Phuket vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Phuket	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$940	$1494
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3111	$3243
🏠 One person rent	$519	$958
🏘️ Family rent	$1664	$1655
🍽️ Food expenses	$300	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$29.5	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$2174
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	7	65
😀 Quality of life	53	83
🏙️ Population	77.6K	1.25M

The cost of living in Phuket is 37% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 5827th and 3460th ($940 vs $1494) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 7th in Thailand and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Thailand vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Phuket compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Phuket ranked 7th best city to live in Thailand vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 6063rd and 412th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Phuket vs Sharjah

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	Phuket	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.23	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.38	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.68	$9.45
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.73	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$403	$704
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1891	$1595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1436	$1285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.6	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.4	$103
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.17%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4059	$6652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2821	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.34	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.5	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.3	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.87	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.77	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.19	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$6.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$8.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.71	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$6.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.23	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.36	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.4	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.9	$59.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.94	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.2	$45.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$4.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.4	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.1	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$723	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13013	$7169

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Cities near Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$792
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$782
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$772
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$563
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$763
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$719
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$560
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$570
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$705
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$536
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$730
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$777
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$490
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$435
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$605
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$620
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$619
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$461
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$695
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$398
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$628
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$481
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$470
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$576
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$474
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$631
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$656
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$486
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$503
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$752
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$781
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$670
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$645
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$677
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$701
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$810

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