Nashville vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nashville	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2477	$1473
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5858	$3212
🏠 One person rent	$1560	$912
🏘️ Family rent	$2701	$1543
🍽️ Food expenses	$618	$338
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$106
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4433	$2465
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	78	66
😀 Quality of life	89	87
🏙️ Population	689K	1.25M

The cost of living in Nashville is 68% more expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 924th and 4144th ($2477 vs $1473) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 798th and 5th in the United States and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check the United States vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Nashville compared to 1.7 months in Sharjah. Nashville ranked 77th best city to live in the United States vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 281st and 352nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nashville vs Sharjah

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	Nashville	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.2	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.6	$32.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.05	$9.48
☕ Cappuccino	$6.59	$3.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.93	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1694	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1277	$668
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3027	$1201
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2283	$1225
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.7	$104
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	4.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4118	$8753
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2822	$6966
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2	$1.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.5	$55.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$8.57
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.51	$1.21
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.77	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.23	$2.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$7.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$2.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.4	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.2	$7.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.77	$2.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.4	$6.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$6.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.03	$4.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.55	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.1	$60.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.9	$47.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$5.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.1	$56.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1416	$292
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30241	$7922

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Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2519
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2338
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2319
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2314
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2822
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2257
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2278
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2229
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2366
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2035
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2023
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2085
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2210
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1747
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1815
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1790
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$1885
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1817
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1852
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$1937
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1924
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1425
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1718
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1586
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2090
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1720
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2109
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1745
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1703
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1766
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1895
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2080
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2073
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1808
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1355
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1593
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$1339
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2070
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$1904
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1581

Cities near Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2183
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2420
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1148
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1373
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1214
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1457
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$1080
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$796
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1135
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$2014
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1923
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$545
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$541
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$575
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$545
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1309
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1109
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1192
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$563
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$575
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$931
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1037
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$565
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$547
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$613
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$823
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$627
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$761
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$489
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$928
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$465
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$487
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$813
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$565
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$492