Edinburgh vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Edinburgh	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2331	$565
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5693	$1437
🏠 One person rent	$1375	$250
🏘️ Family rent	$2392	$426
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$178
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$21.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3706	$244
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	88	47
😀 Quality of life	93	55
🏙️ Population	488K	1.57M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 312% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 1221st and 8262nd ($2331 vs $565) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 37th and 38th in the United Kingdom and Iran, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 0.4 months in Shiraz. Edinburgh ranked 8th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Shiraz ranked 5th in Iran, while ranked 77th and 6346th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Shiraz

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	Edinburgh	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.7	$4.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91.7	$12.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$3.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.38	$0.81
☕ Cappuccino	$5.19	$0.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.84	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1465	$263
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1087	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2613	$483
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1964	$355
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$170	$18.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$256	$28.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.9	$17
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.92%	23.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6800	$1077
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4921	$614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.01	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.6	$2.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.5	$1.89
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$0.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$0.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.76	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$2.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$3.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$9.82
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.99	$0.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.14
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.33	$7.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.6	$0.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.73	$0.58
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.3	$2.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$4.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$5.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$5.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$3.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50	$18.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$2.01
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$114	$94.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.3	$28.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$105	$22.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$83.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1708	$132
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26404	$1920

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1821
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1784
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1782
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1862
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1652
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1852
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1656
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1854
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1585
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1902
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2121
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1906
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1568
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1645
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1707
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1490
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1588
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1655
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$2012
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1848
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1975
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1803
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1827
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1784
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1784
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1771
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1573
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1964
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1755
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$2053
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1415
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1540
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1430
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1450
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1727
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1873
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1496
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1819
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$2265
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892

Cities near Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$547
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$523
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$541
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$489
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$487
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$545
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$465
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$492
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$479
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$545
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$565
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$364
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$613
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$500
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$481
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$476
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$487
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$823
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$707
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$529
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$928
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$556
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$571
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1309
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1037
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1192
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1109
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$931
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$761
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1461
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$546
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1923
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$861
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$698