Chicago vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chicago	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2667	$558
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6807	$1536
🏠 One person rent	$1579	$219
🏘️ Family rent	$3056	$453
🍽️ Food expenses	$700	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$205	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4901	$222
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	100	50
😀 Quality of life	96	48
🏙️ Population	2.75M	1.57M

The cost of living in Chicago is 378% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 483rd and 8203rd ($2667 vs $558) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 425th and 55th in the United States and Iran, respectively. Check the United States vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Chicago compared to 0.4 months in Shiraz. Chicago ranked 3rd best city to live in the United States vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 20th and 6304th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chicago vs Shiraz

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	Chicago	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21	$2.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$87.3	$23.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$3.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.62	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$5.4	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.12	$2.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1974	$244
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1280	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3828	$518
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2594	$377
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$21.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$33.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.1	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.61%	22.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3554	$1277
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3158	$1601
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.49	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$76.5	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$1.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.92	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.69	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$3.01
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$4.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$9.43
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$0.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$1.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.86	$5.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$0.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$0.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.6	$2.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.03	$5.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.65	$5.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.1	$15
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$1.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$126	$98.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$29.3	$28.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.2	$23.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.5	$79.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2457	$152
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19423	$2159

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Cities near Chicago

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Cicero	$2427
14 km or 8.8 mi	Berwyn	$2463
14 km or 8.9 mi	Oak Park	$2424
16 km or 10 mi	Elmwood Park	$2375
18 km or 11 mi	Maywood	$2376
18 km or 11 mi	Evanston	$2177
19 km or 12 mi	Skokie	$2307
19 km or 12 mi	Burbank	$2344
20 km or 12 mi	Melrose Park	$2352
21 km or 13 mi	Oak Lawn	$2326
22 km or 14 mi	Morton Grove	$2367
22 km or 14 mi	Niles	$2412
23 km or 14 mi	Park Ridge	$2393
23 km or 14 mi	Wilmette	$2292
25 km or 16 mi	Blue Island	$2313
26 km or 16 mi	Elmhurst	$2305
27 km or 17 mi	Glenview	$2360
28 km or 17 mi	Des Plaines	$2358
28 km or 18 mi	Dolton	$2292
29 km or 18 mi	Villa Park	$2268
30 km or 19 mi	Harvey	$2292
30 km or 19 mi	East Chicago	$1950
30 km or 19 mi	Westmont	$2293
31 km or 19 mi	Calumet	$2296
31 km or 20 mi	South Holland	$2295
32 km or 20 mi	Lombard	$2224
32 km or 20 mi	Hammond	$1975
32 km or 20 mi	Oak Forest	$2276
33 km or 20 mi	Northbrook	$2392
33 km or 20 mi	Mount Prospect	$2363
33 km or 20 mi	Darien	$2276
33 km or 21 mi	Elk Grove Village	$2380
34 km or 21 mi	Downers Grove	$2290
35 km or 22 mi	Orland Park	$2269
36 km or 22 mi	Lansing	$2280
36 km or 22 mi	Glen Ellyn	$2134
37 km or 23 mi	Highland Park	$2331
37 km or 23 mi	Munster	$2002
37 km or 23 mi	Tinley Park	$2274
37 km or 23 mi	Wheeling	$2357

Cities near Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$546
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$537
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$556
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$541
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$489
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$561
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$548
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$507
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$527
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$520
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$577
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$370
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$588
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$545
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$490
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$564
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$554
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$878
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$713
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$547
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$928
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$557
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$588
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1267
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$989
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1226
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1218
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$870
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$467
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$559
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1719
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$879
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$705