Addis Ababa vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Addis Ababa	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1103	$558
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2584	$1536
🏠 One person rent	$604	$219
🏘️ Family rent	$1197	$453
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$63.2	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$231	$222
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	32	50
😀 Quality of life	40	48
🏙️ Population	5.23M	1.57M

The cost of living in Addis Ababa is 98% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 4928th and 8203rd ($1103 vs $558) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 55th in Ethiopia and Iran, respectively. Check Ethiopia vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Addis Ababa compared to 0.4 months in Shiraz. Addis Ababa ranked 1st best city to live in Ethiopia vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 6957th and 6304th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Addis Ababa vs Shiraz

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	Addis Ababa	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.55	$2.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$23.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.04	$3.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$1.31	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$2.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$618	$244
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$466	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1617	$518
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$891	$377
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.6	$21.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$33.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.04	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.86%	22.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2736	$1277
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2013	$1601
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.93	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.67	$1.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.32	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.18	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.7	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$3.01
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$4.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$9.43
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.54	$0.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$5.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.01	$0.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$0.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.97	$2.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.27	$5.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$5.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.38	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$88.9	$15
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.68	$1.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$98.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.28	$28.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.2	$23.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$79.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$86.8	$152
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3443	$2159

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Cities near Addis Ababa

Distance	City	Cost of living
222 km or 138 mi	Awasa	$810
254 km or 158 mi	Dessie	$814
258 km or 161 mi	Jimma	$590
320 km or 199 mi	Bahir Dar	$799
349 km or 217 mi	Dire Dawa	$667
374 km or 232 mi	Harar	$626
421 km or 261 mi	Gondar	$946
447 km or 278 mi	Jijiga	$671
460 km or 286 mi	Dikhil	$554
495 km or 308 mi	Ali Sabieh	$555
498 km or 309 mi	Borama	$527
502 km or 312 mi	Mekelle	$686
561 km or 348 mi	Djibouti City	$584
568 km or 353 mi	Ad-Damazin	$827
587 km or 365 mi	Hargeisa	$684
595 km or 370 mi	Obock	$553
651 km or 405 mi	Mendefera	$490
666 km or 414 mi	El-Gadarif	$935
701 km or 436 mi	Asmara	$524
735 km or 457 mi	Massawa	$492
752 km or 467 mi	Keren	$491
758 km or 471 mi	Kassala	$988
761 km or 473 mi	Zabid	$489
767 km or 476 mi	Taiz	$514
780 km or 485 mi	Malakal	$502
789 km or 490 mi	Al Hudaydah	$513
805 km or 500 mi	Aden	$509
806 km or 501 mi	Kosti	$851
807 km or 502 mi	Ibb	$504
851 km or 529 mi	Bor	$513
853 km or 530 mi	Baidoa	$711
870 km or 541 mi	Dhamar	$491
914 km or 568 mi	Sayyan	$491
914 km or 568 mi	Juba	$520
920 km or 572 mi	Sanaa	$550
989 km or 615 mi	Khartoum North	$868
995 km or 618 mi	Khartoum	$889
995 km or 618 mi	Gulu	$579
1005 km or 625 mi	Meru	$535
1006 km or 625 mi	Omdurman	$902

Cities near Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$546
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$537
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$556
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$541
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$489
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$561
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$548
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$507
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$527
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$520
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$577
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$370
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$588
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$545
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$490
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$564
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$554
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$878
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$713
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$547
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$928
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$557
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$588
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1267
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$989
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1226
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1218
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$870
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$467
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$559
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1719
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$879
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$705