Hanoi vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Hanoi	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$648	$1503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1977	$3133
🏠 One person rent	$290	$963
🏘️ Family rent	$794	$1557
🍽️ Food expenses	$220	$323
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.1	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$505	$2228
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	71	65
😀 Quality of life	63	83
🏙️ Population	8.44M	1.25M

The cost of living in Hanoi is 57% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 7305th and 3679th ($648 vs $1503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 7th in Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Vietnam vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Hanoi compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 4684th and 386th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanoi vs Sharjah

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	Hanoi	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.03	$5.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.2	$26.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.63	$9.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$9.57
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$5.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$314	$786
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$209	$735
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$870	$1630
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$666	$1186
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.3	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.6	$185
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.23	$97.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.93%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2876	$6590
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1588	$4507
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$2.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.1	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.44	$9.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.64	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$8.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$6.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$8.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$1.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.02	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$6.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$1.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.41	$6.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.83	$6.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.26	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.62	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.2	$60.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.3	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.2	$46.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.76	$4.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$51.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.9	$78.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$232	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13338	$5054

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Cities near Hanoi

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Bac Ninh	$545
52 km or 32 mi	Hai Duong	$565
56 km or 35 mi	Viet Tri	$554
64 km or 40 mi	Thai Nguyen	$571
75 km or 47 mi	Nam Dinh	$511
83 km or 51 mi	Thai Binh	$523
89 km or 55 mi	Haiphong	$606
129 km or 80 mi	Ha Long	$592
135 km or 84 mi	Thanh Hoa	$571
150 km or 93 mi	Cam Pha	$577
221 km or 137 mi	Chongzuo	$586
254 km or 158 mi	Sa Pa	$549
262 km or 163 mi	Vinh	$583
263 km or 163 mi	Fangchenggang	$595
298 km or 185 mi	Ha Tinh	$560
305 km or 190 mi	Qinzhou	$614
308 km or 192 mi	Wenshan	$579
324 km or 201 mi	Nanning	$572
330 km or 205 mi	Baise	$593
341 km or 212 mi	Beihai	$660
402 km or 250 mi	Dong Hoi	$513
406 km or 252 mi	Luang Prabang	$1251
418 km or 259 mi	Thakhek	$1151
424 km or 263 mi	Vang Vieng	$1174
451 km or 281 mi	Guigang	$725
461 km or 286 mi	Laibin	$623
462 km or 287 mi	Xingyi	$580
468 km or 291 mi	Hechi	$601
474 km or 294 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
479 km or 298 mi	Yulin	$794
480 km or 298 mi	Haikou	$671
481 km or 299 mi	Vientiane	$1168
492 km or 306 mi	Sanya	$778
501 km or 311 mi	Yuxi	$621
516 km or 321 mi	Udon Thani	$555
518 km or 322 mi	Liuzhou	$607
528 km or 328 mi	Gaozhou	$774
531 km or 330 mi	Maoming	$774
533 km or 331 mi	Jinghong	$599
539 km or 335 mi	Hue	$407

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