Nizhny Novgorod vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nizhny Novgorod	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1051	$1543
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2514	$3341
🏠 One person rent	$528	$990
🏘️ Family rent	$928	$1686
🍽️ Food expenses	$371	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.6	$98.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$928	$2274
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	48	66
😀 Quality of life	63	86
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.25M

The cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod is 32% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 5192nd and 3851st ($1051 vs $1543) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 5th in Russia and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Russia vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th best city to live in Russia vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 5476th and 367th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Nizhny Novgorod	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$5.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.4	$32.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.57	$8.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$9.6
☕ Cappuccino	$3.13	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.58	$0.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$603	$672
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$395	$772
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1089	$1207
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$717	$1417
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$138
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$210
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.07	$100
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.53%	4.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3459	$8219
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2313	$5942
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$2.03
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.9	$47
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.24	$8.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$2.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.39	$6.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$1.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.09
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$2.67
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.76	$8.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.28	$6.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$6.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.45	$4.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.48	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.41	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.6	$57
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.47	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$47.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.34	$5.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.6	$62.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$128	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$332	$281
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5021	$8199

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Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$705
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$749
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$821
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$804
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$834
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$981
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$771
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$614
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$786
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$1055
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$1030
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1678
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$626
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$1084
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$1068
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$648
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$694
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$792
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$789
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$974
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$604
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$791
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$775
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$635
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$845
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$691
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$748
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$895
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$873

Cities near Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2356
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2470
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1173
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1455
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$1082
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$797
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1193
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$2100
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$2015
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$494
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$497
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$526
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$521
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1340
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1062
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1218
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$514
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$530
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$965
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1059
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$505
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$485
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$558
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$778
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$559
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$700
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$457
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$917
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$471
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$454
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$459
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$717
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$517
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$469