Isfahan vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Isfahan	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$523	$734
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1618	$1795
🏠 One person rent	$211	$375
🏘️ Family rent	$639	$716
🍽️ Food expenses	$170	$242
🚐 Transport expenses	$41.9	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$240	$692
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	66	54
😀 Quality of life	48	60
🏙️ Population	1.96M	1.26M

The cost of living in Isfahan is 29% less expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 8454th and 6742nd ($523 vs $734) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 72nd and 21st in Iran and Russia, respectively. Check Iran vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Isfahan compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Isfahan ranked 5th best city to live in Iran vs Kazan ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 6375th and 5162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Isfahan vs Kazan

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	Isfahan	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.39	$6.84
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.5	$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.01	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$3.39
☕ Cappuccino	$0.88	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$898	$861
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$545	$561
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$9.25	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.1	$89.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$5.82
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	26.5%	15.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$2754
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$676	$1894
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.88	$3.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$0.63
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.44	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.11	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$8.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$7.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$2.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.99	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.9	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.48	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.09	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$4.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$15.9	$2.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.6	$0.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.7	$21.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.1	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$115	$8.97
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.35	$5.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.2	$61.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.2	$95.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.2	$216
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$594	$4497

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Cities near Isfahan

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.3 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
27 km or 17 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
28 km or 18 mi	Najafabad	$502
73 km or 45 mi	Shahreza	$502
83 km or 52 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
150 km or 93 mi	Kashan	$562
191 km or 119 mi	Izeh	$525
220 km or 137 mi	Yasuj	$529
234 km or 146 mi	Qom	$488
236 km or 147 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
243 km or 151 mi	Arak	$455
259 km or 161 mi	Dorud	$513
265 km or 165 mi	Behbahan	$536
267 km or 166 mi	Yazd	$573
272 km or 169 mi	Shushtar	$562
291 km or 181 mi	Saveh	$574
292 km or 181 mi	Varamin	$651
305 km or 189 mi	Borujerd	$505
307 km or 191 mi	Dezful	$583
311 km or 193 mi	Qarchak	$681
312 km or 194 mi	Andimeshk	$577
315 km or 196 mi	Pakdasht	$680
319 km or 198 mi	Ahvaz	$597
320 km or 199 mi	Robat Karim	$675
322 km or 200 mi	Malayer	$469
322 km or 200 mi	Khorramabad	$554
324 km or 201 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
326 km or 203 mi	Marvdasht	$563
328 km or 204 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
328 km or 204 mi	Ray	$710
329 km or 205 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
337 km or 209 mi	Kazerun	$557
340 km or 211 mi	Shahriar	$698
341 km or 212 mi	Tehran	$788
342 km or 212 mi	Malard	$693
344 km or 214 mi	Pardis	$665
345 km or 215 mi	Andisheh	$684
346 km or 215 mi	Qods	$698
348 km or 216 mi	Shiraz	$589
348 km or 216 mi	Fardis	$688

Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$592
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$612
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$637
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$590
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$656
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$438
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$508
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$524
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$605
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$672
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$595
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$538
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$555
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$554
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$549
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$681
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$540
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$534
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$561
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$564
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$719
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$600
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$528
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$675
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$676
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$596
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$867