Raleigh vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Raleigh	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2327	$1419
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5471	$3073
🏠 One person rent	$1420	$859
🏘️ Family rent	$2324	$1432
🍽️ Food expenses	$628	$332
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4437	$2246
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	82	66
😀 Quality of life	90	88
🏙️ Population	468K	1.25M

The cost of living in Raleigh is 64% more expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 1213th and 4204th ($2327 vs $1419) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1060th 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 1.9 months in Raleigh compared to 1.6 months in Sharjah. Raleigh ranked 60th best city to live in the United States vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 212th and 312th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Raleigh vs Sharjah

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	Raleigh	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.1	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.4	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.99	$8.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.91	$9.56
☕ Cappuccino	$5.22	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.35	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1434	$674
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1158	$578
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2441	$1188
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1941	$1064
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$217	$234
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.3	$108
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.34%	4.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3119	$10301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2477	$8167
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$1.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$66.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.2	$9.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.77	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$2.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$2.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$9.51
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.52	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.72	$2.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.4	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.04	$1.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.73	$6.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.26	$6.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.25	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.68	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$2.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$68.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$161	$46.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.2	$4.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.1	$49.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1578	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24117	$6883

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Cities near Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2289
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2582
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1818
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2225
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2338
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2387
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2331
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2219
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2319
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2171
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2105
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2071
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$1926
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1812
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2166
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2312
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2124
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1757
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2065
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2112
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2176
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2076
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1993
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2070
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2152
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2154
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2156
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2079
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$2054
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1893
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2094
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2107
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1734
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2102
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1983
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2231
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2395
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2160
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2228
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1766

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