Adelaide vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Adelaide	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1978	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4280	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$1150	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$171	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3388	$205
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	50	50
😀 Quality of life	94	48
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.57M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 236% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 1894th and 7787th ($1978 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 34th in Australia and Iran, respectively. Check Australia vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Adelaide compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 46th and 6352nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Shiraz

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	Adelaide	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.9	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.51	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$902	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1801	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1445	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$212	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.9	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6777	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4517	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.76	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.41	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.8	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.16	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.6	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$843	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7829	$2161

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1795
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1691
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1291
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1390
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1668
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1691
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1981
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1625
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1601
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2194
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1620
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1645
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1619
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1671
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1643
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1654
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1727
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2023
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1768
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1702
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1511
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1616
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1538
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1651
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1416
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1584
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1824
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2252
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2106
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2539
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2099
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1448
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1185
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681

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