Lyon vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lyon	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1570	$1494
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3820	$3243
🏠 One person rent	$773	$958
🏘️ Family rent	$1432	$1655
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$134	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2651	$2174
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	93	65
😀 Quality of life	89	83
🏙️ Population	521K	1.25M

The cost of living in Lyon is 5% more expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 3152nd and 3460th ($1570 vs $1494) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 34th and 7th in France and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check France vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Lyon compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Lyon ranked 5th best city to live in France vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 195th and 412th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lyon vs Sharjah

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	Lyon	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.9	$9.45
☕ Cappuccino	$3.63	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.91	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$563	$704
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1593	$1595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1107	$1285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.2	$103
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.74%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6408	$6652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4049	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.09	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.5	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$6.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.4	$8.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.31	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.26	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.48	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.6	$6.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.44	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.46	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.96	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.3	$59.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26	$45.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$4.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$95.3	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.1	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$584	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10816	$7169

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Cities near Lyon

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.1 km or 1.9 mi	Villeurbanne	$1567
50 km or 31 mi	Saint-Etienne	$1081
61 km or 38 mi	Macon	$1256
67 km or 42 mi	Roanne	$1348
84 km or 52 mi	Aix-les-Bains	$1470
87 km or 54 mi	Chambery	$1310
92 km or 57 mi	Valence	$1182
94 km or 58 mi	Grenoble	$1434
101 km or 63 mi	Annecy	$1522
109 km or 68 mi	Vernier	$3017
109 km or 68 mi	Meyrin	$2937
110 km or 68 mi	Lancy	$2970
111 km or 69 mi	Carouge	$3028
112 km or 70 mi	Geneva	$3195
114 km or 71 mi	Chalon-sur-Saone	$1247
117 km or 73 mi	Vichy	$1205
118 km or 73 mi	Annemasse	$1352
120 km or 74 mi	Le Creusot	$1050
128 km or 80 mi	Nyon	$3278
136 km or 85 mi	Clermont-Ferrand	$1299
158 km or 98 mi	Chamonix	$1723
159 km or 99 mi	Renens	$2738
163 km or 101 mi	Lausanne	$2732
175 km or 108 mi	Dijon	$1314
177 km or 110 mi	Montreux	$3088
179 km or 111 mi	Yverdon-les-Bains	$2776
184 km or 115 mi	Montlucon	$1485
188 km or 117 mi	Besancon	$1110
188 km or 117 mi	Nevers	$1316
192 km or 120 mi	Aosta	$1474
195 km or 121 mi	Bulle	$2658
201 km or 125 mi	Avignon	$1338
202 km or 125 mi	Sion	$1950
211 km or 131 mi	Neuchatel	$2308
212 km or 132 mi	Fribourg	$2470
213 km or 132 mi	La Chaux-de-Fonds	$2287
217 km or 135 mi	Nimes	$1231
227 km or 141 mi	Manosque	$1338
236 km or 147 mi	Turin	$1424
236 km or 147 mi	Koniz	$2457

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