Edinburgh vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Edinburgh	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2246	$558
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5663	$1536
🏠 One person rent	$1326	$219
🏘️ Family rent	$2459	$453
🍽️ Food expenses	$573	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$153	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3703	$222
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	88	50
😀 Quality of life	94	48
🏙️ Population	488K	1.57M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 303% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 1263rd and 8203rd ($2246 vs $558) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 34th and 55th 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 5th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 40th and 6304th 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	$18.6	$2.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$23.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$3.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.44	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$4.67	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.34	$2.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1425	$244
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1009	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2692	$518
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1980	$377
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$21.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$294	$33.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.9	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.85%	22.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7033	$1277
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4677	$1601
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.63	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.9	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.5	$1.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$0.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.38	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$3.01
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$4.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$9.43
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$0.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$1.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$5.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$0.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$0.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$19.9	$2.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.81	$5.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$5.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.9	$15
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.9	$1.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$98.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.9	$28.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$119	$23.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$79.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1775	$152
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23136	$2159

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1704
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1744
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1724
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1710
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1767
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1625
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1647
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1793
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1545
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1818
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2013
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1793
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1470
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1599
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1573
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1390
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1420
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1732
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1847
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1701
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1800
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1712
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1734
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1706
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1688
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1828
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1571
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1602
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1640
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$1830
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1424
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1459
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1364
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1467
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1528
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1783
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1467
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1763
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$1989
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1767

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