Moscow vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Moscow	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$1503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2731	$3133
🏠 One person rent	$612	$963
🏘️ Family rent	$1215	$1557
🍽️ Food expenses	$272	$323
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.9	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$2228
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	96	65
😀 Quality of life	74	83
🏙️ Population	13M	1.25M

The cost of living in Moscow is 28% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 5091st and 3679th ($1075 vs $1503) 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 1280th and 386th 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	$8.34	$5.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.3	$26.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$9.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$9.57
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$5.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$842	$786
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$456	$735
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1827	$1630
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$918	$1186
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$185
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.71	$97.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6312	$6590
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3303	$4507
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$2.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.13	$9.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.59	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$8.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$6.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$8.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$0.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.75	$6.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.41	$6.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$6.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.93	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.74	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$60.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.07	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.3	$46.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$4.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$51.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$78.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$495	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11652	$5054

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541

Cities near Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2084
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2309
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1232
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1050
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$994
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$786
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1110
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1810
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1719
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$561
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$556
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$547
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$520
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1267
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1218
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1226
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$531
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$687
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$870
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$989
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$558
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$546
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$878
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$639
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$467
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$541
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$928
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$537
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$548
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$489
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$831
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$577
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$507