Auckland vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Auckland	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2279	$700
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5201	$1924
🏠 One person rent	$1304	$303
🏘️ Family rent	$2255	$681
🍽️ Food expenses	$582	$207
🚐 Transport expenses	$258	$54.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3471	$247
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	32	96
😀 Quality of life	90	61
🏙️ Population	1.47M	8.69M

The cost of living in Auckland is 226% more expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 1099th and 6811th ($2279 vs $700) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 11th in New Zealand and Iran, respectively. Check New Zealand vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Auckland compared to 0.4 months in Tehran. Auckland ranked 1st best city to live in New Zealand vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 119th and 5288th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Auckland vs Tehran

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	Auckland	Tehran
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$4.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.4	$21.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.48	$0.8
☕ Cappuccino	$3.62	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.71	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1215	$393
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1143	$257
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2460	$840
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1960	$611
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.7	$10.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$16.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.3	$7.89
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.09%	23.26%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10101	$2317
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9272	$1382
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.57	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$130	$14.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.2	$2.79
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.01	$0.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$7.47	$1.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.43	$4.08
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$3.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.48	$0.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.06	$7.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$1.04
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.95	$0.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.6	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$4.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.87	$15.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.82	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$17
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$1.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.7	$102
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.6	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.6	$34.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$130
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$863	$132
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12822	$1883

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Cities near Auckland

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Waitakere	$1960
17 km or 11 mi	Manukau	$1994
28 km or 18 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1885
40 km or 25 mi	Pukekohe	$1643
113 km or 70 mi	Hamilton	$1701
132 km or 82 mi	Whangarei	$1388
154 km or 96 mi	Tauranga	$1754
193 km or 120 mi	Rotorua	$1200
234 km or 146 mi	Taupo	$1563
253 km or 157 mi	New Plymouth	$1346
344 km or 214 mi	Whanganui	$1454
347 km or 216 mi	Napier	$1207
348 km or 217 mi	Gisborne	$1524
359 km or 223 mi	Hastings	$1113
396 km or 246 mi	Palmerston North	$1365
453 km or 281 mi	Paraparaumu	$1679
464 km or 288 mi	Masterton	$1230
476 km or 296 mi	Porirua	$1777
477 km or 296 mi	Upper Hutt	$1744
486 km or 302 mi	Lower Hutt	$1887
494 km or 307 mi	Wellington	$2220
512 km or 318 mi	Nelson	$1500
524 km or 326 mi	Blenheim	$1579
765 km or 475 mi	Christchurch	$1800
891 km or 553 mi	Timaru	$1842
995 km or 618 mi	Wanaka	$1664
1044 km or 649 mi	Queenstown	$1925
1064 km or 661 mi	Dunedin	$1398
1190 km or 740 mi	Invercargill	$1353
1809 km or 1124 mi	Noumea	$1648
1821 km or 1131 mi	Dumbea	$1597
1826 km or 1135 mi	Paita	$1597
1997 km or 1241 mi	Mua	$978
1997 km or 1241 mi	Nukualofa	$974
2097 km or 1303 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
2112 km or 1312 mi	Suva	$849
2120 km or 1317 mi	Nasinu	$824
2129 km or 1323 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
2134 km or 1326 mi	Nadi	$752
2140 km or 1330 mi	Newcastle	$1461

Cities near Tehran

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Golestan	$655
12 km or 7.6 mi	Ray	$653
27 km or 17 mi	Eslamshahr	$655
27 km or 17 mi	Nasimshahr	$651
28 km or 17 mi	Qods	$655
32 km or 20 mi	Qarchak	$636
33 km or 20 mi	Shahriar	$653
34 km or 21 mi	Pakdasht	$633
36 km or 23 mi	Pardis	$619
38 km or 23 mi	Andisheh	$647
39 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$636
39 km or 24 mi	Fardis	$651
40 km or 25 mi	Malard	$654
43 km or 26 mi	Karaj	$693
46 km or 28 mi	Mohammadshahr	$650
52 km or 32 mi	Varamin	$616
52 km or 33 mi	Kamal Shahr	$647
78 km or 49 mi	Nazarabad	$616
120 km or 75 mi	Amol	$519
121 km or 75 mi	Khak-e Ali	$583
122 km or 76 mi	Saveh	$546
127 km or 79 mi	Qom	$454
142 km or 88 mi	Qazvin	$595
148 km or 92 mi	Babol	$434
155 km or 96 mi	Qaem Shahr	$533
176 km or 109 mi	Sari	$640
178 km or 111 mi	Semnan	$558
191 km or 119 mi	Kashan	$561
210 km or 130 mi	Lahijan	$547
239 km or 148 mi	Arak	$456
240 km or 149 mi	Rasht	$530
282 km or 175 mi	Hamadan	$656
283 km or 176 mi	Malayer	$436
284 km or 177 mi	Zanjan	$451
302 km or 188 mi	Gorgan	$661
315 km or 196 mi	Borujerd	$502
316 km or 196 mi	Shahin Shahr	$561
326 km or 202 mi	Dorud	$511
333 km or 207 mi	Shahrud	$576
334 km or 207 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$569