Male vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$1419
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$3073
🏠 One person rent	$818	$859
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$1432
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$332
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$2246
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	7	66
😀 Quality of life	66	88
🏙️ Population	133K	1.25M

The cost of living in Male is 7% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 4439th and 4204th ($1320 vs $1419) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 6th 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 1.6 months in Sharjah. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 5057th and 312th 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	$5.55	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$8.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$9.56
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$674
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$578
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$1188
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$1064
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$234
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$108
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	4.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$10301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$8167
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$1.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$66.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$9.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$2.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$9.51
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$2.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$1.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$6.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$6.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$2.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$68.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$46.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$4.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$49.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$6883

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1445
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$344
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$308
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$253
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$270
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$300
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$382
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$351
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$590
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$646
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$356
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$626
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$512
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$469
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$420
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$479
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$286
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$347
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$321
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$310
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$326
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$440
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$317
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$535
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$347
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$286
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$300
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$346
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$295
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$400
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$530
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$283
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$524
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$300
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$355
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$340
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327

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