Seville vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Seville	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1403	$1473
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3268	$3212
🏠 One person rent	$753	$912
🏘️ Family rent	$1262	$1543
🍽️ Food expenses	$424	$338
🚐 Transport expenses	$94.5	$106
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1868	$2465
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	54	66
😀 Quality of life	84	87
🏙️ Population	689K	1.25M

The cost of living in Seville is 5% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 4334th and 4144th ($1403 vs $1473) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 77th and 5th in Spain and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Spain vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Seville compared to 1.7 months in Sharjah. Seville ranked 7th best city to live in Spain vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 506th and 352nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Seville vs Sharjah

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	Seville	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.6	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.9	$32.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.33	$9.48
☕ Cappuccino	$2.77	$3.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.27	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$825	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$594	$668
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1442	$1201
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1027	$1225
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.8	$104
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.35%	4.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4721	$8753
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2204	$6966
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.67	$1.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38	$55.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12	$8.57
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.54	$1.21
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.58	$2.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.73	$7.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$2.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.75	$7.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$2.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.56	$6.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.44	$6.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.74	$4.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.49	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.2	$60.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.64	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$76.7	$47.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$5.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.4	$56.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.9	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$488	$292
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8423	$7922

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Cities near Seville

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.7 mi	Dos Hermanas	$1339
32 km or 20 mi	Carmona	$1353
49 km or 31 mi	Almonte	$1337
72 km or 45 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1295
77 km or 48 mi	Moguer	$1307
77 km or 48 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$1008
82 km or 51 mi	Ecija	$1385
87 km or 54 mi	Huelva	$1275
91 km or 57 mi	Rota	$1497
98 km or 61 mi	Cadiz	$1560
102 km or 63 mi	Ronda	$1003
109 km or 67 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1187
121 km or 75 mi	Cordoba	$1331
130 km or 81 mi	Estepona	$1625
132 km or 82 mi	Antequera	$1336
138 km or 86 mi	Marbella	$1935
140 km or 87 mi	Los Barrios	$1212
147 km or 91 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1316
147 km or 92 mi	Algeciras	$1041
148 km or 92 mi	Mijas	$1551
150 km or 93 mi	Gibraltar City	$2594
150 km or 93 mi	Tavira	$1563
153 km or 95 mi	Fuengirola	$1537
154 km or 96 mi	Benalmadena	$1614
156 km or 97 mi	Tarifa	$1394
158 km or 98 mi	Malaga	$1727
164 km or 102 mi	Loja	$1500
169 km or 105 mi	Olhao	$1490
173 km or 108 mi	Merida	$1300
177 km or 110 mi	Ceuta	$1340
177 km or 110 mi	Faro	$1471
178 km or 110 mi	Villanueva de la Serena	$1349
178 km or 111 mi	Tangier	$881
182 km or 113 mi	Martos	$1385
182 km or 113 mi	Beja	$1044
182 km or 113 mi	Alcala la Real	$2270
182 km or 113 mi	Loule	$1581
188 km or 117 mi	Badajoz	$1218
198 km or 123 mi	Jaen	$1123
203 km or 126 mi	Albufeira	$1979

Cities near Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2183
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2420
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1148
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1373
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1214
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1457
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$1080
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$796
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1135
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$2014
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1923
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$545
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$541
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$575
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$545
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1309
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1109
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1192
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$563
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$575
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$931
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1037
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$565
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$547
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$613
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$823
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$627
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$761
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$489
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$928
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$465
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$487
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$813
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$565
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$492