Sharjah vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sharjah	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1494	$484
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3243	$1445
🏠 One person rent	$958	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$1655	$337
🍽️ Food expenses	$325	$167
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$63.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2174	$1106
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	65	62
😀 Quality of life	83	49
🏙️ Population	1.25M	9.08M

The cost of living in Sharjah is 209% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 3460th and 8735th ($1494 vs $484) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 524th in the United Arab Emirates and China, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Sharjah compared to 2.3 months in Xuzhou. Sharjah ranked 2nd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Xuzhou ranked 66th in China, while ranked 412th and 6314th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sharjah vs Xuzhou

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	Sharjah	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.42	$2.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.1	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.45	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$4.93	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$802	$180
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$704	$153
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1595	$391
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1285	$266
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$24.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$38.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$103	$7.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.54%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6652	$1988
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4560	$1555
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.18	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.15	$4.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.82	$1.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.05	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$1.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.03	$7.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.17	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.5	$5.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.07	$0.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.68	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.4	$2.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.63	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.47	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.34	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.8	$30.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.7	$35
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.67	$3.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.2	$28.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.5	$48.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$271	$273
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7169	$22170

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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 Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$584
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$602
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$575
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$600
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$591
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$572
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$620
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$541
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$643
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$660
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$736
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$505
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$587
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$536
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$578
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1385
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$633
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$608
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$668
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$591
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$561
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$571
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$575
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$566
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$613
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$580
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$787
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$800
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$621
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$625
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$522
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$545
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$616
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$561
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$664
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$665
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$746