Adelaide vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$505
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$1290
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$214
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$361
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$162
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$22.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$205
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	50	47
😀 Quality of life	92	41
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.57M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 366% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 1178th and 8645th ($2355 vs $505) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 48th in Australia and Iran, respectively. Check Australia vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 0.4 months in Shiraz. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Shiraz ranked 30th in Iran, while ranked 75th and 7725th 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	$15.8	$3.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$12.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$2.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$0.93
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$0.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$226
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$173
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$415
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$300
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$15.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$24.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$14.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	23.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$1062
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$532
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$0.17
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$3.12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$2.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$0.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$0.34
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$1.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$2.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$2.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$9.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$0.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$0.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$6.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$0.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$0.58
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$3.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$4.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$5.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$2.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$1.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$79.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$24
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$22.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$92.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$112
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$2115

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2133
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1905
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1493
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1606
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1896
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1933
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2179
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1813
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1816
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2543
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1834
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1913
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1825
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1915
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1936
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$2000
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2258
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1868
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1855
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1460
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1795
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1701
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1728
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1709
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2040
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2481
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2364
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2354
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1995
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1273
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786

Cities near Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$485
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$471
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$497
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$457
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$459
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$494
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$454
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$469
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$451
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$521
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$517
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$352
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$558
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$488
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$454
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$452
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$466
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$459
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$778
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$703
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$487
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$917
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$522
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$548
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1340
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1059
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1218
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$509
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1062
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$965
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$700
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1437
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$496
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$2015
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$861
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$694