Glasgow vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Glasgow	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2058	$684
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4930	$1715
🏠 One person rent	$1155	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$550
🍽️ Food expenses	$551	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$39.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3074	$240
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	94	96
😀 Quality of life	95	66
🏙️ Population	626K	8.69M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 201% more expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 1833rd and 7204th ($2058 vs $684) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 94th and 6th 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 1.5 months in Glasgow compared to 0.4 months in Tehran. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 52nd and 5113th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Tehran

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	Glasgow	Tehran
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$3.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$96.4	$17.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.73	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.96	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1172	$385
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$275
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2085	$699
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$488
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$9.06
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$301	$14.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$5.88
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.83%	25.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4064	$1528
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3045	$958
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.2	$6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$2.77
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$0.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$3.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$3.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$0.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$0.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.98	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$1.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.1	$0.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.1	$2.58
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$4.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.61	$4.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.03	$2.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.5	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$21.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$1.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.9	$103
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$55.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$118	$25.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1138	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18105	$2007

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1837
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1797
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1575
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1711
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1630
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1762
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1775
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1522
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1641
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1485
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1480
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1759
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1484
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1884
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2021
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1879
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2205
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1906
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1825
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1780
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1797
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1507
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$2079
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1602
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1551
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1840
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1839
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1429

Cities near Tehran

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Golestan	$628
12 km or 7.6 mi	Ray	$622
27 km or 17 mi	Eslamshahr	$623
27 km or 17 mi	Nasimshahr	$624
28 km or 17 mi	Qods	$638
32 km or 20 mi	Qarchak	$607
33 km or 20 mi	Shahriar	$635
34 km or 21 mi	Pakdasht	$604
36 km or 23 mi	Pardis	$598
38 km or 23 mi	Andisheh	$637
39 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$611
39 km or 24 mi	Fardis	$640
40 km or 25 mi	Malard	$641
43 km or 26 mi	Karaj	$704
46 km or 28 mi	Mohammadshahr	$642
52 km or 32 mi	Varamin	$588
52 km or 33 mi	Kamal Shahr	$644
78 km or 49 mi	Nazarabad	$598
120 km or 75 mi	Amol	$530
121 km or 75 mi	Khak-e Ali	$561
122 km or 76 mi	Saveh	$503
127 km or 79 mi	Qom	$448
142 km or 88 mi	Qazvin	$582
148 km or 92 mi	Babol	$372
155 km or 96 mi	Qaem Shahr	$501
176 km or 109 mi	Sari	$643
178 km or 111 mi	Semnan	$542
191 km or 119 mi	Kashan	$515
210 km or 130 mi	Lahijan	$497
239 km or 148 mi	Arak	$538
240 km or 149 mi	Rasht	$472
282 km or 175 mi	Hamadan	$430
283 km or 176 mi	Malayer	$457
284 km or 177 mi	Zanjan	$426
302 km or 188 mi	Gorgan	$658
315 km or 196 mi	Borujerd	$494
316 km or 196 mi	Shahin Shahr	$484
326 km or 202 mi	Dorud	$508
333 km or 207 mi	Shahrud	$564
334 km or 207 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488