El Paso vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	El Paso	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1813	$788
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4267	$2156
🏠 One person rent	$980	$367
🏘️ Family rent	$1800	$796
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$92	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3350	$264
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	35	96
😀 Quality of life	79	60
🏙️ Population	679K	8.69M

The cost of living in El Paso is 130% more expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 2363rd and 6486th ($1813 vs $788) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1931st and 4th 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 El Paso compared to 0.3 months in Tehran. El Paso ranked 179th best city to live in the United States vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 633rd and 5221st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in El Paso vs Tehran

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	El Paso	Tehran
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.5	$19.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$4.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$5.96	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.81	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$921	$464
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$759	$324
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1644	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1529	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$9.45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$14.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.2	$5.99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.62%	24.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1815	$1992
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1759	$1351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.51	$0.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.5	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$2.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$0.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.38	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.82	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$3.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$3.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$0.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$0.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$2.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.13	$19.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.01	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.95	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.1	$23.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.2	$118
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.2	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$36.7	$32.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.4	$130
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$578	$128
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6903	$1951

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Cities near El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$948
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1661
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$797
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1832
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1854
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1856
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$814
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$1985
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$770
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$1942
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2224
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$762
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$1683
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1957
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2077
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1618
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$830
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2073
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2262
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2211
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1717
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$1996
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2319
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$1896
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$814
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2396
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2417
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2306
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353

Cities near Tehran

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Golestan	$714
12 km or 7.6 mi	Ray	$710
27 km or 17 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
27 km or 17 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
28 km or 17 mi	Qods	$698
32 km or 20 mi	Qarchak	$681
33 km or 20 mi	Shahriar	$698
34 km or 21 mi	Pakdasht	$680
36 km or 23 mi	Pardis	$665
38 km or 23 mi	Andisheh	$684
39 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$675
39 km or 24 mi	Fardis	$688
40 km or 25 mi	Malard	$693
43 km or 26 mi	Karaj	$736
46 km or 28 mi	Mohammadshahr	$688
52 km or 32 mi	Varamin	$651
52 km or 33 mi	Kamal Shahr	$686
78 km or 49 mi	Nazarabad	$645
120 km or 75 mi	Amol	$557
121 km or 75 mi	Khak-e Ali	$599
122 km or 76 mi	Saveh	$574
127 km or 79 mi	Qom	$488
142 km or 88 mi	Qazvin	$618
148 km or 92 mi	Babol	$458
155 km or 96 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
176 km or 109 mi	Sari	$658
178 km or 111 mi	Semnan	$580
191 km or 119 mi	Kashan	$562
210 km or 130 mi	Lahijan	$552
239 km or 148 mi	Arak	$455
240 km or 149 mi	Rasht	$534
282 km or 175 mi	Hamadan	$443
283 km or 176 mi	Malayer	$469
284 km or 177 mi	Zanjan	$466
302 km or 188 mi	Gorgan	$685
315 km or 196 mi	Borujerd	$505
316 km or 196 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Dorud	$513
333 km or 207 mi	Shahrud	$598
334 km or 207 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510