Gold Coast vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gold Coast	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2239	$788
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4966	$2156
🏠 One person rent	$1436	$367
🏘️ Family rent	$2255	$796
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3017	$264
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	49	96
😀 Quality of life	88	60
🏙️ Population	608K	8.69M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 184% more expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 1278th and 6486th ($2239 vs $788) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 4th in Australia and Iran, respectively. Check Australia vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Gold Coast compared to 0.3 months in Tehran. Gold Coast ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 223rd and 5221st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Tehran

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	Gold Coast	Tehran
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$86.3	$19.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.49	$4.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.3	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$3.38	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.38	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1508	$464
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1209	$324
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2204	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1987	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$108	$9.45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$14.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.1	$5.99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	24.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8546	$1992
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3976	$1351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.5	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.7	$2.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.38	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$3.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$3.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$0.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.16	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$0.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.25	$0.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24	$2.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$19.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.65	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.28	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.2	$23.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.1	$118
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.1	$32.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.1	$130
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2092	$128
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6970	$1951

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2067
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2016
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1677
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1748
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1683
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1185
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1478
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1448
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1702
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2099
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1824
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1584
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2539
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2252
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1538
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1511
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1416
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1616
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2023
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1619
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1667
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1601
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1691
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1291
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1727
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1691
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1654
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1643
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2194
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1620
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1645

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