Brisbane vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brisbane	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$684
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4896	$1715
🏠 One person rent	$1253	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$2149	$550
🍽️ Food expenses	$525	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$39.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3956	$240
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	66	96
😀 Quality of life	98	66
🏙️ Population	2.71M	8.69M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 202% more expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 1813th and 7204th ($2065 vs $684) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 6th 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 Tehran. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 9th and 5113th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Tehran

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	Brisbane	Tehran
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$3.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.7	$17.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$4.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1514	$385
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1022	$275
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2603	$699
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1816	$488
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$9.06
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$14.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.5	$5.88
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	25.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8291	$1528
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6020	$958
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.8	$6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$2.77
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$3.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.8	$3.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$0.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$0.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$0.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$0.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.48	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$1.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$0.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$2.58
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$4.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$4.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$2.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.35	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$21.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$1.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.3	$103
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$55.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.5	$25.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1795	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11423	$2007

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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 Tehran

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Golestan	$628
12 km or 7.6 mi	Ray	$622
27 km or 17 mi	Eslamshahr	$623
27 km or 17 mi	Nasimshahr	$624
28 km or 17 mi	Qods	$638
32 km or 20 mi	Qarchak	$607
33 km or 20 mi	Shahriar	$635
34 km or 21 mi	Pakdasht	$604
36 km or 23 mi	Pardis	$598
38 km or 23 mi	Andisheh	$637
39 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$611
39 km or 24 mi	Fardis	$640
40 km or 25 mi	Malard	$641
43 km or 26 mi	Karaj	$704
46 km or 28 mi	Mohammadshahr	$642
52 km or 32 mi	Varamin	$588
52 km or 33 mi	Kamal Shahr	$644
78 km or 49 mi	Nazarabad	$598
120 km or 75 mi	Amol	$530
121 km or 75 mi	Khak-e Ali	$561
122 km or 76 mi	Saveh	$503
127 km or 79 mi	Qom	$448
142 km or 88 mi	Qazvin	$582
148 km or 92 mi	Babol	$372
155 km or 96 mi	Qaem Shahr	$501
176 km or 109 mi	Sari	$643
178 km or 111 mi	Semnan	$542
191 km or 119 mi	Kashan	$515
210 km or 130 mi	Lahijan	$497
239 km or 148 mi	Arak	$538
240 km or 149 mi	Rasht	$472
282 km or 175 mi	Hamadan	$430
283 km or 176 mi	Malayer	$457
284 km or 177 mi	Zanjan	$426
302 km or 188 mi	Gorgan	$658
315 km or 196 mi	Borujerd	$494
316 km or 196 mi	Shahin Shahr	$484
326 km or 202 mi	Dorud	$508
333 km or 207 mi	Shahrud	$564
334 km or 207 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488