Cost of Living in
Iran

Cost of living	One person	Family of 4
Total with rent	$722	$1895
Without rent	$420	$1082
Rent & Utilities	$279	$687.51
Food	$194	$633
Transport	$25.18	$94.67
Monthly salary after tax	$303.1
Human freedom index	4.46
Life expectancy	58.99
English speaking %	13.81%
Population	81.8M

The cost of living in Iran is $722, which is 1.45 times less expensive than the world average. Iran is ranked 132th out of 208 countries by cost of living .

The average salary after taxes in Iran is $303.1, which is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months.

Iran

We calculate prices for Iran as a population-weighted mean of 473 cities. Since large cities tend to have a higher cost of living, it's better to visit specific city pages below for more relevant information.

Cost of living	One person	Rank
Total with rent	$722	132 / 208
Without rent	$420	128 / 208
Rent & Utilities	$279	152 / 208
Food	$194	184 / 208
Transport	$25.18	201 / 208

Rent & Utilities
1 bedroom apartment in city Center, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	408.34$
Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	197.55$
3 bedroom apartment in city Center, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	673.34$
Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	468.04$
Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	16.27$
Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	21.35$
Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	12.4$
Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.87$
Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	1923$
House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	1026$

Eating Out
Lunch Menu	4.63$
Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	21.22$
Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	4.38$
Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	0.95$
Cappuccino	1.08$
Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	0.79$

Transportation
Local transport ticket	0.37$
Monthly ticket local transport	11.49$
Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	2.59$
Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	0.67$

Groceries
Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	0.61$
Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	0.65$
Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	2.17$
Eggs, x12	1.39$
Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	3.54$
Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	4.19$
Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	10.54$
Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	1.17$
Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	1.66$
Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.86$
Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.8$
Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.67$
Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.62$
Water, 1 L or 1 qt	0.21$
Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	3.32$
Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	1.02$
Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	0.75$
Cigarette pack	2.69$
Cold medicince, 1 week	10.93$
Hair Shampoo	5.83$
Toilet paper, 4 rolls	3.04$
Toothpaste, 1 tube	1.78$

Gym Membership, 1 month	19.1$
Cinema Ticket, 1 person	1.9$
Doctor's visit	130.13$
Haircut, simple	19.59$
Brand Jeans	34.61$
Brand Sneakers	114.54$
Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	125.47$
International Primary School, 1 year	1132$

Rank	State	Cost of living
1	Tabriz	$1699
2	Hormozgan	$1424
3	Khuzestan	$1292
4	Mazandaran	$935
5	Khorasan	$917
6	Ilam	$913
7	Lorestan	$845
8	Eslamshahr	$839
9	Zahedan	$818
10	Ray	$812
11	Sistan and Baluchestan	$806
12	Gorgan	$803
13	Qods	$777
14	Pakdasht	$754
15	Azbayjan-e Gharbi	$750
16	Razavi Khorasan	$740
17	Markazi	$715
18	Shahriar	$694
19	Khorasan Razavi	$691
20	East Azerbaijan	$691
21	Karaj	$687
22	Ahvaz	$687
23	South Khorasan	$684
24	Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari	$675
25	Khorramabad	$666
26	Gilan	$662
27	Fars	$661
28	Andimeshk	$661
29	Qarchak	$653
30	Ilam (Iran)	$651
31	Isfahan Province	$651
32	Malard	$650
33	Saidi	$647
34	West Azerbaijan	$645
35	Hamadan	$641
36	Najafabad	$637
37	Kurdistan	$635
38	Yazd	$631
39	Golestan	$627
40	Saravan	$614
41	Sabzevar	$613
42	Rasht (Iran)	$613
43	Mashhad	$612
44	Varamin	$607
45	Amol	$605
46	Qaem Shahr	$597
47	Taft	$593
48	Tehran	$592
49	Sari	$592
50	Khomeyni Shahr	$580
51	Bandar Abbas	$575
52	Borujerd	$575
53	Dezful	$574
54	Esfahan	$562
55	Khorasan Jonubi	$561
56	Abadan (Iran)	$560
57	Nishapur	$560
58	Qazvin	$550
59	Zanjan	$537
60	Semnan	$533
61	Qom	$523
62	Azarbayjan Sharqi	$517
63	Alborz	$508
64	Konarak	$506
65	Babol	$505
66	Kerman (Iran)	$505
67	Kermanshah	$502
68	Shiraz	$493
69	Bushehr	$492
70	Sanandaj	$491
71	Kashan	$488
72	North Khorasan	$481
73	Isfahan	$480
74	Hamedan	$478
75	Ardabil	$473
76	Kordestan	$470
77	Khalkhal	$468
78	Asfarvarin	$467
79	Urmia	$436
80	Bojnord	$433
81	Saveh	$432
82	Maryana	$418
83	Arak	$410
84	Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad	$383
85	Monaco	$7654
86	Santa Barbara Province	$3469
87	Singapore	$3385
88	Neuchatel	$3164
89	Ile-de-France	$2736
90	Zurich	$2715
91	California	$2710
92	Queretaro	$2187
93	United States	$2149
94	Baden-Wurttemberg	$2044
95	Aland	$2038
96	Ostergotland	$1978
97	Provence-Alpes-Cote dAzur	$1921
98	Hoki	$1897
99	Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes	$1891
100	Liege	$1878
101	Plzen	$1831
102	South Pyongan	$1816
103	Hokkaido	$1802
104	Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro	$1703
105	Nampo	$1690
106	Jonkoping	$1661
107	Rikuchu	$1633
108	Sancti Spiritus	$1578
109	Caceres	$1564
110	Holguin	$1508
111	Usti nad Labem	$1462
112	Cadiz	$1459
113	Orebro	$1456
114	Kavala	$1444
115	Limon	$1428
116	Al Bahah	$1394
117	Colon (Panama)	$1391
118	Zlin	$1388
119	Vastmanland	$1381
120	Omi	$1355
121	Tacuarembo	$1343
122	Siauliai County	$1329
123	Ahuachapan	$1327
124	Shimosa	$1324
125	Ciego de Avila	$1316
126	Tokai	$1300
127	Xanthi	$1280
128	Dembeni	$1275
129	Panama	$1271
130	Bayamon	$1269
131	Paysandu	$1264
132	Usulutan	$1259
133	Zilina	$1252
134	Hyuga	$1251
135	Guantanamo	$1238
136	Panama	$1234
137	Ioannina	$1231
138	Igdir	$1230
139	Panama Oeste	$1230
140	San-Pedro	$1203
141	Klaipeda	$1201
142	Tillaberi	$1200
143	Etchu	$1194
144	Vlore	$1194
145	Constanta	$1189
146	Kai	$1170
147	Pinar del Rio	$1161
148	Riga Planning Region	$1154
149	Camaguey	$1149
150	San Pedro de Macoris	$1138
151	Lodz	$1132
152	Chania	$1130
153	Causeni	$1128
154	Presov	$1128
155	Calarasi (Moldova)	$1117
156	Kermanshah	$1116
157	Franche-Comte	$1113
158	Yoro	$1112
159	Tekirdag	$1111
160	Zambezia	$1107
161	Bahia	$1102
162	Setubal	$1097
163	Drama	$1085
164	Kastoria	$1081
165	Suo	$1080
166	Balikesir	$1075
167	Thies	$1074
168	Trencin	$1063
169	Serres	$1060
170	Dubasari	$1050
171	Rethymno	$1045
172	Equateur	$1036
173	Espirito Santo	$1034
174	Suchitepequez	$1030
175	Haut-Uele	$1027
176	Gabu	$1019
177	Straseni	$1015
178	Brasov	$1014
179	Goias	$1013
180	Boke	$1007
181	Mexico	$1007
182	Totomi	$995
183	Siauliai	$994
184	Colon (Cuba)	$992
185	Banska Bystrica	$983
186	Panevezys	$969
187	Iasi	$963
188	Sao Paulo	$961
189	Kozuke	$956
190	Klaipeda County	$952
191	Izmir	$949
192	Osumi	$945
193	Kutahya	$934
194	Quilpue	$930
195	Hradec Kralove	$929
196	Kasai	$920
197	Kasai-Oriental	$919
198	Gueckedou	$918
199	Michoacan	$908
200	Eskisehir	$906
201	Extreme-Nord	$900
202	Solola	$897
203	Timis	$890
204	Bafata	$878
205	Kahramanmaras	$878
206	Usak	$877
207	Guatemala	$876
208	Uige	$872
209	Dien Bien	$871
210	Estado de Mexico	$864
211	Yucatan	$864
212	Durres	$856
213	Guaira	$856
214	Municipality of Chisinau	$854
215	Diyarbakir	$850
216	Cotui	$846
217	Ceara	$845
218	Francisco Morazan	$845
219	Botosani	$841
220	Esteli	$838
221	Buzau	$834
222	Botosani	$829
223	Forecariah	$826
224	Kirikkale	$816
225	Maan	$816
226	San Luis Potosi	$814
227	Boyaca	$812
228	Tucuman	$812
229	Caras-Severin	$810
230	Neuquen	$806
231	Bekes	$799
232	Hoki Province	$787
233	Adiyaman	$779
234	Arges	$779
235	Neamt	$777
236	Raska	$771
237	Atlantico	$768
238	Marijampole	$762
239	Para	$756
240	Gyor-Moson-Sopron	$755
241	Ialomita	$751
242	Veszprem	$751
243	Wasit	$751
244	Huila	$747
245	Sirvan	$747
246	Canakkale	$743
247	Aydin	$733
248	Elazig	$730
249	Chisinau	$726
250	Nuevo Leon	$720
251	Shkoder	$718
252	Korce	$710
253	Khuzestan	$708
254	Copiapo	$705
255	Bazega	$694
256	Curico	$692
257	Hamadan	$689
258	Mures	$683
259	Passore	$680
260	Braila	$675
261	Oueme	$671
262	Bistrita-Nasaud	$669
263	Iasi	$668
264	Djibouti	$666
265	Rezekne	$664
266	Laayoune	$660
267	Nghe An	$657
268	Awash	$655
269	Elazig	$650
270	Leon (Nicaragua)	$648
271	Gilan	$644
272	Meknes	$634
273	Mures	$633
274	Khenifra	$631
275	Tuyen Quang	$628
276	Bacau	$624
277	Paraguari	$622
278	Caras-Severin	$620
279	Piaui	$620
280	Binh Phuoc	$612
281	Osh	$608
282	Chuy Province	$607
283	Vinh Long	$607
284	Anse-a-Veau	$604
285	Dambovita	$604
286	Medias	$602
287	Koulpelogo	$595
288	Anosy	$594
289	Rio San Juan	$590
290	Bac Lieu	$587
291	Ninh Thuan	$585
292	Setif	$582
293	Duzce	$573
294	Ain Beida	$572
295	North Ossetia-Alania	$572
296	Agri	$569
297	Maramures	$569
298	Al Mahwit	$568
299	Hau Giang	$567
300	Dak Lak	$566
301	Al Hoceima	$562
302	Nis	$561
303	Sidi Bel Abbes	$553
304	Cadiz	$542
305	Valcea	$542
306	Kelaat Sraghna	$539
307	Bac Giang	$536
308	Soc Trang	$535
309	Miragoane	$533
310	Bechar	$531
311	Menaka	$525
312	Ba Ria-Vung Tau	$522
313	Karbala	$522
314	Lere	$516
315	Stavropol	$514
316	Yen Bai	$513
317	Kirklareli	$512
318	Hajjah	$507
319	Son La	$502
320	San Andres	$500
321	Inezgane-Ait Melloul	$498
322	Sadah	$495
323	Dhaka	$489
324	Sale	$489
325	Corum	$484
326	Concepcion (Paraguay)	$482
327	Binh Dinh	$480
328	Oulmes	$480
329	Caaguazu	$478
330	Arta	$476
331	Dong Nai	$473
332	Lang Son	$470
333	Salar	$470
334	Kenitra	$467
335	Quang Tri	$466
336	Ayni	$465
337	Dong Thap	$463
338	Narino	$462
339	Maharashtra	$461
340	Quang Ninh	$453
341	Nam Dinh	$448
342	Ain Temouchent	$444
343	Thanh Hoa	$444
344	Sanaa	$443
345	MSila	$441
346	Binh Duong	$438
347	Homs	$436
348	Khemisset	$435
349	Medenine	$433
350	Ca Mau	$431
351	Kebili	$431
352	Thua Thien Hue	$431
353	Beni Mellal-Khenifra	$429
354	Ain Defla	$426
355	Mazandaran	$426
356	Binh Thuan	$424
357	Tamba	$423
358	Jaen (Peru)	$422
359	Tetouan	$414
360	Al Bayda	$412
361	Ysyk-Kol	$411
362	Tebessa	$409
363	Bejaia	$405
364	Misratah	$399
365	Baghlan	$398
366	El Kelaa des Sraghna	$398
367	Daharia	$393
368	Al Bayda	$390
369	San Joaquin	$389
370	Tay Ninh	$389
371	Bordj Bou Arreridj	$384
372	Kien Giang	$381
373	Saida	$381
374	Gabes	$377
375	Kosice	$372
376	Sabha	$365
377	Bihar	$363
378	Kien Giang	$363
379	Quang Nam	$363
380	Samana	$360
381	Medea	$333
382	Ben Tre	$324
383	Naama	$302

Cost of Living in Iran

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Meybod

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Sardasht

Poldasht

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Goldasht

Mamuniyeh

Ashkezar

Choghadak

Kherameh

Niar

Shal

Neqab

Hidaj

Khomam

Takab

Naysar

Sangan

Kushk

Sain Qaleh

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Bukan

Malekan

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Naqadeh

Mahabad

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