Peshawar vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Peshawar	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$346	$1494
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$824	$3243
🏠 One person rent	$130	$958
🏘️ Family rent	$221	$1655
🍽️ Food expenses	$130	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$52	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$190	$2174
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	48	65
😀 Quality of life	40	83
🏙️ Population	1.97M	1.25M

The cost of living in Peshawar is 77% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 9093rd and 3460th ($346 vs $1494) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 7th in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Pakistan vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Peshawar compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Peshawar ranked 5th best city to live in Pakistan vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 6958th and 412th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Peshawar vs Sharjah

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	Peshawar	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.33	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.7	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.59	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$9.45
☕ Cappuccino	$1.84	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.29	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$106	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$47.1	$704
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$207	$1595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$95.2	$1285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.3	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.3	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.9	$103
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.09%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$177	$6652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$148	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.1	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.36	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.23	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$6.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$8.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.79	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.6	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.85	$6.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.72	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.21	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.57	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.1	$59.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.4	$45.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.87	$4.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.5	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.6	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$30	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$518	$7169

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$379
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$366
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$303
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$382
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$442
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$366
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$386
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$474
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$354
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$458
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$273
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$373
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$389
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$389
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$354
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$306
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$308
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$281
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$342
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$287
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$305
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$411
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$394
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$300
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$383
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$361
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$392
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$355
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$356
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$358
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596

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