Glasgow vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Glasgow	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2013	$558
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4848	$1536
🏠 One person rent	$1146	$219
🏘️ Family rent	$2071	$453
🍽️ Food expenses	$540	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3562	$222
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	94	50
😀 Quality of life	96	48
🏙️ Population	626K	1.57M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 261% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 1833rd and 8203rd ($2013 vs $558) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th 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 1.8 months in Glasgow compared to 0.4 months in Shiraz. Glasgow ranked 2nd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 19th and 6304th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Shiraz

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	Glasgow	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.1	$2.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90.4	$23.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.22	$3.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.44	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.26	$2.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1254	$244
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$882	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2451	$518
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1640	$377
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$21.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$227	$33.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.7	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.48%	22.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3909	$1277
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3280	$1601
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.79	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.9	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.4	$1.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$0.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.73	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$3.01
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.01	$4.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$9.43
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$0.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.71	$5.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$0.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$0.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$19.6	$2.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.01	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.62	$5.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.03	$5.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.3	$15
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.4	$1.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.3	$98.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$28.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.3	$23.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$79.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1167	$152
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12979	$2159

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1818
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1793
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1793
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1767
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1470
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1599
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1625
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1573
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1710
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1744
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1420
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1724
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2246
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1704
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1647
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1390
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1545
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1732
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1828
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1467
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1767
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1830
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$1830
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1805
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$1989
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1847
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1701
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1800
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1734
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1712
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1706
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1688
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1459
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1602
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1571
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1640
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1491
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1783
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1763
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1364

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