Amsterdam vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Amsterdam	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2545	$606
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5759	$1711
🏠 One person rent	$1649	$206
🏘️ Family rent	$2742	$464
🍽️ Food expenses	$538	$264
🚐 Transport expenses	$217	$21.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3788	$197
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	95	50
😀 Quality of life	94	52
🏙️ Population	921K	1.57M

The cost of living in Amsterdam is 320% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 612th and 7596th ($2545 vs $606) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 38th in the Netherlands and Iran, respectively. Check the Netherlands vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Amsterdam compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Amsterdam ranked 1st best city to live in the Netherlands vs Shiraz ranked 5th in Iran, while ranked 37th and 6176th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amsterdam vs Shiraz

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	Amsterdam	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.4	$3.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$77.4	$59
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.6	$3.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.35	$0.85
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$1.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.18	$1.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1693	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1379	$146
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2979	$540
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2298	$376
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$20.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$260	$30.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.3	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.88%	21.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9157	$1181
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5939	$1561
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.61	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.9	$2.35
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.3	$1.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.73	$1.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$3.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$7.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$14.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$2.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$0.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$0.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.3	$5.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.94	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$2.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$4.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.53	$5.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.21	$5.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.6	$15.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$2.45
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.1	$93.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.9	$28.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.1	$25.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93	$79.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1976	$151
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10734	$2132

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Cities near Amsterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Purmerend	$2001
18 km or 11 mi	Haarlem	$2465
21 km or 13 mi	IJmuiden	$2092
22 km or 14 mi	Almere	$1647
25 km or 16 mi	Zandvoort	$2135
26 km or 16 mi	Hilversum	$1894
26 km or 16 mi	Huizen	$1897
35 km or 22 mi	Langedijk	$1958
36 km or 22 mi	Utrecht	$2055
38 km or 23 mi	Leiden	$2205
38 km or 24 mi	Oegstgeest	$2000
40 km or 25 mi	Zeist	$1939
42 km or 26 mi	Lelystad	$1501
48 km or 30 mi	Leidschendam	$1850
49 km or 30 mi	Harderwijk	$1796
52 km or 32 mi	The Hague	$1886
53 km or 33 mi	Scheveningen	$1836
55 km or 34 mi	Delft	$1804
57 km or 36 mi	Dronten	$1729
59 km or 36 mi	Rotterdam	$2013
60 km or 37 mi	Veenendaal	$1841
61 km or 38 mi	Ridderkerk	$1890
64 km or 40 mi	Sliedrecht	$1873
64 km or 40 mi	Ede	$1818
65 km or 40 mi	Elburg	$1793
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$1919
67 km or 42 mi	Zaltbommel	$1877
70 km or 43 mi	Wageningen	$1756
72 km or 45 mi	Kampen	$1770
75 km or 47 mi	Apeldoorn	$1942
76 km or 47 mi	Texel	$1864
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1876
82 km or 51 mi	Arnhem	$1697
83 km or 51 mi	Zwolle	$1725
83 km or 52 mi	Zwartewaterland	$1761
86 km or 54 mi	Deventer	$1901
89 km or 55 mi	Nijmegen	$1746
89 km or 55 mi	Sneek	$1734
89 km or 55 mi	Breda	$1822
91 km or 57 mi	Tilburg	$1833

Cities near Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$604
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$606
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$890
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$621
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$561
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$798
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$646
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$541
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$531
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$604
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$575
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$544
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$387
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$530
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$599
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$538
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$522
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$569
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$561
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$868
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$710
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$543
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$910
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$543
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$559
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1375
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1005
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1327
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$540
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1285
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$959
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$457
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1424
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$549
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1810
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$758
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$875
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$698