Male vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Male	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1284	$1612
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2919	$2987
🏠 One person rent	$835	$1091
🏘️ Family rent	$1638	$1464
🍽️ Food expenses	$324	$299
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.8	$126
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1041	$1719
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	7	65
😀 Quality of life	63	82
🏙️ Population	133K	1.25M

The cost of living in Male is 20% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 4218th and 3028th ($1284 vs $1612) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 0.8 months in Male compared to 1.1 months in Sharjah. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 4858th and 359th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Sharjah

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	Male	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$21.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$8.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.08	$7.46
☕ Cappuccino	$2.63	$4.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$843	$888
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$595	$891
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1667	$1495
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1337	$1132
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.5	$108
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$168
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$106	$92.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.63%	4.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2469	$3596
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1990	$2465
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.66	$2.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.3	$67.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$10.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$1.16
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.07	$8.49
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$6.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$8.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$2.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.84	$5.44
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$1.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.12	$6.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.34	$6.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$3.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$2.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.5	$52.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.24	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$45.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.31	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.3	$46.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$61.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$141	$269
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3438	$5193

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1207
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$347
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$295
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$255
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$284
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$348
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$391
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$358
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$304
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$507
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$302
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$462
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$345
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$406
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$465
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$469
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$325
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$309
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$391
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$341
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$358
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$409
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$337
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$533
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$327
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$319
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$320
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$357
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$321
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$328
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$424
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$523
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$379
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$585
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$326
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$399
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$417
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$339

Cities near Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$1841
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2229
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1577
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1584
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1191
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1132
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1936
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$758
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$1164
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$787
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1126
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1872
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1810
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$798
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$890
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$573
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$604
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1375
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1285
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1327
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$544
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$779
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$959
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1005
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$606
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$604
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$530
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$868
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$672
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$457
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$621
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$910
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$606
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$646
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$561
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$822
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$575
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$541