Isfahan vs Zhanjiang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Isfahan	Zhanjiang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$523	$764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1618	$2113
🏠 One person rent	$211	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$639	$725
🍽️ Food expenses	$170	$233
🚐 Transport expenses	$41.9	$75.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$240	$549
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	66	37
😀 Quality of life	48	43
🏙️ Population	1.96M	6.98M

The cost of living in Isfahan is 31% less expensive than in Zhanjiang. Cities ranked 8454th and 6602nd ($523 vs $764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 72nd and 34th in Iran and China, respectively. Check Iran vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Isfahan compared to 0.7 months in Zhanjiang. Isfahan ranked 5th best city to live in Iran vs Zhanjiang ranked 161st in China, while ranked 6375th and 6725th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Isfahan vs Zhanjiang

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	Isfahan	Zhanjiang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.39	$2.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.5	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.01	$4.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$0.88	$2.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$440
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$307
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$898	$860
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$545	$612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$9.25	$34.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.1	$53.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$9.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	26.5%	4.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$5384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$676	$3087
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$17.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.88	$4.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.44	$1.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.11	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$10.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$1.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.99	$1.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.9	$15.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.48	$0.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.09	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$5.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$15.9	$5.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.6	$1.5
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.7	$42.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.1	$5.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$115	$31.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.35	$9.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.2	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.2	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.2	$551
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$594	$18959

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Zhanjiang

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Maoming	$756
94 km or 59 mi	Gaozhou	$761
131 km or 81 mi	Haikou	$650
138 km or 86 mi	Beihai	$642
161 km or 100 mi	Yulin	$771
177 km or 110 mi	Yangjiang	$877
203 km or 126 mi	Qinzhou	$592
222 km or 138 mi	Fangchenggang	$573
226 km or 141 mi	Guigang	$702
255 km or 159 mi	Yunfu	$823
270 km or 168 mi	Kaiping	$812
271 km or 168 mi	Wuzhou	$803
281 km or 175 mi	Nanning	$549
295 km or 183 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
307 km or 191 mi	Laibin	$598
317 km or 197 mi	Jiangmen	$804
324 km or 201 mi	Cam Pha	$569
338 km or 210 mi	Zhongshan	$461
341 km or 212 mi	Sanya	$763
342 km or 212 mi	Chongzuo	$564
343 km or 213 mi	Macau	$1588
345 km or 214 mi	Foshan	$611
346 km or 215 mi	Ha Long	$582
348 km or 216 mi	Zhuhai	$653
362 km or 225 mi	Liuzhou	$579
364 km or 226 mi	Guangzhou	$774
377 km or 234 mi	Hezhou	$758
388 km or 241 mi	Qingyuan	$794
390 km or 243 mi	Haiphong	$591
401 km or 249 mi	Dongguan	$656
405 km or 252 mi	Shenzhen	$916
406 km or 252 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
410 km or 255 mi	Kowloon	$2432
423 km or 263 mi	Hai Duong	$554
430 km or 267 mi	Thai Binh	$513
447 km or 278 mi	Lianzhou	$755
449 km or 279 mi	Nam Dinh	$496
451 km or 280 mi	Bac Ninh	$513
453 km or 281 mi	Guilin	$522
455 km or 283 mi	Hechi	$575