Louisville vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Louisville	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1847	$1419
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4440	$3073
🏠 One person rent	$1087	$859
🏘️ Family rent	$1899	$1432
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$332
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.5	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3987	$2246
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	60	66
😀 Quality of life	89	88
🏙️ Population	246K	1.25M

The cost of living in Louisville is 30% more expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 2519th and 4204th ($1847 vs $1419) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1889th and 6th in the United States and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check the United States vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 1.6 months in Sharjah. Louisville ranked 89th best city to live in the United States vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 281st and 312th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Sharjah

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	Louisville	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.8	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$8.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.87	$9.56
☕ Cappuccino	$4.93	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.49	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1046	$674
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$881	$578
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1832	$1188
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1620	$1064
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$234
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55	$108
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.47%	4.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3372	$10301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3052	$8167
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$66.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$9.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.83	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$2.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.29	$2.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$9.51
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.3	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$2.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$1.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.44	$6.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.34	$6.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.02	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.49	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.48	$2.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$68.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$46.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$4.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.8	$49.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1218	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15931	$6883

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1738
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1845
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1925
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1912
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1874
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1883
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1659
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1769
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1816
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1713
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2097
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1922
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2140
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1647
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1969
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1606
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1822
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2480
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2025
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1941
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1990
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2164
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1993
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1915
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1338
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1799
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1978
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1847
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2382
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1899
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2070
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1495
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1753
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1850
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1857
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2017

Cities near Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2521
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2514
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1228
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1449
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$1078
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$792
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1081
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1849
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1770
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$530
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$529
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$568
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$534
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1237
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1201
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1230
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$557
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$573
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$908
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1008
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$553
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$530
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$873
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$624
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$761
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$477
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$930
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$503
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$453
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$463
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$808
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$545
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$483