Phuket vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Phuket	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1010	$1543
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2467	$3341
🏠 One person rent	$555	$990
🏘️ Family rent	$956	$1686
🍽️ Food expenses	$325	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.5	$98.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$512	$2274
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	8	66
😀 Quality of life	55	86
🏙️ Population	77.6K	1.25M

The cost of living in Phuket is 35% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 5497th and 3851st ($1010 vs $1543) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th 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 0.5 months in Phuket compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Phuket ranked 9th best city to live in Thailand vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 6330th and 367th 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	$5.76	$5.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.6	$32.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.13	$8.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.46	$9.6
☕ Cappuccino	$2.93	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.73	$0.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$650	$672
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$429	$772
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1157	$1207
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$761	$1417
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$138
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.7	$210
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19	$100
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.61%	4.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3728	$8219
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2603	$5942
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.53	$2.03
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.2	$47
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.6	$8.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.74	$1.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.19	$2.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.8	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$6.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.09
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$2.67
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$8.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.87	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.4	$6.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.35	$6.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$4.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.44	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.5	$57
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.75	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.2	$47.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$5.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.9	$62.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$565	$281
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13979	$8199

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Cities near Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$784
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$836
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$806
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$582
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$788
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$747
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$616
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$588
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$735
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$592
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$766
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$812
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$545
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$429
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$637
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$762
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$720
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$439
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$555
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$407
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$531
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$677
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$453
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$449
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$567
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$449
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$678
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$787
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$459
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$470
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$550
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$809
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$839
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$743
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$741
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$766
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$718
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$783
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$799
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$992

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