Louisville vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Louisville	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1821	$1494
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4500	$3243
🏠 One person rent	$1051	$958
🏘️ Family rent	$1950	$1655
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3986	$2174
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	60	65
😀 Quality of life	87	83
🏙️ Population	246K	1.25M

The cost of living in Louisville is 22% more expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 2336th and 3460th ($1821 vs $1494) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1917th and 7th 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 1.5 months in Sharjah. Louisville ranked 78th best city to live in the United States vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 299th and 412th 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	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.5	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$9.45
☕ Cappuccino	$4.62	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1023	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$833	$704
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1823	$1595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1673	$1285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.5	$103
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3405	$6652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.3	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.13	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$6.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$8.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.52	$6.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$59.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$45.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$4.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1240	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13378	$7169

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1863
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1903
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1874
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1865
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1664
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1874
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1875
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1862
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1845
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2147
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1940
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2145
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1779
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2001
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1636
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1848
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2490
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2010
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1914
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2100
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1895
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1839
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1432
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1847
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1953
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1880
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2189
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1853
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2023
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1427
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1834
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1974

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