Gothenburg vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gothenburg	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1623	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3695	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$808	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$1406	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$163	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3142	$205
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	46	50
😀 Quality of life	92	48
🏙️ Population	675K	1.57M

The cost of living in Gothenburg is 176% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 2959th and 7787th ($1623 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 34th in Sweden and Iran, respectively. Check Sweden vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Gothenburg compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Gothenburg ranked 2nd best city to live in Sweden vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 78th and 6352nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gothenburg vs Shiraz

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	Gothenburg	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.1	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.46	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.53	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$665	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1193	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.6	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.7	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.37%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5838	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3896	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.4	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.4	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.7	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.65	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.04	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.2	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.06	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.08	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.9	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.02	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.24	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.54	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.2	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.8	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.2	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.8	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.9	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$144	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3664	$2161

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Cities near Gothenburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.8 km or 1.7 mi	Molndal	$1498
58 km or 36 mi	Boras	$1367
66 km or 41 mi	Varberg	$1284
70 km or 44 mi	Trollhattan	$1167
76 km or 47 mi	Uddevalla	$1334
80 km or 50 mi	Vanersborg	$1235
90 km or 56 mi	Frederikshavn	$1394
126 km or 78 mi	Halmstad	$1208
130 km or 81 mi	Jonkoping	$1373
134 km or 83 mi	Varnamo	$1424
136 km or 84 mi	Skovde	$1473
142 km or 88 mi	Aalborg	$1676
150 km or 93 mi	Ljungby	$1333
157 km or 98 mi	Mariestad	$1373
164 km or 102 mi	Halden	$1575
167 km or 104 mi	Angelholm	$1310
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1505
182 km or 113 mi	Fredrikstad	$1977
186 km or 115 mi	Sarpsborg	$1500
186 km or 115 mi	Helsingor	$1800
186 km or 116 mi	Vetlanda	$1434
187 km or 116 mi	Helsingborg	$1297
191 km or 118 mi	Vaxjo	$1331
191 km or 119 mi	Larvik	$1733
192 km or 119 mi	Sandefjord	$1864
194 km or 121 mi	Hillerod	$1983
199 km or 124 mi	Hassleholm	$1298
200 km or 124 mi	Aarhus	$1828
202 km or 125 mi	Horsholm	$1952
202 km or 126 mi	Tonsberg	$1714
206 km or 128 mi	Landskrona	$1140
207 km or 129 mi	Viborg	$1508
208 km or 129 mi	Arendal	$1623
210 km or 131 mi	Karlstad	$1279
212 km or 132 mi	Moss	$1707
212 km or 132 mi	Porsgrunn	$1528
213 km or 132 mi	Horten	$1631
216 km or 134 mi	Gentofte	$2134
222 km or 138 mi	Skien	$1651
223 km or 138 mi	Arvika	$1251

Cities near Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$563
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$557
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$548
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$546
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$529
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$547
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$551
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$536
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$502
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$514
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$573
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$523
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$502
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$525
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$897
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$736
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$901
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$547
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$597
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1280
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1056
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1243
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1223
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$1068
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$464
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$562
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1709
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$904
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$723