Moscow vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$1494
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$3243
🏠 One person rent	$730	$958
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$1655
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$2174
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	96	65
😀 Quality of life	74	83
🏙️ Population	13.1M	1.25M

The cost of living in Moscow is 17% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 4359th and 3460th ($1244 vs $1494) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Russia and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Russia vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 1187th and 412th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Sharjah

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	Moscow	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.55	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$9.45
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$704
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$1595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$1285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$103
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$6652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$6.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$8.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$6.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$59.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$45.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$4.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$7169

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592

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