Abidjan vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abidjan	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1022	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2885	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$439	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$1190	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$311	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$156	$205
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	34	50
😀 Quality of life	37	48
🏙️ Population	4.98M	1.57M

The cost of living in Abidjan is 74% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 5348th and 7787th ($1022 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 34th in Ivory Coast and Iran, respectively. Check Ivory Coast vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Abidjan compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Abidjan ranked 1st best city to live in Ivory Coast vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 7322nd and 6352nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abidjan vs Shiraz

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	Abidjan	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.2	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.1	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$2.07	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.75	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$469	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$247	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1585	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$834	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.1	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.73%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2092	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1233	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.4	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.5	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.02	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.08	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.71	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.53	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.05	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.28	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.03	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.32	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.7	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.97	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.2	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.2	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.6	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$252	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2459	$2161

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Cities near Abidjan

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Grand-Bassam	$881
39 km or 24 mi	Dabou	$882
70 km or 43 mi	Agboville	$882
157 km or 98 mi	Divo	$906
166 km or 103 mi	Abengourou	$889
215 km or 134 mi	Yamoussoukro	$887
229 km or 142 mi	Gagnoa	$904
255 km or 158 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$577
276 km or 172 mi	Obuasi	$551
284 km or 176 mi	Bouake	$937
306 km or 190 mi	Kumasi	$433
425 km or 264 mi	Koforidua	$588
426 km or 265 mi	Accra	$729
444 km or 276 mi	Ashaiman	$560
445 km or 277 mi	Tema	$553
491 km or 305 mi	Korhogo	$916
517 km or 321 mi	Ho	$354
537 km or 334 mi	Hohoe	$575
544 km or 338 mi	Kpalime	$632
556 km or 345 mi	Greenville	$487
557 km or 346 mi	Yekepa	$487
564 km or 350 mi	Sanniquellie	$487
572 km or 356 mi	Tamale	$507
587 km or 365 mi	Lome	$755
593 km or 369 mi	Nzerekore	$999
619 km or 385 mi	Atakpame	$647
651 km or 404 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$757
659 km or 410 mi	Sotouboua	$649
675 km or 419 mi	Leo	$753
689 km or 428 mi	Sikasso	$499
696 km or 433 mi	Abomey	$590
699 km or 434 mi	Sokode	$651
712 km or 442 mi	Kakata	$487
722 km or 449 mi	Cotonou	$709
742 km or 461 mi	Kara	$658
746 km or 463 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
758 km or 471 mi	Monrovia	$523
764 km or 475 mi	Gueckedou	$1009
775 km or 482 mi	Manga	$774
776 km or 482 mi	Bougouni	$489

Cities near Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$563
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$557
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$548
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$546
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$529
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$547
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$551
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$536
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$502
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$514
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$573
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$523
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$502
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$525
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$897
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$736
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$901
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$547
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$597
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1280
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1056
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1243
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1223
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$1068
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$464
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$562
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1709
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$904
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$723