Fort Worth vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Fort Worth	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2219	$1473
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5426	$3212
🏠 One person rent	$1306	$912
🏘️ Family rent	$2248	$1543
🍽️ Food expenses	$622	$338
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$106
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4183	$2465
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	81	66
😀 Quality of life	91	87
🏙️ Population	919K	1.25M

The cost of living in Fort Worth is 51% more expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 1451st and 4144th ($2219 vs $1473) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1204th and 5th 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 1.7 months in Sharjah. Fort Worth ranked 40th best city to live in the United States vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 163rd and 352nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fort Worth vs Sharjah

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	Fort Worth	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.1	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.2	$32.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.51	$9.48
☕ Cappuccino	$6.48	$3.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.8	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1389	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1024	$668
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2352	$1201
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1874	$1225
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$78.3	$104
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.35%	4.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2560	$8753
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1869	$6966
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$1.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$55.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$8.57
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.91	$1.21
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.21	$2.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$7.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.81	$2.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.7	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.9	$7.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.87	$2.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.95	$6.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.24	$6.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.9	$4.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.29	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.4	$60.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$97.7	$47.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$5.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.1	$56.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$122	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1828	$292
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25647	$7922

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Cities near Fort Worth

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Haltom	$2145
12 km or 7.5 mi	Saginaw	$2152
14 km or 8.8 mi	Benbrook	$2155
15 km or 9.3 mi	Watauga	$2128
15 km or 9.5 mi	North Richland Hills	$2141
17 km or 10 mi	Hurst	$2127
21 km or 13 mi	Arlington	$1907
21 km or 13 mi	Bedford	$2126
21 km or 13 mi	Keller	$2105
22 km or 14 mi	Colleyville	$2124
25 km or 15 mi	Burleson	$2175
25 km or 15 mi	Euless	$2114
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2129
28 km or 17 mi	Mansfield	$2302
30 km or 19 mi	Grand Prairie	$2127
30 km or 19 mi	Grapevine	$2076
36 km or 23 mi	Irving	$2114
37 km or 23 mi	Coppell	$2142
39 km or 24 mi	Flower Mound	$2135
41 km or 25 mi	Cedar Hill	$2195
41 km or 26 mi	Duncanville	$2198
42 km or 26 mi	Weatherford	$2138
44 km or 27 mi	Lewisville	$2076
45 km or 28 mi	Midlothian	$2193
45 km or 28 mi	Cleburne	$2177
47 km or 29 mi	Farmers Branch	$2190
48 km or 30 mi	DeSoto	$2193
49 km or 30 mi	Carrollton	$2188
49 km or 30 mi	Dallas	$2461
49 km or 31 mi	Corinth	$2177
52 km or 32 mi	University Park	$2258
54 km or 34 mi	Denton	$1979
55 km or 34 mi	Lancaster	$2212
56 km or 35 mi	The Colony	$2233
58 km or 36 mi	Little Elm	$2225
60 km or 38 mi	Waxahachie	$2196
62 km or 39 mi	Richardson	$2246
63 km or 39 mi	Plano	$2127
65 km or 40 mi	Frisco	$2393
67 km or 42 mi	Balch Springs	$2208

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