Hanoi vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanoi	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$647	$1494
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1916	$3243
🏠 One person rent	$292	$958
🏘️ Family rent	$744	$1655
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$439	$2174
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	71	65
😀 Quality of life	62	83
🏙️ Population	8.44M	1.25M

The cost of living in Hanoi is 57% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 7236th and 3460th ($647 vs $1494) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 7th in Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Vietnam vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Hanoi compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 4848th and 412th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanoi vs Sharjah

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	Hanoi	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.94	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.4	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$9.45
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$704
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$826	$1595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$1285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.9	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.2	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.01	$103
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.39%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2965	$6652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1710	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.82	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.48	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$6.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$8.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.38	$6.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.79	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.15	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.7	$59.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.9	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.9	$45.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.44	$4.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12394	$7169

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Cities near Hanoi

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Bac Ninh	$513
52 km or 32 mi	Hai Duong	$554
56 km or 35 mi	Viet Tri	$592
64 km or 40 mi	Thai Nguyen	$570
75 km or 47 mi	Nam Dinh	$496
83 km or 51 mi	Thai Binh	$513
89 km or 55 mi	Haiphong	$591
129 km or 80 mi	Ha Long	$582
135 km or 84 mi	Thanh Hoa	$563
150 km or 93 mi	Cam Pha	$569
221 km or 137 mi	Chongzuo	$564
254 km or 158 mi	Sa Pa	$553
262 km or 163 mi	Vinh	$579
263 km or 163 mi	Fangchenggang	$573
298 km or 185 mi	Ha Tinh	$558
305 km or 190 mi	Qinzhou	$592
308 km or 192 mi	Wenshan	$575
324 km or 201 mi	Nanning	$549
330 km or 205 mi	Baise	$571
341 km or 212 mi	Beihai	$642
402 km or 250 mi	Dong Hoi	$500
406 km or 252 mi	Luang Prabang	$1253
418 km or 259 mi	Thakhek	$1161
424 km or 263 mi	Vang Vieng	$1183
451 km or 281 mi	Guigang	$702
461 km or 286 mi	Laibin	$598
462 km or 287 mi	Xingyi	$571
468 km or 291 mi	Hechi	$575
474 km or 294 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
479 km or 298 mi	Yulin	$771
480 km or 298 mi	Haikou	$650
481 km or 299 mi	Vientiane	$1163
492 km or 306 mi	Sanya	$763
501 km or 311 mi	Yuxi	$611
516 km or 321 mi	Udon Thani	$543
518 km or 322 mi	Liuzhou	$579
528 km or 328 mi	Gaozhou	$761
531 km or 330 mi	Maoming	$756
533 km or 331 mi	Jinghong	$604
539 km or 335 mi	Hue	$393

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