Isfahan vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Isfahan	Reykjavik
🚶 Cost of living one person	$523	$2938
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1618	$5875
🏠 One person rent	$211	$1801
🏘️ Family rent	$639	$2674
🍽️ Food expenses	$170	$827
🚐 Transport expenses	$41.9	$90.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$240	$3761
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	66	53
😀 Quality of life	48	89
🏙️ Population	1.96M	140K

The cost of living in Isfahan is 82% less expensive than in Reykjavik. Cities ranked 8454th and 200th ($523 vs $2938) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 72nd and 1st in Iran and Iceland, respectively. Check Iran vs Iceland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Isfahan compared to 1.3 months in Reykjavik. Isfahan ranked 5th best city to live in Iran vs Reykjavik ranked 1st in Iceland, while ranked 6375th and 194th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Isfahan vs Reykjavik

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	Isfahan	Reykjavik
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.39	$21.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.5	$137
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.01	$17.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$10.8
☕ Cappuccino	$0.88	$5.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$3.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$1839
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$1650
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$898	$2869
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$545	$2456
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$9.25	$42.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.1	$64.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$71.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	26.5%	9.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$6649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$676	$5599
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$4.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$75.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.88	$26.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$2.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.44	$3.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$3.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.11	$5.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$20.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$2.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$4.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$3.26
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$1.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.99	$2.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.9	$21.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.48	$3.26
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.09	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$15.9	$5.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.6	$4.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$3.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.7	$73.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.1	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$115	$82.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.35	$45.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.2	$128
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.2	$162
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.2	$279
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$594	$2532

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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 Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$2802
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$2817
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2355
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2678
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$1828
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$1722
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1393
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1390
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1601
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1500
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1604
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1765
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1649
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2011
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1482
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1562
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1551
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1699
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1404
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1608
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2140
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1755
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1382
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1713
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1603
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2297
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1767
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1246
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2031
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1813
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1700
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2628
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2006