Nashville vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nashville	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2524	$1419
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5942	$3073
🏠 One person rent	$1595	$859
🏘️ Family rent	$2783	$1432
🍽️ Food expenses	$627	$332
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4436	$2246
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	78	66
😀 Quality of life	90	88
🏙️ Population	689K	1.25M

The cost of living in Nashville is 78% more expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 832nd and 4204th ($2524 vs $1419) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 741st and 6th 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 1.6 months in Sharjah. Nashville ranked 65th best city to live in the United States vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 218th and 312th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Nashville	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.7	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$8.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.67	$9.56
☕ Cappuccino	$6.26	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1625	$674
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1357	$578
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2958	$1188
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2433	$1064
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$234
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.6	$108
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.4%	4.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3558	$10301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3104	$8167
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$1.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.4	$66.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.1	$9.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.51	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$2.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.17	$2.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$9.51
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$2.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.28	$1.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.62	$6.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$6.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.75	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.77	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.91	$2.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$68.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$46.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.3	$4.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$49.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1244	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30339	$6883

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Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2563
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2399
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2382
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2385
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2855
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2304
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2339
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2304
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2609
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2075
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2041
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2165
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2268
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1830
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$2113
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1818
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1889
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$2002
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1969
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1404
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1828
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1647
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2190
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2191
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1635
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1710
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1799
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1883
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2129
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2164
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1774
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1338
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1600
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$1280
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2034
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$1807
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1508

Cities near Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2521
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2514
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1228
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1449
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$1078
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$792
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1081
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1849
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1770
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$530
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$529
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$568
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$534
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1237
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1201
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1230
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$557
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$573
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$908
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1008
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$553
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$530
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$873
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$624
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$761
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$477
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$930
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$503
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$453
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$463
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$808
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$545
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$483