Belgrade vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Belgrade	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2759	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$622	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$1090	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$83	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$980	$205
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	51	50
😀 Quality of life	71	48
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.57M

The cost of living in Belgrade is 97% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 4605th and 7787th ($1160 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 34th in Serbia and Iran, respectively. Check Serbia vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Belgrade compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Belgrade ranked 1st best city to live in Serbia vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 2157th and 6352nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Belgrade vs Shiraz

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	Belgrade	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.8	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.8	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.56	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.09	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.41	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$693	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$433	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1311	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$785	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.6	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.63%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4299	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2617	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.9	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.97	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.73	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.85	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.41	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.13	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.01	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.42	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.09	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.8	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.52	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.7	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$400	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7674	$2161

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Cities near Belgrade

Distance	City	Cost of living
70 km or 44 mi	Novi Sad	$1012
77 km or 48 mi	Valjevo	$776
97 km or 60 mi	Kragujevac	$807
99 km or 61 mi	Bijeljina	$661
103 km or 64 mi	Cacak	$759
121 km or 75 mi	Timisoara	$816
124 km or 77 mi	Resita	$716
145 km or 90 mi	Tuzla	$636
155 km or 97 mi	Subotica	$768
161 km or 100 mi	Szeged	$766
163 km or 101 mi	Osijek	$958
164 km or 102 mi	Arad	$623
174 km or 108 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$663
180 km or 112 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$681
184 km or 115 mi	Doboj	$603
185 km or 115 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
192 km or 120 mi	Baja	$692
194 km or 121 mi	Sarajevo	$796
196 km or 122 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
202 km or 125 mi	Nis	$711
213 km or 132 mi	Vidin	$605
213 km or 132 mi	Bekescsaba	$804
214 km or 133 mi	Zenica	$559
217 km or 135 mi	Mitrovica	$463
218 km or 136 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
219 km or 136 mi	Hunedoara	$627
219 km or 136 mi	Szekszard	$747
222 km or 138 mi	Targu Jiu	$718
223 km or 139 mi	Pecs	$848
224 km or 139 mi	Berane	$1070
224 km or 139 mi	Deva	$636
240 km or 149 mi	Kecskemet	$781
246 km or 153 mi	Pristina	$595
251 km or 156 mi	Plav	$1030
259 km or 161 mi	Banja Luka	$803
263 km or 164 mi	Szolnok	$666
267 km or 166 mi	Mostar	$693
268 km or 166 mi	Cegled	$855
269 km or 167 mi	Dunaujvaros	$684
271 km or 168 mi	Kaposvar	$750

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