Maoming vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Maoming	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$756	$1494
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2050	$3243
🏠 One person rent	$409	$958
🏘️ Family rent	$794	$1655
🍽️ Food expenses	$199	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$68.2	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$971	$2174
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	39 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	29	65
😀 Quality of life	44	83
🏙️ Population	6.17M	1.25M

The cost of living in Maoming is 49% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 6647th and 3460th ($756 vs $1494) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 39th and 7th in China and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check China vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Maoming compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Maoming ranked 136th best city to live in China vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 6657th and 412th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Maoming vs Sharjah

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	Maoming	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.06	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.7	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.81	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$9.45
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$477	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$704
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$967	$1595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$684	$1285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.1	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.4	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.8	$103
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.64%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6271	$6652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3451	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.2	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.53	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.78	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.99	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.92	$6.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.52	$8.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.63	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.84	$6.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.06	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.58	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.03	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$59.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.84	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.4	$45.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.76	$4.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.5	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.8	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$476	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17434	$7169

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Cities near Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$761
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$877
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$771
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$823
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$642
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$650
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$812
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$803
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$702
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$592
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$804
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$461
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$573
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$611
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1588
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$653
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$598
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$774
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$549
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$758
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$794
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$656
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$579
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$916
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2432
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$564
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$755
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$569
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$601
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$582
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$522
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$763
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$818
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$575
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$591
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$764
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$936

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