Niamey vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Niamey	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1019	$1494
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2078	$3243
🏠 One person rent	$609	$958
🏘️ Family rent	$715	$1655
🍽️ Food expenses	$311	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$41.1	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$293	$2174
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	12	65
😀 Quality of life	35	83
🏙️ Population	1.5M	1.25M

The cost of living in Niamey is 32% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 5369th and 3460th ($1019 vs $1494) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Niger and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Niger vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Niamey compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Niamey ranked 1st best city to live in Niger vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 7468th and 412th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Niamey vs Sharjah

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	Niamey	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.75	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.6	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.56	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$9.45
☕ Cappuccino	$2.96	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.33	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$700	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$704
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$1595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$414	$1285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.6	$103
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.03%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1601	$6652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$947	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.9	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.65	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.2	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.1	$6.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$8.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.61	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.94	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.35	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$6.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.34	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.57	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.09	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.74	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.5	$59.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.9	$45.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.23	$4.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.1	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$40.1	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$899	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4390	$7169

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Cities near Niamey

Distance	City	Cost of living
231 km or 143 mi	Dori	$771
249 km or 155 mi	Fada N'gourma	$772
342 km or 212 mi	Sokoto	$426
401 km or 249 mi	Manga	$774
415 km or 258 mi	Ouagadougou	$869
452 km or 281 mi	Kara	$658
490 km or 304 mi	Ouahigouya	$756
505 km or 314 mi	Koudougou	$743
514 km or 320 mi	Sokode	$651
516 km or 321 mi	Gusau	$587
530 km or 329 mi	Leo	$753
539 km or 335 mi	Maradi	$972
559 km or 347 mi	Tamale	$507
563 km or 350 mi	Sotouboua	$649
597 km or 371 mi	Katsina	$579
610 km or 379 mi	Save	$613
615 km or 382 mi	Dedougou	$735
617 km or 384 mi	Ilorin	$535
650 km or 404 mi	Minna	$743
653 km or 405 mi	Nouna	$733
662 km or 411 mi	Oyo	$677
665 km or 413 mi	Zaria	$526
668 km or 415 mi	Kaduna	$371
674 km or 419 mi	Atakpame	$647
693 km or 430 mi	Osogbo	$695
703 km or 437 mi	Abomey	$590
708 km or 440 mi	Ibadan	$776
715 km or 444 mi	Kano	$553
720 km or 447 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
723 km or 450 mi	Ife	$779
729 km or 453 mi	Hohoe	$575
738 km or 458 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
741 km or 460 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$757
743 km or 462 mi	Zinder	$974
751 km or 467 mi	Kpalime	$632
768 km or 477 mi	Abuja	$1502
773 km or 480 mi	Akure	$634
783 km or 487 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
788 km or 489 mi	Ho	$354
795 km or 494 mi	Cotonou	$709

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