Monaco City vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Monaco City	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$6593	$1494
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$10079	$3243
🏠 One person rent	$5638	$958
🏘️ Family rent	$6516	$1655
🍽️ Food expenses	$705	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.7	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$6335	$2174
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	21	65
😀 Quality of life	63	83
🏙️ Population	38.4K	1.25M

The cost of living in Monaco City is 341% more expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 2nd and 3460th ($6593 vs $1494) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 7th in Monaco and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Monaco vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Monaco City compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Monaco City ranked 2nd best city to live in Monaco vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 4590th and 412th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Monaco City vs Sharjah

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	Monaco City	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23.1	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.53	$9.45
☕ Cappuccino	$4.77	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.06	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$5775	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$5319	$704
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$6181	$1595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$6198	$1285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$269	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.9	$103
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.22%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$79784	$6652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$66886	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.92	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.9	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.7	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.05	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.44	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$6.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$8.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.06	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.5	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.56	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.97	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.3	$6.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.4	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$11.1	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.49	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$79.9	$59.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80.6	$45.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$35.4	$4.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.9	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$151	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2055	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$41744	$7169

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Cities near Monaco City

Distance	City	Cost of living
0.9 km or 0.6 mi	Monte Carlo	$6747
8.1 km or 5 mi	Menton	$1364
12 km or 7.7 mi	Nice	$1673
17 km or 10 mi	Ventimiglia	$1452
29 km or 18 mi	Antibes	$1650
30 km or 19 mi	Sanremo	$1362
38 km or 23 mi	Cannes	$1707
52 km or 32 mi	Imperia	$1344
73 km or 45 mi	Cuneo	$1074
79 km or 49 mi	Mondovi	$1203
106 km or 66 mi	Savona	$1512
132 km or 82 mi	Manosque	$1338
138 km or 86 mi	Toulon	$1308
143 km or 89 mi	Genoa	$1470
144 km or 90 mi	Asti	$1209
150 km or 93 mi	Turin	$1424
160 km or 100 mi	Aix-en-Provence	$1568
162 km or 101 mi	Alessandria	$1293
172 km or 107 mi	Marseille	$1571
173 km or 108 mi	Tortona	$1401
189 km or 117 mi	Voghera	$1389
193 km or 120 mi	Vercelli	$1202
195 km or 121 mi	Miramas	$1496
198 km or 123 mi	La Spezia	$1348
201 km or 125 mi	Bastia	$1478
210 km or 130 mi	Biella	$1162
210 km or 131 mi	Grenoble	$1434
210 km or 131 mi	Vigevano	$1503
211 km or 131 mi	Avignon	$1338
212 km or 132 mi	Pavia	$1271
213 km or 132 mi	Novara	$1157
218 km or 136 mi	Carrara	$1328
223 km or 139 mi	Aosta	$1474
228 km or 142 mi	Viareggio	$1280
228 km or 142 mi	Ajaccio	$1495
231 km or 143 mi	Buccinasco	$1576
233 km or 145 mi	Piacenza	$1334
234 km or 146 mi	Livorno	$1371
236 km or 146 mi	Chambery	$1310
238 km or 148 mi	Busto Arsizio	$1496

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