Nashville vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nashville	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2508	$1494
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6081	$3243
🏠 One person rent	$1562	$958
🏘️ Family rent	$2876	$1655
🍽️ Food expenses	$640	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4538	$2174
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	78	65
😀 Quality of life	88	83
🏙️ Population	689K	1.25M

The cost of living in Nashville is 68% more expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 790th and 3460th ($2508 vs $1494) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 733rd and 7th 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 1.5 months in Sharjah. Nashville ranked 58th best city to live in the United States vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 244th and 412th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Nashville vs Sharjah

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

	Nashville	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.1	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.7	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.91	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.15	$9.45
☕ Cappuccino	$6.15	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1711	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1308	$704
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3359	$1595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2469	$1285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$103
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3428	$6652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3097	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.6	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.4	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.57	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.82	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$6.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$8.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.43	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.22	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.09	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.7	$6.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.71	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.9	$59.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$45.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.1	$4.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.9	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.9	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1251	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30520	$7169

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2499
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2356
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2335
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2340
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2738
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2271
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2302
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2274
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2607
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2016
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2031
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2075
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2259
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1855
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$1969
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1828
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1839
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$1942
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1932
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1350
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1772
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1779
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2192
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2185
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1717
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1728
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1847
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1865
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2166
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2100
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1730
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1432
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1636
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$2025
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2048
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$2116
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1494

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