Medan vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Medan	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$481	$1494
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1335	$3243
🏠 One person rent	$187	$958
🏘️ Family rent	$394	$1655
🍽️ Food expenses	$189	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.6	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$262	$2174
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	53	65
😀 Quality of life	44	83
🏙️ Population	2.11M	1.25M

The cost of living in Medan is 68% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 8745th and 3460th ($481 vs $1494) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 47th and 7th in Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Indonesia vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medan compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Medan ranked 14th best city to live in Indonesia vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 6633rd and 412th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medan vs Sharjah

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	Medan	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.97	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.8	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.31	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.39	$9.45
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$174	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$107	$704
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$469	$1595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$265	$1285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.4	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.2	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.1	$103
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.24%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1337	$6652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$614	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.02	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.8	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.14	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.55	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.21	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$6.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$8.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.6	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.26	$6.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.01	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.41	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.83	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.77	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$59.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.48	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.1	$45.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.73	$4.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.3	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$124	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10763	$7169

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$470
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$474
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$486
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$461
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$503
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$435
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$631
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$695
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$582
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$620
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$619
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$628
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$605
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$571
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$670
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$719
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$560
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$645
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$490
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$714
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$701
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$810
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$585
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$532
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$536
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$604
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$543
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$570
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$398
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$669
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$772
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$542
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$682
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$940
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$792
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$782
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$703
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$529
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501

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