Gold Coast vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Gold Coast	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2530	$1543
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5679	$3341
🏠 One person rent	$1644	$990
🏘️ Family rent	$2706	$1686
🍽️ Food expenses	$638	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$98.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4225	$2274
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	49	66
😀 Quality of life	93	86
🏙️ Population	608K	1.25M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 64% more expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 852nd and 3851st ($2530 vs $1543) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th 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 1.7 months in Gold Coast compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Gold Coast ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 68th and 367th 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	$20.2	$5.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$106	$32.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$8.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.74	$9.6
☕ Cappuccino	$3.85	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2097	$672
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1297	$772
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2832	$1207
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2351	$1417
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$133	$138
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$210
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$100
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.77%	4.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8667	$8219
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5294	$5942
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$2.03
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.7	$47
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$8.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.69	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.89	$2.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.53	$6.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$1.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$1.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.09
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.2	$2.67
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$8.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.93	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.9	$6.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.29	$6.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.14	$4.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.17	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.5	$57
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.9	$47.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$5.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.8	$62.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2112	$281
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9318	$8199

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2341
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2323
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1825
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1992
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1863
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1838
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1883
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1273
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1720
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1643
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1995
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1642
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1855
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2354
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$2040
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1709
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2844
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2481
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1701
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1460
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1695
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1795
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2258
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1825
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$2015
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1816
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1905
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1493
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$2000
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1933
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1936
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1915
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2543
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1834
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1913

Cities near Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2356
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2470
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1173
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1455
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$1082
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$797
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1193
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$2100
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$2015
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$494
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$497
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$526
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$521
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1340
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1062
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1218
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$514
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$530
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$965
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1059
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$505
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$485
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$558
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$778
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$559
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$700
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$457
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$917
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$471
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$454
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$459
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$717
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$517
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$469