Colorado Springs vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Colorado Springs	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2430	$684
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5327	$1715
🏠 One person rent	$1546	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$2319	$550
🍽️ Food expenses	$624	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$107	$39.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4242	$240
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	62	96
😀 Quality of life	86	66
🏙️ Population	479K	8.69M

The cost of living in Colorado Springs is 255% more expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 977th and 7204th ($2430 vs $684) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 857th and 6th 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 1.7 months in Colorado Springs compared to 0.4 months in Tehran. Colorado Springs ranked 126th best city to live in the United States vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 403rd and 5113th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Colorado Springs vs Tehran infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/colorado-springs/tehran.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Colorado Springs vs Tehran infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/colorado-springs/tehran" target="_blank">Colorado Springs vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Colorado Springs vs Tehran

Prices for goods and services in Colorado Springs and Tehran are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Colorado Springs	Tehran
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.6	$3.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.3	$17.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.7	$4.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.34	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$5.59	$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.48	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1482	$385
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1316	$275
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2307	$699
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2000	$488
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$9.06
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$14.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$84.8	$5.88
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.48%	25.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2414	$1528
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2388	$958
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$66.2	$6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$2.77
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$0.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.85	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.33	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$3.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$3.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.5	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$0.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$0.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.59	$0.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$0.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.16	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.9	$1.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.52	$0.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.94	$2.58
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.02	$4.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.98	$4.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.7	$2.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.54	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$21.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$1.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$109	$103
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$55.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$25.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.3	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1498	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24491	$2007

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Colorado Springs

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 9 mi	Security-Widefield	$2377
21 km or 13 mi	Fountain	$2385
57 km or 35 mi	Castle Rock	$2520
68 km or 42 mi	Pueblo	$2353
73 km or 45 mi	Parker	$2537
77 km or 48 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2617
82 km or 51 mi	Centennial	$2540
86 km or 53 mi	Littleton	$2321
89 km or 55 mi	Englewood	$2407
94 km or 59 mi	Aurora	$2735
97 km or 61 mi	Lakewood	$2552
99 km or 61 mi	Denver	$2775
104 km or 65 mi	Wheat Ridge	$2597
108 km or 67 mi	Arvada	$2605
109 km or 68 mi	Commerce	$2416
110 km or 68 mi	Westminster	$2638
116 km or 72 mi	Northglenn	$2677
116 km or 72 mi	Thornton	$2744
121 km or 75 mi	Broomfield	$2961
124 km or 77 mi	Brighton	$2596
129 km or 80 mi	Lafayette	$2760
136 km or 84 mi	Boulder	$2876
148 km or 92 mi	Longmont	$2760
173 km or 107 mi	Greeley	$2019
173 km or 108 mi	Loveland	$2465
191 km or 119 mi	Fort Collins	$2231
254 km or 158 mi	Cheyenne	$1771
281 km or 174 mi	Laramie	$1895
283 km or 176 mi	Taos	$2407
327 km or 203 mi	Grand Junction	$2263
337 km or 210 mi	Espanola	$2235
347 km or 216 mi	Scottsbluff	$1850
356 km or 221 mi	Garden	$1705
370 km or 230 mi	Santa Fe	$2204
380 km or 236 mi	Farmington	$2514
395 km or 245 mi	Liberal	$1699
426 km or 264 mi	North Platte	$1824
434 km or 270 mi	Dodge	$1753
436 km or 271 mi	Rio Rancho	$2054
447 km or 278 mi	Albuquerque	$1964

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