Hefei vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hefei	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$625	$1494
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1708	$3243
🏠 One person rent	$205	$958
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$1655
🍽️ Food expenses	$231	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$991	$2174
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	93	65
😀 Quality of life	66	83
🏙️ Population	9.37M	1.25M

The cost of living in Hefei is 58% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 7405th and 3460th ($625 vs $1494) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 160th and 7th in China and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check China vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hefei compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Hefei ranked 31st best city to live in China vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 3963rd and 412th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hefei vs Sharjah

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	Hefei	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.46	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.7	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.78	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$9.45
☕ Cappuccino	$2.37	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$205	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$156	$704
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$481	$1595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$358	$1285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.4	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.1	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$103
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$6652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2103	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.9	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.86	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.54	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.6	$6.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.8	$8.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.8	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.76	$6.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.57	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.93	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$83.3	$59.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.84	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28	$45.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$4.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.3	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.1	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$237	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8278	$7169

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Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665

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