Indianapolis vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Indianapolis	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2189	$788
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5318	$2156
🏠 One person rent	$1304	$367
🏘️ Family rent	$2170	$796
🍽️ Food expenses	$615	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4608	$264
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	71	96
😀 Quality of life	89	60
🏙️ Population	888K	8.69M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 178% more expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 1378th and 6486th ($2189 vs $788) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1239th 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 2.1 months in Indianapolis compared to 0.3 months in Tehran. Indianapolis ranked 44th best city to live in the United States vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 191st and 5221st 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	$25.1	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.1	$19.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.98	$4.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.05	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1424	$464
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1026	$324
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2421	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1776	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$9.45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$194	$14.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.6	$5.99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	24.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1949	$1992
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1579	$1351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.6	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$2.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.96	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$1.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.09	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$3.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$3.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$0.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$0.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.75	$2.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$19.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.52	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.45	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38	$23.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$118
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.3	$32.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.9	$130
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1868	$128
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27149	$1951

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2023
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$2010
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1953
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$1981
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$1974
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$2001
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1880
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1944
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1806
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1875
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2147
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1736
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1613
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2007
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1870
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$2004
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1872
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1561
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1839
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1875
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1895
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1914
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1427
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1940
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1870
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2490
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1853
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1863
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2145
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1903
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1783
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1914
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1897
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1939
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1834
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1890

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