2105
25 km or 15 mi	Burleson	$2159
25 km or 15 mi	Euless	$2081
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2089
28 km or 17 mi	Mansfield	$2305
30 km or 19 mi	Grand Prairie	$2065
30 km or 19 mi	Grapevine	$2012
36 km or 23 mi	Irving	$1808
37 km or 23 mi	Coppell	$2095
39 km or 24 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
41 km or 25 mi	Cedar Hill	$2163
41 km or 26 mi	Duncanville	$2149
42 km or 26 mi	Weatherford	$2111
44 km or 27 mi	Lewisville	$2025
45 km or 28 mi	Midlothian	$2224
45 km or 28 mi	Cleburne	$2155
47 km or 29 mi	Farmers Branch	$2169
48 km or 30 mi	DeSoto	$2164
49 km or 30 mi	Carrollton	$2184
49 km or 30 mi	Dallas	$2471
49 km or 31 mi	Corinth	$2219
52 km or 32 mi	University Park	$2214
54 km or 34 mi	Denton	$2014
55 km or 34 mi	Lancaster	$2176
56 km or 35 mi	The Colony	$2258
58 km or 36 mi	Little Elm	$2246
60 km or 38 mi	Waxahachie	$2190
62 km or 39 mi	Richardson	$2242
63 km or 39 mi	Plano	$2538
65 km or 40 mi	Frisco	$2395
67 km or 42 mi	Balch Springs	$2158

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