Hamburg City vs Mashhad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hamburg City	Mashhad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2007	$508
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4961	$1452
🏠 One person rent	$1066	$169
🏘️ Family rent	$2044	$391
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$180
🚐 Transport expenses	$235	$42.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3346	$216
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	84	46
😀 Quality of life	94	50
🏙️ Population	1.91M	3M

The cost of living in Hamburg City is 295% more expensive than in Mashhad. Cities ranked 1818th and 8574th ($2007 vs $508) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 84th in Germany and Iran, respectively. Check Germany vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Hamburg City compared to 0.4 months in Mashhad. Hamburg City ranked 6th best city to live in Germany vs Mashhad ranked 3rd in Iran, while ranked 40th and 6227th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamburg City vs Mashhad

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	Hamburg City	Mashhad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.5	$2.51
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.9	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$3.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.27	$0.5
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$1.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.08	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1071	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$755	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2236	$493
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1550	$325
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$8.75
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$318	$13.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$18.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.92%	20.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8190	$1263
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5824	$773
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.69	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.1	$4.35
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29	$4.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$0.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$2.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.38	$1.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$1.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$2.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$0.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$0.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.12	$7.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$0.89
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.67	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$5.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.11	$5.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.57	$1.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.77	$2.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$13.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.6	$1.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.4	$95.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.1	$29
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$20.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$233	$68
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24460	$618

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Cities near Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1514
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1501
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1489
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1482
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1515
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1437
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1485
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1425
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1514
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1473
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1484
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1428
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1530
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1397
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1459
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1599
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1456
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1552
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1456
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1469
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1488
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1482
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1382
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1452
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1468
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1432
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1432
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1450
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1382
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1451
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1626
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1231
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1556
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1358
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1458
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1442
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1307
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1451
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1451
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1321

Cities near Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$509
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$521
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$515
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$550
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$521
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$524
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1553
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1584
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$510
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1503
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1541
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$512
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$574
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$495
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$598
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$685
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$414
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$580
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$431
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$658
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$552
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1535
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$484
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$458
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$557
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$476
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$392
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$573
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$665
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$464
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$680
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$651
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$681
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$714
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$710
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$788