Bucharest vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bucharest	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$988	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2566	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$474	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$877	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$339	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.6	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1247	$205
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	77	50
😀 Quality of life	79	48
🏙️ Population	1.72M	1.57M

The cost of living in Bucharest is 68% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 5565th and 7787th ($988 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 34th in Romania and Iran, respectively. Check Romania vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Bucharest compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 645th and 6352nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bucharest vs Shiraz

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	Bucharest	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.5	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$3.01	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$337	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$999	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$658	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.8	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.28	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.1%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3094	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1793	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.63	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.3	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.57	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.52	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.56	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.28	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.84	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.93	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.03	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.7	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.92	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.8	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.9	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$569	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11573	$2161

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Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$867
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$847
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$796
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$633
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$704
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$629
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$729
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$696
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$722
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$743
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$623
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$622
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$938
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$731
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$770
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$594
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$680
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$702
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$752
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$741
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$848
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$598
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$786
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$631
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$892
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$929
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1002
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$546
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$698
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$646
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$837
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$718
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$812
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$725
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$574
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$721
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$687
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$650
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$605
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$758

Cities near Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$563
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$557
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$548
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$546
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$529
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$547
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$551
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$536
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$502
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$514
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$573
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$523
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$502
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$525
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$897
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$736
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$901
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$547
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$597
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1280
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1056
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1243
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1223
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$1068
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$464
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$562
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1709
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$904
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$723