Brisbane vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brisbane	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$553
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4896	$1428
🏠 One person rent	$1253	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$2149	$419
🍽️ Food expenses	$525	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3956	$235
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	66	49
😀 Quality of life	98	56
🏙️ Population	2.71M	1.57M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 273% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 1813th and 8247th ($2065 vs $553) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 41st 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 4th in Iran, while ranked 9th and 6229th 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	$14.4	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.7	$13.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$3.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$0.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$1.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1514	$256
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1022	$186
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2603	$470
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1816	$339
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$22.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$34.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.5	$19.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	22.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8291	$1161
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6020	$731
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.8	$2.34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$1.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2	$0.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$3.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.8	$3.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$0.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.48	$7.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$0.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$4.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$5.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$6.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.35	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.3	$92.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$29.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.5	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$72
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1795	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11423	$2133

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1662
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1798
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1710
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1184
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1503
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1839
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1747
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2181
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1888
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1599
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2292
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2640
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1568
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1364
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1580
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1678
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2019
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1667
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1683
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1771
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1706
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1736

Cities near Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$530
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$503
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$529
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$477
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$463
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$530
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$453
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$483
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$470
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$534
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$545
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$352
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$501
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$476
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$459
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$484
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$873
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$730
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$517
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$930
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$549
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$571
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1237
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1008
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1230
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1201
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$908
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$761
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$530
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1770
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$889
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$719