Brisbane vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$639
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$1632
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$493
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$174
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$36.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$227
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	66	96
😀 Quality of life	98	64
🏙️ Population	2.71M	8.69M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 255% more expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 1349th and 7642nd ($2269 vs $639) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 9th 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 3rd and 5345th 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	$15.5	$3.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$18.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$4.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$1.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$371
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$235
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$661
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$427
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$8.71
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$13.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$5.32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	24.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$1416
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$5.05
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$2.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$1.03
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$3.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$2.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.06
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.18
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$1.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$0.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$2.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$4.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$4.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$2.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$20.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$1.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$99.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$56.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$24.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$112
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$2262

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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 Tehran

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Golestan	$592
12 km or 7.6 mi	Ray	$591
27 km or 17 mi	Eslamshahr	$602
27 km or 17 mi	Nasimshahr	$601
28 km or 17 mi	Qods	$631
32 km or 20 mi	Qarchak	$586
33 km or 20 mi	Shahriar	$627
34 km or 21 mi	Pakdasht	$583
36 km or 23 mi	Pardis	$575
38 km or 23 mi	Andisheh	$629
39 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$594
39 km or 24 mi	Fardis	$639
40 km or 25 mi	Malard	$631
43 km or 26 mi	Karaj	$696
46 km or 28 mi	Mohammadshahr	$642
52 km or 32 mi	Varamin	$571
52 km or 33 mi	Kamal Shahr	$637
78 km or 49 mi	Nazarabad	$595
120 km or 75 mi	Amol	$531
121 km or 75 mi	Khak-e Ali	$561
122 km or 76 mi	Saveh	$512
127 km or 79 mi	Qom	$455
142 km or 88 mi	Qazvin	$586
148 km or 92 mi	Babol	$372
155 km or 96 mi	Qaem Shahr	$502
176 km or 109 mi	Sari	$635
178 km or 111 mi	Semnan	$535
191 km or 119 mi	Kashan	$516
210 km or 130 mi	Lahijan	$494
239 km or 148 mi	Arak	$542
240 km or 149 mi	Rasht	$461
282 km or 175 mi	Hamadan	$428
283 km or 176 mi	Malayer	$460
284 km or 177 mi	Zanjan	$425
302 km or 188 mi	Gorgan	$659
315 km or 196 mi	Borujerd	$499
316 km or 196 mi	Shahin Shahr	$487
326 km or 202 mi	Dorud	$513
333 km or 207 mi	Shahrud	$563
334 km or 207 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488