Samsun vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Samsun	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$820	$1503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1868	$3133
🏠 One person rent	$394	$963
🏘️ Family rent	$514	$1557
🍽️ Food expenses	$273	$323
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.8	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$676	$2228
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	23	65
😀 Quality of life	57	83
🏙️ Population	1.37M	1.25M

The cost of living in Samsun is 45% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 6364th and 3679th ($820 vs $1503) 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 12th best city to live in Turkey vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 5645th and 386th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Samsun vs Sharjah

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	Samsun	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.29	$5.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.2	$26.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.05	$9.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.18	$9.57
☕ Cappuccino	$2.6	$5.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.56	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$364	$786
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$348	$735
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$674	$1630
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$399	$1186
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.6	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.7	$185
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.7	$97.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	36.71%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2033	$6590
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$552	$4507
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.44	$2.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.7	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$9.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$1.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.06	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$8.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$6.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$8.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.18	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.42	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$6.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$1.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.98	$6.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.69	$6.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.69	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.92	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.79	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.1	$60.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$46.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.45	$4.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.8	$51.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$78.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$260	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11214	$5054

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Cities near Samsun

Distance	City	Cost of living
82 km or 51 mi	Unye	$672
82 km or 51 mi	Amasya	$606
110 km or 69 mi	Tokat	$728
128 km or 80 mi	Sinop	$647
134 km or 84 mi	Ordu	$602
142 km or 88 mi	Corum	$591
180 km or 112 mi	Giresun	$485
180 km or 112 mi	Sivas	$1003
208 km or 129 mi	Yozgat	$705
213 km or 132 mi	Kastamonu	$504
240 km or 149 mi	Cankiri	$643
280 km or 174 mi	Gumushane	$619
285 km or 177 mi	Ortahisar	$684
287 km or 178 mi	Trabzon	$708
287 km or 178 mi	Kirikkale	$675
293 km or 182 mi	Kayseri	$656
297 km or 184 mi	Talas	$625
301 km or 187 mi	Kirsehir	$673
309 km or 192 mi	Karabuk	$617
317 km or 197 mi	Erzincan	$578
326 km or 203 mi	Nevsehir	$607
330 km or 205 mi	Ankara	$907
335 km or 208 mi	Bartin	$672
348 km or 216 mi	Bayburt	$594
352 km or 219 mi	Rize	$635
368 km or 229 mi	Malatya	$570
378 km or 235 mi	Sochi	$731
379 km or 236 mi	Aksaray	$426
381 km or 237 mi	Elazig	$622
395 km or 246 mi	Nigde	$662
399 km or 248 mi	Novorossiysk	$577
401 km or 249 mi	Polatli	$678
402 km or 250 mi	Bolu	$599
407 km or 253 mi	Bor	$637
410 km or 255 mi	Karadeniz Eregli	$589
415 km or 258 mi	Kahramanmaras	$604
426 km or 265 mi	Adiyaman	$651
429 km or 266 mi	Kozan	$580
431 km or 268 mi	Sukhumi	$790
433 km or 269 mi	Sevastopol	$607

Cities near Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2084
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2309
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1232
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1050
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$994
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$786
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1110
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1810
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1719
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$561
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$556
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$547
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$520
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1267
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1218
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1226
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$531
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$687
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$870
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$989
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$558
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$546
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$878
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$639
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$467
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$541
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$928
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$537
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$548
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$489
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$831
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$577
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$507