Gold Coast vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Gold Coast	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2528	$1473
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5661	$3212
🏠 One person rent	$1635	$912
🏘️ Family rent	$2683	$1543
🍽️ Food expenses	$646	$338
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$106
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3481	$2465
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	49	66
😀 Quality of life	92	87
🏙️ Population	608K	1.25M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 72% more expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 839th and 4144th ($2528 vs $1473) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 5th in Australia and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Australia vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Gold Coast compared to 1.7 months in Sharjah. Gold Coast ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 124th and 352nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Sharjah

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	Gold Coast	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.7	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$108	$32.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.08	$9.48
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$3.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1886	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1330	$668
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2881	$1201
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2303	$1225
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$104
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.76%	4.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7538	$8753
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4593	$6966
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.84	$1.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$57.5	$55.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$8.57
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.29	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.89	$1.21
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.06	$2.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.71	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.77	$7.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$2.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.44	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.15	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$7.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.29	$2.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.1	$6.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$6.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$4.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.4	$60.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.2	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.9	$47.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$5.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.4	$56.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2105	$292
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8134	$7922

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2352
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2269
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1813
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1988
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1864
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1288
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1640
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1997
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1867
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2379
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$2050
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1710
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2844
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2482
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1699
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1477
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1695
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1821
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2223
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1824
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1839
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1815
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1904
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1487
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1979
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1928
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1896
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1860
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2496
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1829
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1894

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