Nanyang vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nanyang	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$632	$1494
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1713	$3243
🏠 One person rent	$249	$958
🏘️ Family rent	$443	$1655
🍽️ Food expenses	$237	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.1	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$732	$2174
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	83 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	19	65
😀 Quality of life	38	83
🏙️ Population	9.71M	1.25M

The cost of living in Nanyang is 58% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 7346th and 3460th ($632 vs $1494) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 147th and 7th in China and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check China vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Nanyang compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Nanyang ranked 320th best city to live in China vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 7198th and 412th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Nanyang vs Sharjah infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/nanyang/sharjah.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Nanyang vs Sharjah infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/nanyang/sharjah" target="_blank">Nanyang vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Nanyang vs Sharjah

Prices for goods and services in Nanyang and Sharjah are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Nanyang	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.77	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.2	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.14	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.39	$9.45
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$236	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$187	$704
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$399	$1595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$363	$1285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.5	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.3	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.5	$103
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.98%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3166	$6652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1817	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.35	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.57	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$6.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$8.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.06	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.4	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.67	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.93	$6.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.69	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.73	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.8	$59.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.17	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.8	$45.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.08	$4.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.9	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.2	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$344	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12899	$7169

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Nanyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Dengzhou	$600
98 km or 61 mi	Wugang	$571
99 km or 62 mi	Zaoyang	$591
105 km or 66 mi	Laohekou	$582
108 km or 67 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
109 km or 68 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
110 km or 68 mi	Xiangyang	$604
134 km or 83 mi	Ruzhou	$538
140 km or 87 mi	Zhumadian	$637
145 km or 90 mi	Yicheng	$577
152 km or 95 mi	Luohe	$591
155 km or 96 mi	Yuzhou	$552
163 km or 101 mi	Suizhou	$621
165 km or 103 mi	Xuchang	$586
169 km or 105 mi	Shiyan	$576
169 km or 105 mi	Dengfeng	$529
174 km or 108 mi	Xinyang	$655
178 km or 110 mi	Changge	$547
185 km or 115 mi	Luoyang	$505
188 km or 117 mi	Xinmi	$528
191 km or 119 mi	Xinzheng	$538
193 km or 120 mi	Yanshi	$509
196 km or 122 mi	Guangshui	$619
199 km or 124 mi	Gongyi	$522
204 km or 126 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
208 km or 129 mi	Zhoukou	$580
214 km or 133 mi	Mengzhou	$505
214 km or 133 mi	Xingyang	$519
220 km or 137 mi	Jingmen	$588
221 km or 137 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
222 km or 138 mi	Anlu	$615
226 km or 140 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
226 km or 141 mi	Jingshan	$584
228 km or 142 mi	Lingbao	$559
232 km or 144 mi	Jiyuan	$520
233 km or 145 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
236 km or 146 mi	Qinyang	$504
249 km or 155 mi	Yingcheng	$600
251 km or 156 mi	Dangyang	$558
256 km or 159 mi	Jiaozuo	$479

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