Moroni vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Moroni	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1207	$1419
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2774	$3073
🏠 One person rent	$734	$859
🏘️ Family rent	$1254	$1432
🍽️ Food expenses	$356	$332
🚐 Transport expenses	$31.6	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$159	$2246
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	1	66
😀 Quality of life	14	88
🏙️ Population	74.7K	1.25M

The cost of living in Moroni is 15% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 4688th and 4204th ($1207 vs $1419) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Comoros and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Comoros vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Moroni compared to 1.6 months in Sharjah. Moroni ranked 1st best city to live in Comoros vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 9206th and 312th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moroni vs Sharjah

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	Moroni	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.36	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.4	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.29	$8.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$9.56
☕ Cappuccino	$1.81	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$673	$674
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$578
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1238	$1188
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1027	$1064
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.5	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$234
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$108
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.8%	4.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1624	$10301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1381	$8167
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.63	$1.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.2	$66.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.9	$9.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.48	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.15	$2.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$9.51
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.7	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$2.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.6	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$1.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.9	$6.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.7	$6.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.91	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.25	$2.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.3	$68.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.76	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$46.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.46	$4.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.7	$49.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$415	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14597	$6883

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Cities near Moroni

Distance	City	Cost of living
152 km or 94 mi	Domoni	$1207
246 km or 153 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
326 km or 202 mi	Pemba	$1511
414 km or 258 mi	Nacala	$1168
574 km or 357 mi	Nampula	$935
698 km or 434 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
760 km or 472 mi	Zanzibar	$609
760 km or 472 mi	Stone Town	$567
819 km or 509 mi	Morogoro	$421
868 km or 539 mi	Tanga	$552
918 km or 571 mi	Mangochi	$496
925 km or 575 mi	Antananarivo	$564
938 km or 583 mi	Mombasa	$596
941 km or 585 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
949 km or 590 mi	Zomba	$458
965 km or 600 mi	Mulanje	$461
969 km or 602 mi	Quelimane	$692
974 km or 605 mi	Toamasina	$476
992 km or 617 mi	Ntcheu	$493
994 km or 617 mi	Antsirabe	$493
1000 km or 621 mi	Blantyre	$506
1005 km or 624 mi	Malindi	$548
1005 km or 624 mi	Mzuzu	$527
1023 km or 636 mi	Dodoma	$526
1052 km or 653 mi	Mzimba	$565
1057 km or 657 mi	Lilongwe	$592
1117 km or 694 mi	Mbeya	$495
1136 km or 706 mi	Moshi	$533
1154 km or 717 mi	Tete	$820
1176 km or 731 mi	Arusha	$612
1274 km or 792 mi	Beira	$996
1296 km or 805 mi	Toliara	$453
1311 km or 815 mi	Machakos	$420
1328 km or 825 mi	Kasama	$888
1335 km or 829 mi	Chimoio	$916
1359 km or 844 mi	Nairobi	$811
1366 km or 849 mi	Thika	$460
1393 km or 865 mi	Mutare	$755
1446 km or 899 mi	Meru	$549
1448 km or 900 mi	Marondera	$779

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