Indianapolis vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Indianapolis	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2129	$700
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5041	$1924
🏠 One person rent	$1251	$303
🏘️ Family rent	$1916	$681
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$207
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$54.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4818	$247
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	71	96
😀 Quality of life	89	61
🏙️ Population	888K	8.69M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 204% more expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 1474th and 6811th ($2129 vs $700) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1308th and 11th 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 2.3 months in Indianapolis compared to 0.4 months in Tehran. Indianapolis ranked 27th best city to live in the United States vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 146th and 5288th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Indianapolis vs Tehran

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	Indianapolis	Tehran
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.3	$4.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.9	$21.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.3	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.11	$0.8
☕ Cappuccino	$4.94	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1305	$393
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$966	$257
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2169	$840
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1492	$611
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$10.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$221	$16.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.8	$7.89
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.56%	23.26%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1877	$2317
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1547	$1382
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.9	$14.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$2.79
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.77	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$2.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.21	$1.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$4.08
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$3.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$1.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.48	$1.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$0.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.53	$7.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.2	$1.04
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$0.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.73	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$4.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.23	$15.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.08	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.18	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$17
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$1.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$108	$102
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.9	$34.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.5	$130
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1858	$132
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27248	$1883

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2019
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$2034
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$2032
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$2037
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$2002
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$1988
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1973
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$1992
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1906
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1950
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1795
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1896
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2212
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1775
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1596
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$1944
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1850
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$2127
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1846
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1465
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1840
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1732
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1913
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1889
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1486
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1826
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$1750
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1803
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$1938
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1844
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1659
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$1907
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1709
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1721
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1507
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1919
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1844
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1904
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1857
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1798

Cities near Tehran

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Golestan	$655
12 km or 7.6 mi	Ray	$653
27 km or 17 mi	Eslamshahr	$655
27 km or 17 mi	Nasimshahr	$651
28 km or 17 mi	Qods	$655
32 km or 20 mi	Qarchak	$636
33 km or 20 mi	Shahriar	$653
34 km or 21 mi	Pakdasht	$633
36 km or 23 mi	Pardis	$619
38 km or 23 mi	Andisheh	$647
39 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$636
39 km or 24 mi	Fardis	$651
40 km or 25 mi	Malard	$654
43 km or 26 mi	Karaj	$693
46 km or 28 mi	Mohammadshahr	$650
52 km or 32 mi	Varamin	$616
52 km or 33 mi	Kamal Shahr	$647
78 km or 49 mi	Nazarabad	$616
120 km or 75 mi	Amol	$519
121 km or 75 mi	Khak-e Ali	$583
122 km or 76 mi	Saveh	$546
127 km or 79 mi	Qom	$454
142 km or 88 mi	Qazvin	$595
148 km or 92 mi	Babol	$434
155 km or 96 mi	Qaem Shahr	$533
176 km or 109 mi	Sari	$640
178 km or 111 mi	Semnan	$558
191 km or 119 mi	Kashan	$561
210 km or 130 mi	Lahijan	$547
239 km or 148 mi	Arak	$456
240 km or 149 mi	Rasht	$530
282 km or 175 mi	Hamadan	$656
283 km or 176 mi	Malayer	$436
284 km or 177 mi	Zanjan	$451
302 km or 188 mi	Gorgan	$661
315 km or 196 mi	Borujerd	$502
316 km or 196 mi	Shahin Shahr	$561
326 km or 202 mi	Dorud	$511
333 km or 207 mi	Shahrud	$576
334 km or 207 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$569