Hong Kong vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Hong Kong	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2753	$1503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6771	$3133
🏠 One person rent	$1851	$963
🏘️ Family rent	$3862	$1557
🍽️ Food expenses	$522	$323
🚐 Transport expenses	$223	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4007	$2228
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	100	65
😀 Quality of life	88	83
🏙️ Population	7.41M	1.25M

The cost of living in Hong Kong is 83% more expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 379th and 3679th ($2753 vs $1503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 1.5 months in Hong Kong compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Hong Kong ranked 1st best city to live in China vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 205th and 386th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hong Kong vs Sharjah

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	Hong Kong	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.31	$5.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$63	$26.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.09	$9.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.51	$9.57
☕ Cappuccino	$5.37	$5.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.44	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2262	$786
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1530	$735
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4948	$1630
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3273	$1186
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$231	$185
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.4	$97.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.04%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$29105	$6590
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$18561	$4507
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.55	$2.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$63	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.3	$9.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.81	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.38	$1.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$25.8	$8.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$6.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.2	$8.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$1.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$1.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$0.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.24	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.3	$6.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$1.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$6.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.98	$6.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.93	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.87	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.69	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$95	$60.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$60.4	$46.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$28	$4.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.4	$51.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.8	$78.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1053	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22381	$5054

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Cities near Hong Kong

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Kowloon	$2427
30 km or 19 mi	Shenzhen	$958
61 km or 38 mi	Zhuhai	$641
64 km or 40 mi	Macau	$1590
88 km or 55 mi	Zhongshan	$491
95 km or 59 mi	Dongguan	$678
96 km or 60 mi	Huizhou	$629
116 km or 72 mi	Jiangmen	$830
132 km or 82 mi	Guangzhou	$763
132 km or 82 mi	Shanwei	$1014
137 km or 85 mi	Foshan	$602
152 km or 94 mi	Kaiping	$824
173 km or 107 mi	Heyuan	$801
193 km or 120 mi	Qingyuan	$808
195 km or 121 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
229 km or 143 mi	Yunfu	$839
231 km or 144 mi	Yangjiang	$895
236 km or 147 mi	Puning	$726
267 km or 166 mi	Jieyang	$691
286 km or 178 mi	Shaoguan	$852
287 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$605
297 km or 184 mi	Chaozhou	$592
301 km or 187 mi	Meizhou	$795
320 km or 199 mi	Wuzhou	$819
333 km or 207 mi	Lianzhou	$783
341 km or 212 mi	Maoming	$774
343 km or 213 mi	Gaozhou	$774
357 km or 222 mi	Hezhou	$780
403 km or 250 mi	Ganzhou	$813
406 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
408 km or 254 mi	Chenzhou	$746
414 km or 257 mi	Yulin	$794
427 km or 266 mi	Longyan	$713
435 km or 270 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
469 km or 292 mi	Xiamen	$807
471 km or 292 mi	Haikou	$671
475 km or 295 mi	Guigang	$725
489 km or 304 mi	Kinmen	$821
516 km or 320 mi	Guilin	$538
529 km or 329 mi	Laibin	$623

Cities near Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2084
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2309
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1232
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1050
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$994
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$786
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1110
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1810
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1719
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$561
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$556
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$547
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$520
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1267
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1218
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1226
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$531
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$687
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$870
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$989
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$558
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$546
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$878
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$639
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$467
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$541
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$928
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$537
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$548
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$489
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$831
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$577
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$507