Sharjah vs Tripoli - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sharjah	Tripoli
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1494	$464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3243	$1222
🏠 One person rent	$958	$164
🏘️ Family rent	$1655	$359
🍽️ Food expenses	$325	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$62
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2174	$336
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	65	20
😀 Quality of life	83	45
🏙️ Population	1.25M	1.29M

The cost of living in Sharjah is 222% more expensive than in Tripoli. Cities ranked 3460th and 8801st ($1494 vs $464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and Libya, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Libya comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Sharjah compared to 0.7 months in Tripoli. Sharjah ranked 2nd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Tripoli ranked 1st in Libya, while ranked 412th and 6545th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Sharjah	Tripoli
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.42	$5.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.1	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$4.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.45	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$4.93	$0.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$802	$182
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$704	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1595	$468
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1285	$263
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$21.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$33.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$103	$21.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.54%	17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6652	$1382
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4560	$402
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.18	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$22.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.15	$7.99
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.54
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$0.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.32
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.82	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.05	$5.26
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$3.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.03	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.17	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.5	$1.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.07	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.68	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.4	$4.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.63	$1.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.47	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.34	$0.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.8	$29
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$5.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.7	$26.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.67	$1.47
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.2	$23.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.5	$61.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$271	$57.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7169	$1187

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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

Cities near Tripoli

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Zawiya	$368
66 km or 41 mi	Sabratha	$396
80 km or 50 mi	Gharyan	$387
103 km or 64 mi	Zuwarah	$392
104 km or 64 mi	Al-Khums	$418
110 km or 68 mi	Yafran	$404
187 km or 116 mi	Misrata	$436
305 km or 190 mi	Sfax	$448
308 km or 191 mi	Gabes	$377
355 km or 221 mi	Mosta	$1346
355 km or 221 mi	Marsaskala	$1325
356 km or 221 mi	Zabbar	$1415
356 km or 221 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
357 km or 222 mi	Naxxar	$1486
357 km or 222 mi	Valletta	$1583
358 km or 222 mi	San Gwann	$1555
358 km or 222 mi	Gzira	$1624
359 km or 223 mi	Sliema	$1749
359 km or 223 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1384
404 km or 251 mi	Sousse	$495
422 km or 262 mi	Kairouan	$410
442 km or 275 mi	Gafsa	$386
456 km or 284 mi	Nabeul	$443
472 km or 293 mi	Ragusa	$1106
476 km or 296 mi	Gela	$941
488 km or 303 mi	Niscemi	$1077
495 km or 307 mi	Agrigento	$971
504 km or 313 mi	Syracuse	$1098
516 km or 320 mi	Tunis	$535
516 km or 321 mi	La Marsa	$549
521 km or 323 mi	Aryanah	$465
543 km or 337 mi	Catania	$1161
545 km or 338 mi	Tebessa	$459
552 km or 343 mi	Marsala	$1019
575 km or 357 mi	Bizerte	$348
575 km or 357 mi	Trapani	$938
583 km or 362 mi	Palermo	$1137
591 km or 367 mi	El Oued	$349
611 km or 380 mi	Souk Ahras	$364
624 km or 388 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1058