Male vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Male	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1321	$1543
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2809	$3341
🏠 One person rent	$810	$990
🏘️ Family rent	$1372	$1686
🍽️ Food expenses	$379	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.2	$98.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$863	$2274
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	8	66
😀 Quality of life	64	86
🏙️ Population	133K	1.25M

The cost of living in Male is 14% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 4490th and 3851st ($1321 vs $1543) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 5th in Maldives and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Maldives vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 5278th and 367th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Male	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.01	$5.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.5	$32.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.71	$8.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$9.6
☕ Cappuccino	$3.24	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.63	$0.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$808	$672
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$624	$772
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1454	$1207
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$1417
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.7	$138
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$210
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73.2	$100
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.04%	4.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2242	$8219
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1870	$5942
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$2.03
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.2	$47
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$8.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.96	$1.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$2.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.43	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$6.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.51	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$1.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.09
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$2.67
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.5	$8.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$15	$6.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.3	$6.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.77	$4.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75.9	$57
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.1	$47.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.32	$5.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.3	$62.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$191	$281
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3305	$8199

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1387
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$342
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$291
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$261
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$243
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$260
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$268
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$372
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$329
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$278
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$582
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$683
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$335
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$597
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$479
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$381
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$477
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$259
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$342
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$315
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$290
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$313
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$418
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$312
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$538
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$330
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$274
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$297
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$332
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$283
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$379
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$522
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$265
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$507
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$294
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$303
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$318
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$322

Cities near Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2356
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2470
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1173
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1455
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$1082
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$797
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1193
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$2100
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$2015
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$494
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$497
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$526
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$521
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1340
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1062
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1218
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$514
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$530
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$965
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1059
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$505
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$485
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$558
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$778
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$559
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$700
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$457
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$917
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$471
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$454
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$459
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$717
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$517
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$469