Munich vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Munich	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2525	$1543
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5816	$3341
🏠 One person rent	$1500	$990
🏘️ Family rent	$2602	$1686
🍽️ Food expenses	$604	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$252	$98.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4312	$2274
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	90	66
😀 Quality of life	94	86
🏙️ Population	1.51M	1.25M

The cost of living in Munich is 64% more expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 863rd and 3851st ($2525 vs $1543) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Germany and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Germany vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Munich compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 44th and 367th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Munich vs Sharjah

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	Munich	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.2	$5.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79	$32.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.2	$8.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.43	$9.6
☕ Cappuccino	$4.75	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.92	$0.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1520	$672
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1185	$772
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2776	$1207
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2116	$1417
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$138
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$313	$210
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.3	$100
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.86%	4.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13704	$8219
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9217	$5942
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.76	$2.03
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.3	$47
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.4	$8.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.16	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.43	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.57	$2.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$6.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.6	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.65	$1.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.09
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.35	$2.67
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.65	$8.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.35	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$6.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.6	$6.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$4.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.2	$57
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.8	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.9	$47.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.7	$5.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.8	$62.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$871	$281
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17274	$8199

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Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2002
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1940
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1976
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1960
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1925
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1910
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1890
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1748
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1841
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1770
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1858
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1790
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1292
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1816
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1789
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1938
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1731
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1668
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1834
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1660
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1808
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1610
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2075
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1606
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1704
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1887
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1669
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1678
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1667
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1717
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1647
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1636
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2003
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1714

Cities near Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2356
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2470
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1173
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1455
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$1082
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$797
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1193
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$2100
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$2015
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$494
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$497
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$526
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$521
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1340
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1062
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1218
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$514
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$530
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$965
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1059
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$505
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$485
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$558
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$778
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$559
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$700
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$457
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$917
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$471
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$454
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$459
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$717
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$517
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$469