Adelaide vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Adelaide	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1978	$788
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4280	$2156
🏠 One person rent	$1150	$367
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$796
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$171	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3388	$264
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	50	96
😀 Quality of life	94	60
🏙️ Population	1.39M	8.69M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 151% more expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 1894th and 6486th ($1978 vs $788) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 4th 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 Tehran. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 46th and 5221st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Tehran

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	Adelaide	Tehran
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.9	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73	$19.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$4.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.51	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$464
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$902	$324
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1801	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1445	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$9.45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$212	$14.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.9	$5.99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	24.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6777	$1992
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4517	$1351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.76	$0.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$2.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$3.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$3.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$0.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$0.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.41	$0.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.8	$2.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$19.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.16	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$23.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$118
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.6	$32.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$130
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$843	$128
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7829	$1951

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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 Tehran

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Golestan	$714
12 km or 7.6 mi	Ray	$710
27 km or 17 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
27 km or 17 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
28 km or 17 mi	Qods	$698
32 km or 20 mi	Qarchak	$681
33 km or 20 mi	Shahriar	$698
34 km or 21 mi	Pakdasht	$680
36 km or 23 mi	Pardis	$665
38 km or 23 mi	Andisheh	$684
39 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$675
39 km or 24 mi	Fardis	$688
40 km or 25 mi	Malard	$693
43 km or 26 mi	Karaj	$736
46 km or 28 mi	Mohammadshahr	$688
52 km or 32 mi	Varamin	$651
52 km or 33 mi	Kamal Shahr	$686
78 km or 49 mi	Nazarabad	$645
120 km or 75 mi	Amol	$557
121 km or 75 mi	Khak-e Ali	$599
122 km or 76 mi	Saveh	$574
127 km or 79 mi	Qom	$488
142 km or 88 mi	Qazvin	$618
148 km or 92 mi	Babol	$458
155 km or 96 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
176 km or 109 mi	Sari	$658
178 km or 111 mi	Semnan	$580
191 km or 119 mi	Kashan	$562
210 km or 130 mi	Lahijan	$552
239 km or 148 mi	Arak	$455
240 km or 149 mi	Rasht	$534
282 km or 175 mi	Hamadan	$443
283 km or 176 mi	Malayer	$469
284 km or 177 mi	Zanjan	$466
302 km or 188 mi	Gorgan	$685
315 km or 196 mi	Borujerd	$505
316 km or 196 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Dorud	$513
333 km or 207 mi	Shahrud	$598
334 km or 207 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510