Brisbane vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$565
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$1437
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$250
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$426
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$178
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$21.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$244
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	66	47
😀 Quality of life	98	55
🏙️ Population	2.71M	1.57M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 301% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 1349th and 8262nd ($2269 vs $565) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 38th in Australia and Iran, respectively. Check Australia vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 0.4 months in Shiraz. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Shiraz ranked 5th in Iran, while ranked 3rd and 6346th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Shiraz

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	Brisbane	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$4.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$12.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$3.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$0.81
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$0.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$263
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$483
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$355
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$18.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$28.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$17
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	23.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$1077
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$2.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$1.89
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$0.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$2.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$3.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$9.82
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$0.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$0.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.14
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$7.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$0.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$0.58
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$2.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$4.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$5.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$5.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$3.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$18.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$2.01
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$94.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$28.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$22.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$83.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$132
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$1920

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1813
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1988
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2352
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1864
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1288
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1640
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1997
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1867
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2379
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$2050
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1710
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2482
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2844
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1699
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1477
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1695
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1821
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2223
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1824
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1839
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1815
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1904
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1487
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1979
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1928
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1896
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2496
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1860
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1829
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1894

Cities near Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$547
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$523
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$541
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$489
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$487
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$545
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$465
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$492
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$479
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$545
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$565
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$364
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$613
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$500
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$481
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$476
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$487
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$823
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$707
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$529
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$928
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$556
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$571
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1309
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1037
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1192
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1109
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$931
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$761
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1461
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$546
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1923
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$861
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$698