Glasgow vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Glasgow	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2121	$565
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5025	$1437
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$250
🏘️ Family rent	$2121	$426
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$178
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$21.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3514	$244
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	93	47
😀 Quality of life	94	55
🏙️ Population	626K	1.57M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 275% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 1712th and 8262nd ($2121 vs $565) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 93rd 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 1.7 months in Glasgow compared to 0.4 months in Shiraz. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Shiraz ranked 5th in Iran, while ranked 42nd and 6346th 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	$23	$4.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.9	$12.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$3.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.57	$0.81
☕ Cappuccino	$4.91	$0.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.99	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1242	$263
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$896	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$483
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1636	$355
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$18.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$322	$28.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.2	$17
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.74%	23.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4206	$1077
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3169	$614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.14	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.1	$2.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$1.89
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$0.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$0.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$2.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$3.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$9.82
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$0.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$0.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.14
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$7.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$0.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$0.58
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.6	$2.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$4.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.66	$5.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.06	$5.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$3.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47	$18.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.4	$2.01
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$87	$94.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$28.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$129	$22.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$83.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$963	$132
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20961	$1920

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1902
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1906
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1854
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1652
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1568
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1645
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1852
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1707
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1862
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1588
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1782
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2331
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1821
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1656
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1490
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1585
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1655
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1771
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1496
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1954
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2053
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1945
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2265
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$2012
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1848
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1975
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1827
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1803
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1784
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1784
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1540
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1964
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1573
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1755
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1620
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1873
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1819
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1430

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