Samsun vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Samsun	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$858	$1494
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1884	$3243
🏠 One person rent	$436	$958
🏘️ Family rent	$570	$1655
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$55	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$689	$2174
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	23	65
😀 Quality of life	56	83
🏙️ Population	1.37M	1.25M

The cost of living in Samsun is 43% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 6234th and 3460th ($858 vs $1494) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 7th in Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Turkey vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Samsun compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Samsun ranked 13th best city to live in Turkey vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 5708th and 412th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Samsun vs Sharjah

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

	Samsun	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.52	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.2	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.31	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$9.45
☕ Cappuccino	$2.51	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.09	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$412	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$388	$704
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$715	$1595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$458	$1285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.1	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.9	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.7	$103
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	39.7%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4101	$6652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2714	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.8	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.95	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.8	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.67	$6.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.1	$8.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.35	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.99	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.11	$6.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.98	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.49	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.86	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.66	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.2	$59.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.25	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.1	$45.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.98	$4.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.4	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$343	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7315	$7169

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Samsun

Distance	City	Cost of living
82 km or 51 mi	Unye	$665
82 km or 51 mi	Amasya	$578
110 km or 69 mi	Tokat	$587
128 km or 80 mi	Sinop	$653
134 km or 84 mi	Ordu	$612
142 km or 88 mi	Corum	$593
180 km or 112 mi	Giresun	$495
180 km or 112 mi	Sivas	$948
208 km or 129 mi	Yozgat	$723
213 km or 132 mi	Kastamonu	$492
240 km or 149 mi	Cankiri	$650
280 km or 174 mi	Gumushane	$617
285 km or 177 mi	Ortahisar	$652
287 km or 178 mi	Trabzon	$663
287 km or 178 mi	Kirikkale	$655
293 km or 182 mi	Kayseri	$672
297 km or 184 mi	Talas	$645
301 km or 187 mi	Kirsehir	$663
309 km or 192 mi	Karabuk	$627
317 km or 197 mi	Erzincan	$621
326 km or 203 mi	Nevsehir	$698
330 km or 205 mi	Ankara	$959
335 km or 208 mi	Bartin	$710
348 km or 216 mi	Bayburt	$607
352 km or 219 mi	Rize	$661
368 km or 229 mi	Malatya	$544
378 km or 235 mi	Sochi	$846
379 km or 236 mi	Aksaray	$406
381 km or 237 mi	Elazig	$492
395 km or 246 mi	Nigde	$699
399 km or 248 mi	Novorossiysk	$617
401 km or 249 mi	Polatli	$691
402 km or 250 mi	Bolu	$616
407 km or 253 mi	Bor	$664
410 km or 255 mi	Karadeniz Eregli	$626
415 km or 258 mi	Kahramanmaras	$557
426 km or 265 mi	Adiyaman	$644
429 km or 266 mi	Kozan	$585
431 km or 268 mi	Sukhumi	$760
433 km or 269 mi	Sevastopol	$683

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