Isfahan vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Isfahan	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$501	$334
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1279	$809
🏠 One person rent	$206	$119
🏘️ Family rent	$364	$193
🍽️ Food expenses	$164	$136
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$40.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$230	$113
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	65	47
😀 Quality of life	55	43
🏙️ Population	1.96M	1.97M

The cost of living in Isfahan is 50% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 8682nd and 9121st ($501 vs $334) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 69th and 21st in Iran and Pakistan, respectively. Check Iran vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Isfahan compared to 0.3 months in Peshawar. Isfahan ranked 5th best city to live in Iran vs Peshawar ranked 7th in Pakistan, while ranked 6324th and 7430th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Isfahan	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3	$2.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.7	$12.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$2.99	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$0.75	$1.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$256	$84.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$46.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$460	$155
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$313	$85.3
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$9.15	$54.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.2	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.52	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	26.93%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1116	$267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$610	$213
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.92	$3.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.44	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$3.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$2.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$3.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$0.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.98	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.88	$1.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.52	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.11	$1.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$15.9	$1.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.62	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.5	$9.69
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.09	$3.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.8	$10.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.35	$1.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.4	$13.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$61.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$71.7	$28.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$589	$2261

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Cities near Isfahan

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.3 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488
27 km or 17 mi	Shahin Shahr	$484
28 km or 18 mi	Najafabad	$476
73 km or 45 mi	Shahreza	$470
83 km or 52 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$352
150 km or 93 mi	Kashan	$515
191 km or 119 mi	Izeh	$459
220 km or 137 mi	Yasuj	$463
234 km or 146 mi	Qom	$448
236 km or 147 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$517
243 km or 151 mi	Arak	$538
259 km or 161 mi	Dorud	$508
265 km or 165 mi	Behbahan	$483
267 km or 166 mi	Yazd	$545
272 km or 169 mi	Shushtar	$530
291 km or 181 mi	Saveh	$503
292 km or 181 mi	Varamin	$588
305 km or 189 mi	Borujerd	$494
307 km or 191 mi	Dezful	$566
311 km or 193 mi	Qarchak	$607
312 km or 194 mi	Andimeshk	$560
315 km or 196 mi	Pakdasht	$604
319 km or 198 mi	Ahvaz	$571
320 km or 199 mi	Robat Karim	$611
322 km or 200 mi	Malayer	$457
322 km or 200 mi	Khorramabad	$540
324 km or 201 mi	Eslamshahr	$623
326 km or 203 mi	Marvdasht	$530
328 km or 204 mi	Nasimshahr	$624
328 km or 204 mi	Ray	$622
329 km or 205 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
337 km or 209 mi	Kazerun	$503
340 km or 211 mi	Shahriar	$635
341 km or 212 mi	Tehran	$684
342 km or 212 mi	Malard	$641
344 km or 214 mi	Pardis	$598
345 km or 215 mi	Andisheh	$637
346 km or 215 mi	Qods	$638
348 km or 216 mi	Shiraz	$553
348 km or 216 mi	Fardis	$640

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$364
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$354
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$344
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$351
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$443
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$393
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$401
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$458
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$277
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$376
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$265
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$320
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$396
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$372
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$363
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$340
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$294
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$333
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$302
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$311
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$351
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$316
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$284
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$303
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$427
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$428
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$291
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$380
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$362
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$403
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$350
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$347
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$337
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684