Philadelphia vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Philadelphia	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2584	$1419
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5778	$3073
🏠 One person rent	$1504	$859
🏘️ Family rent	$2234	$1432
🍽️ Food expenses	$732	$332
🚐 Transport expenses	$191	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4329	$2246
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	100	66
😀 Quality of life	93	88
🏙️ Population	1.6M	1.25M

The cost of living in Philadelphia is 82% more expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 744th and 4204th ($2584 vs $1419) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 660th and 6th 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 1.7 months in Philadelphia compared to 1.6 months in Sharjah. Philadelphia ranked 25th best city to live in the United States vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 95th and 312th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Philadelphia vs Sharjah

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

	Philadelphia	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$95.3	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.1	$8.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.02	$9.56
☕ Cappuccino	$5.04	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.84	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1597	$674
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1193	$578
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2401	$1188
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1807	$1064
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$153	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$234
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.4	$108
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	4.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3243	$10301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2372	$8167
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.52	$1.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$99	$66.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$9.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.24	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.95	$2.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.46	$2.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.7	$9.51
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.85	$2.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$1.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.1	$6.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.23	$6.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.01	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.35	$2.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.9	$68.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.6	$46.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.6	$4.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.1	$49.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2021	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15283	$6883

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Philadelphia

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.2 km or 3.2 mi	Camden	$2593
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Pennsauken Township	$2580
12 km or 7.1 mi	Cherry Hill	$2638
12 km or 7.7 mi	West Deptford Township	$2616
16 km or 9.9 mi	Fox Chase	$2408
16 km or 9.9 mi	Deptford Township	$2603
19 km or 12 mi	Moorestown	$2578
21 km or 13 mi	Gloucester Township	$2603
21 km or 13 mi	Chester	$2476
22 km or 14 mi	Mount Laurel	$2568
25 km or 15 mi	Evesham Township	$2594
25 km or 16 mi	Willingboro Township	$2637
31 km or 19 mi	Medford	$2627
35 km or 22 mi	Levittown	$2358
35 km or 22 mi	Winslow Township	$2620
36 km or 23 mi	Monroe Township	$2610
38 km or 23 mi	West Chester	$2737
40 km or 25 mi	Wilmington	$2267
46 km or 28 mi	Trenton	$2676
46 km or 29 mi	Ewing Township	$2609
50 km or 31 mi	Hamilton Township	$2671
52 km or 32 mi	Pottstown	$2355
54 km or 33 mi	Lawrence Township	$2741
56 km or 35 mi	Vineland	$2533
58 km or 36 mi	Newark	$2121
59 km or 36 mi	Bridgeton	$2608
62 km or 38 mi	Princeton	$3102
63 km or 39 mi	Millville	$2524
64 km or 39 mi	East Windsor Township	$2797
65 km or 40 mi	Plainsboro Township	$2846
67 km or 42 mi	Montgomery Township	$2883
67 km or 42 mi	Manchester Township	$2714
71 km or 44 mi	Jackson Township	$2770
72 km or 45 mi	South Brunswick	$2880
77 km or 48 mi	Allentown	$2323
77 km or 48 mi	Bethlehem	$2278
77 km or 48 mi	Hillsborough Township	$2948
78 km or 48 mi	Reading	$2239
78 km or 49 mi	Barnegat Township	$2737
79 km or 49 mi	Manalapan Township	$2886

Cities near Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2521
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2514
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1228
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1449
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$1078
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$792
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1081
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1849
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1770
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$530
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$529
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$568
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$534
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1237
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1201
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1230
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$557
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$573
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$908
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1008
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$553
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$530
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$873
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$624
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$761
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$477
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$930
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$503
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$453
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$463
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$808
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$545
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$483