Hempstead vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hempstead	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2664	$788
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6130	$2156
🏠 One person rent	$1711	$367
🏘️ Family rent	$2905	$796
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4990	$264
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	97	96
😀 Quality of life	79	60
🏙️ Population	793K	8.69M

The cost of living in Hempstead is 238% more expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 556th and 6486th ($2664 vs $788) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 509th and 4th in the United States and Iran, respectively. Check the United States vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Hempstead compared to 0.3 months in Tehran. Hempstead ranked 181st best city to live in the United States vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 636th and 5221st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hempstead vs Tehran

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	Hempstead	Tehran
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.8	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.1	$19.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$4.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$6.05	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1616	$464
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1489	$324
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2884	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2577	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$9.45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$14.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.2	$5.99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.48%	24.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7917	$1992
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5542	$1351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$0.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$131	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$2.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$0.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$3.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$3.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$0.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.31	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$0.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$0.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.3	$2.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$19.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.2	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.42	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.03	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$111	$23.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$161	$118
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.9	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.9	$32.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.9	$130
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1388	$128
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27808	$1951

Cost of living in other countries

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Hempstead

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Uniondale	$2610
4.9 km or 3 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Freeport	$2588
6.5 km or 4 mi	North Hempstead	$2635
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Merrick	$2593
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Levittown	$2556
11 km or 7.1 mi	Oyster Bay	$2644
13 km or 8 mi	Massapequa	$2586
14 km or 8.6 mi	Long Beach	$2732
18 km or 11 mi	Glen Cove	$2737
21 km or 13 mi	Lindenhurst	$2221
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington	$2974
24 km or 15 mi	Babylon	$2123
27 km or 17 mi	New Rochelle	$3111
27 km or 17 mi	Astoria	$2534
27 km or 17 mi	New York City	$4441
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
31 km or 20 mi	East Northport	$3639
32 km or 20 mi	Eastchester	$2821
34 km or 21 mi	Yonkers	$3004
34 km or 21 mi	Port Chester	$2753
34 km or 21 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
34 km or 21 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
34 km or 21 mi	West New York	$2703
35 km or 22 mi	Harrison	$2725
35 km or 22 mi	Hoboken	$3271
35 km or 22 mi	North Bergen	$2701
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$2886
36 km or 22 mi	Islip	$2477
36 km or 22 mi	Greenwich	$3494
38 km or 23 mi	Jersey	$3040
38 km or 24 mi	Smithtown	$2338
39 km or 24 mi	Secaucus	$2756
40 km or 25 mi	White Plains	$2913
40 km or 25 mi	Teaneck	$2715
40 km or 25 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
41 km or 25 mi	Greenburgh	$2804
42 km or 26 mi	Hackensack	$2664
42 km or 26 mi	Bayonne	$3302

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