Sao Paulo vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Sao Paulo	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1012	$1503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2565	$3133
🏠 One person rent	$481	$963
🏘️ Family rent	$852	$1557
🍽️ Food expenses	$285	$323
🚐 Transport expenses	$145	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$477	$2228
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	95	65
😀 Quality of life	63	83
🏙️ Population	11.5M	1.25M

The cost of living in Sao Paulo is 33% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 5616th and 3679th ($1012 vs $1503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Brazil and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Brazil vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Sao Paulo compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Sao Paulo ranked 2nd best city to live in Brazil vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 4573rd and 386th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sao Paulo vs Sharjah

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	Sao Paulo	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.82	$5.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$26.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.22	$9.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$9.57
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$5.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.13	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$574	$786
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$371	$735
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1002	$1630
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$694	$1186
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.2	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.2	$185
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.3	$97.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.91%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2416	$6590
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1687	$4507
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$2.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.9	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.27	$9.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$1.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.4	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$8.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$6.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.71	$8.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$0.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.17	$6.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$1.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.23	$6.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.84	$6.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.35	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$60.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.65	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.8	$46.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$4.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.5	$51.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.4	$78.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$482	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13135	$5054

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Cities near Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$716
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$665
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$691
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$674
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$644
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$686
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$657
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$573
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$663
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$640
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$627
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$738
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$640
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$639
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$643
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$640
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$639
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$631
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$633
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$621
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$656
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$606
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$647
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$645
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$641
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$679
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$636
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$639
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$661
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$674
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$640
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$698
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$742
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$595
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$630
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$653
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$746
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$650
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$638
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$629

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