Bangkok vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bangkok	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$941	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2857	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$416	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$1154	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$276	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$753	$205
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	89	50
😀 Quality of life	74	48
🏙️ Population	5.68M	1.57M

The cost of living in Bangkok is 60% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 5822nd and 7787th ($941 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 34th in Thailand and Iran, respectively. Check Thailand vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Bangkok compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Bangkok ranked 1st best city to live in Thailand vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 1221st and 6352nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bangkok vs Shiraz

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	Bangkok	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.97	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.9	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.91	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$2.5	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$576	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$291	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1879	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$853	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.7	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.06%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5781	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2619	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.18	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.8	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.5	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.33	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.19	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.3	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.99	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.3	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.22	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.46	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.63	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.03	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.7	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.38	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.5	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$579	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13301	$2161

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Cities near Bangkok

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Nonthaburi	$717
13 km or 8.4 mi	Lat Luang	$753
14 km or 8.4 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$748
18 km or 11 mi	Pak Kret	$715
28 km or 18 mi	Rangsit	$595
39 km or 25 mi	Tha Khlong	$641
50 km or 31 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$548
86 km or 53 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
87 km or 54 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$739
98 km or 61 mi	Pattaya	$781
103 km or 64 mi	Nong Prue	$752
145 km or 90 mi	Hua Hin	$656
164 km or 102 mi	Klaeng	$685
217 km or 135 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$588
222 km or 138 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$654
254 km or 158 mi	Myeik	$576
267 km or 166 mi	Serei Saophoan	$639
270 km or 168 mi	Ko Chang	$677
299 km or 186 mi	Battambang	$573
342 km or 212 mi	Phitsanulok	$537
364 km or 226 mi	Siem Reap	$644
388 km or 241 mi	Khon Kaen	$568
416 km or 258 mi	Ko Tao	$777
434 km or 270 mi	Mawlamyine	$569
452 km or 281 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$730
466 km or 290 mi	Hpa-an	$610
473 km or 294 mi	Udon Thani	$543
475 km or 295 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
475 km or 295 mi	Ko Samui	$705
496 km or 308 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$545
519 km or 323 mi	Vientiane	$1163
529 km or 329 mi	Surat Thani	$563
529 km or 329 mi	Kampot	$596
536 km or 333 mi	Phnom Penh	$836
542 km or 337 mi	Phu Quoc	$519
569 km or 354 mi	Kampong Cham	$513
578 km or 359 mi	Yangon	$705
579 km or 360 mi	Prey Veng	$721
584 km or 363 mi	Chiang Mai	$691
587 km or 365 mi	Bago	$650

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