Giza vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Giza	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$410	$1419
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1005	$3073
🏠 One person rent	$157	$859
🏘️ Family rent	$259	$1432
🍽️ Food expenses	$167	$332
🚐 Transport expenses	$29.6	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$140	$2246
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	83	66
😀 Quality of life	58	88
🏙️ Population	5.6M	1.25M

The cost of living in Giza is 71% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 8955th and 4204th ($410 vs $1419) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 6th in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Egypt vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Giza compared to 1.6 months in Sharjah. Giza ranked 2nd best city to live in Egypt vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 6081st and 312th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Giza vs Sharjah

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	Giza	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.19	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.8	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.12	$8.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$9.56
☕ Cappuccino	$1.37	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$188	$674
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$108	$578
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$335	$1188
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$190	$1064
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$12	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.6	$234
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.9	$108
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	23.46%	4.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$858	$10301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1319	$8167
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$1.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$2.1	$66.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.05	$9.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.34	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$2.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$2.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.64	$9.51
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.4	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.37	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.51	$2.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.69	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.52	$1.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.04	$6.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.68	$6.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.7	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.86	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.54	$2.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.9	$68.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.32	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$46.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.14	$4.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$18	$49.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.6	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$101	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2777	$6883

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Cities near Giza

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Cairo	$473
14 km or 8.4 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$422
22 km or 14 mi	Helwan	$395
50 km or 31 mi	Benha	$336
63 km or 39 mi	Shibin El Kom	$354
68 km or 42 mi	Zagazig	$345
87 km or 54 mi	Faiyum	$334
88 km or 55 mi	Tanta	$287
106 km or 66 mi	Beni Suef	$288
106 km or 66 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$356
117 km or 73 mi	Mansoura	$326
120 km or 74 mi	Ismailia	$295
128 km or 79 mi	Suez	$276
136 km or 84 mi	Damanhur	$274
163 km or 101 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$330
167 km or 104 mi	Damietta	$331
172 km or 107 mi	Port Said	$306
181 km or 113 mi	Alexandria	$384
219 km or 136 mi	Minya	$348
314 km or 195 mi	Asyut	$271
352 km or 219 mi	Gaza	$695
355 km or 221 mi	Ofakim	$1867
358 km or 223 mi	Netivot	$1951
361 km or 225 mi	Dahab	$517
365 km or 227 mi	Eilat	$1734
365 km or 227 mi	Sderot	$1957
370 km or 230 mi	Ashkelon	$1850
370 km or 230 mi	Aqaba	$782
370 km or 230 mi	Beersheba	$1645
372 km or 231 mi	Rahat	$1879
378 km or 235 mi	El Gouna	$354
383 km or 238 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$589
384 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
384 km or 238 mi	Ashdod	$1993
384 km or 239 mi	Dimona	$1910
386 km or 240 mi	Sohag	$398
388 km or 241 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
395 km or 246 mi	Yavne	$2064
398 km or 247 mi	Hurghada	$346
401 km or 249 mi	Dura	$1021

Cities near Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2521
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2514
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1228
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1449
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$1078
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$792
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1081
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1849
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1770
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$530
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$529
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$568
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$534
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1237
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1201
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1230
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$557
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$573
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$908
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1008
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$553
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$530
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$873
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$624
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$761
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$477
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$930
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$503
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$453
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$463
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$808
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$545
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$483