Perth vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Perth	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2448	$1473
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5605	$3212
🏠 One person rent	$1473	$912
🏘️ Family rent	$2303	$1543
🍽️ Food expenses	$587	$338
🚐 Transport expenses	$226	$106
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4181	$2465
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	94	66
😀 Quality of life	96	87
🏙️ Population	2.14M	1.25M

The cost of living in Perth is 66% more expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 978th and 4144th ($2448 vs $1473) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 5th in Australia and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Australia vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Perth compared to 1.7 months in Sharjah. Perth ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 10th and 352nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Perth vs Sharjah

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	Perth	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$32.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.55	$9.48
☕ Cappuccino	$4.27	$3.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.94	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1621	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1228	$668
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2691	$1201
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1923	$1225
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.9	$104
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	4.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6285	$8753
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4935	$6966
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.83	$1.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88	$55.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$8.57
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.67	$1.21
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.76	$2.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.82	$7.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$2.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.05	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$7.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.62	$2.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$22.3	$6.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$6.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.8	$4.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.09	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.96	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.7	$60.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.4	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.3	$47.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.6	$5.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$81	$56.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2141	$292
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15409	$7922

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Cities near Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1838
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$2219
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$2016
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$2025
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1618
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$2128
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$2338
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1904
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$527
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$496
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$409
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$822
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$1175
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1604
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$593
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1487
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$1861
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$2217
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$439
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$379
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1906
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1822
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1928
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$408
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$476
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$453
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$459
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2496
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1829
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$514
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1889
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$513
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$445
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$445
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$419
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1894

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