Gaziantep vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaziantep	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$577	$1494
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1335	$3243
🏠 One person rent	$288	$958
🏘️ Family rent	$365	$1655
🍽️ Food expenses	$185	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.9	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$565	$2174
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	30	65
😀 Quality of life	40	83
🏙️ Population	1.68M	1.25M

The cost of living in Gaziantep is 61% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 7931st and 3460th ($577 vs $1494) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 7th in Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Turkey vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Gaziantep compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Gaziantep ranked 56th best city to live in Turkey vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 6919th and 412th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaziantep vs Sharjah

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	Gaziantep	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.63	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.23	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.69	$9.45
☕ Cappuccino	$1.71	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.1	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$400	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$222	$704
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$449	$1595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$1285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.6	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.7	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.4	$103
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	27.72%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1299	$6652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$411	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.88	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.93	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.63	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$6.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$8.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.17	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.35	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.84	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.39	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.66	$6.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.94	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.76	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.92	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$59.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.14	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.28	$45.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.19	$4.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.9	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.5	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$272	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12119	$7169

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Cities near Gaziantep

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Nizip	$581
46 km or 28 mi	Kilis	$570
67 km or 42 mi	Islahiye	$523
70 km or 43 mi	Kahramanmaras	$557
81 km or 51 mi	Hassa	$537
99 km or 61 mi	Aleppo	$509
101 km or 62 mi	Osmaniye	$403
111 km or 69 mi	Adiyaman	$644
115 km or 71 mi	Reyhanli	$582
119 km or 74 mi	Kadirli	$535
125 km or 78 mi	Urfa	$614
132 km or 82 mi	Iskenderun	$578
139 km or 87 mi	Ceyhan	$575
143 km or 89 mi	Idlib	$489
145 km or 90 mi	Akcakale	$587
145 km or 90 mi	Kozan	$585
146 km or 91 mi	Antakya	$598
166 km or 103 mi	Malatya	$544
166 km or 103 mi	Samandag	$597
183 km or 114 mi	Adana	$712
192 km or 119 mi	Raqqa	$462
212 km or 132 mi	Viransehir	$603
221 km or 137 mi	Tarsus	$688
222 km or 138 mi	Hama	$417
223 km or 139 mi	Latakia	$386
238 km or 148 mi	Ceylanpinar	$597
240 km or 149 mi	Elazig	$492
240 km or 149 mi	Talas	$645
248 km or 154 mi	Mersin	$759
249 km or 155 mi	Kayseri	$672
258 km or 160 mi	Derik	$606
259 km or 161 mi	Nigde	$699
265 km or 164 mi	Bor	$664
266 km or 165 mi	Homs	$456
269 km or 167 mi	Diyarbakir	$659
278 km or 173 mi	Cinar	$621
292 km or 181 mi	Nevsehir	$698
298 km or 185 mi	Mardin	$600
299 km or 186 mi	Eregli	$618
300 km or 186 mi	Sivas	$948

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