Brisbane vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Brisbane	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2356	$700
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4943	$1924
🏠 One person rent	$1431	$303
🏘️ Family rent	$2020	$681
🍽️ Food expenses	$537	$207
🚐 Transport expenses	$249	$54.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3604	$247
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	66	96
😀 Quality of life	95	61
🏙️ Population	2.36M	8.69M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 237% more expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 930th and 6811th ($2356 vs $700) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 11th in Australia and Iran, respectively. Check Australia vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Brisbane compared to 0.4 months in Tehran. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 18th and 5288th 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	$13.8	$4.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.5	$21.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.8	$0.8
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.8	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1526	$393
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1208	$257
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2416	$840
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1655	$611
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$10.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$163	$16.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.6	$7.89
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.27%	23.26%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9010	$2317
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6567	$1382
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.86	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$113	$14.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$2.79
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.06	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$2.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$1.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$4.08
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.67	$3.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$1.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$0.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$7.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$1.04
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.02	$0.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.3	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.05	$4.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.42	$15.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.6	$17
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$1.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.9	$102
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.9	$34.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$128	$130
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1568	$132
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8728	$1883

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1785
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1881
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2011
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2152
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1816
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1843
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1552
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1756
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1621
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1354
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1545
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1413
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1461
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1404
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$1998
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1903
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1691
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2348
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2741
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1610
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1463
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1430
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1723
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2604
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1669
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1249
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1672
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1462
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1317
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1707
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1746
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1719
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2356
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1716
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1702
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1693

Cities near Tehran

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Golestan	$655
12 km or 7.6 mi	Ray	$653
27 km or 17 mi	Eslamshahr	$655
27 km or 17 mi	Nasimshahr	$651
28 km or 17 mi	Qods	$655
32 km or 20 mi	Qarchak	$636
33 km or 20 mi	Shahriar	$653
34 km or 21 mi	Pakdasht	$633
36 km or 23 mi	Pardis	$619
38 km or 23 mi	Andisheh	$647
39 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$636
39 km or 24 mi	Fardis	$651
40 km or 25 mi	Malard	$654
43 km or 26 mi	Karaj	$693
46 km or 28 mi	Mohammadshahr	$650
52 km or 32 mi	Varamin	$616
52 km or 33 mi	Kamal Shahr	$647
78 km or 49 mi	Nazarabad	$616
120 km or 75 mi	Amol	$519
121 km or 75 mi	Khak-e Ali	$583
122 km or 76 mi	Saveh	$546
127 km or 79 mi	Qom	$454
142 km or 88 mi	Qazvin	$595
148 km or 92 mi	Babol	$434
155 km or 96 mi	Qaem Shahr	$533
176 km or 109 mi	Sari	$640
178 km or 111 mi	Semnan	$558
191 km or 119 mi	Kashan	$561
210 km or 130 mi	Lahijan	$547
239 km or 148 mi	Arak	$456
240 km or 149 mi	Rasht	$530
282 km or 175 mi	Hamadan	$656
283 km or 176 mi	Malayer	$436
284 km or 177 mi	Zanjan	$451
302 km or 188 mi	Gorgan	$661
315 km or 196 mi	Borujerd	$502
316 km or 196 mi	Shahin Shahr	$561
326 km or 202 mi	Dorud	$511
333 km or 207 mi	Shahrud	$576
334 km or 207 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$569