Isfahan vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Isfahan	Zhumadian
🚶 Cost of living one person	$523	$637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1618	$1667
🏠 One person rent	$211	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$639	$457
🍽️ Food expenses	$170	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$41.9	$71.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$240	$745
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	49 km
🎓 Higher education	66	19
😀 Quality of life	48	38
🏙️ Population	1.96M	7.01M

The cost of living in Isfahan is 18% less expensive than in Zhumadian. Cities ranked 8454th and 7314th ($523 vs $637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 72nd and 137th 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 1.2 months in Zhumadian. Isfahan ranked 5th best city to live in Iran vs Zhumadian ranked 304th in China, while ranked 6375th and 7150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Isfahan vs Zhumadian

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	Isfahan	Zhumadian
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.39	$3.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.5	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.01	$5.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.95
☕ Cappuccino	$0.88	$2.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$187
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$898	$450
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$545	$344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$9.25	$50.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.1	$78.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$13.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	26.5%	4.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$3149
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$676	$1823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$18.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.88	$3.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.44	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.11	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$1.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.99	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.9	$8.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.48	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.09	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$3.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$15.9	$4.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.6	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.7	$43.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.1	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$115	$23.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.35	$5.05
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.2	$74.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.2	$88.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.2	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$594	$8598

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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 Zhumadian

Distance	City	Cost of living
59 km or 36 mi	Wugang	$571
67 km or 42 mi	Luohe	$591
92 km or 57 mi	Zhoukou	$580
95 km or 59 mi	Xinyang	$655
96 km or 60 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
108 km or 67 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
118 km or 73 mi	Xuchang	$586
128 km or 80 mi	Jieshou	$591
140 km or 87 mi	Nanyang	$632
140 km or 87 mi	Changge	$547
140 km or 87 mi	Yuzhou	$552
152 km or 94 mi	Zaoyang	$591
152 km or 95 mi	Guangshui	$619
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$621
160 km or 100 mi	Xinzheng	$538
166 km or 103 mi	Fuyang	$633
173 km or 107 mi	Ruzhou	$538
184 km or 114 mi	Xinmi	$528
185 km or 115 mi	Dengzhou	$600
189 km or 117 mi	Dengfeng	$529
194 km or 121 mi	Anlu	$615
200 km or 124 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
203 km or 126 mi	Xiangyang	$604
204 km or 127 mi	Kaifeng	$545
210 km or 130 mi	Xingyang	$519
218 km or 135 mi	Yicheng	$577
219 km or 136 mi	Gongyi	$522
220 km or 137 mi	Shangqiu	$736
221 km or 137 mi	Macheng	$630
226 km or 140 mi	Yanshi	$509
228 km or 142 mi	Xiaogan	$651
230 km or 143 mi	Laohekou	$582
230 km or 143 mi	Yingcheng	$600
234 km or 145 mi	Jingshan	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Luoyang	$505
240 km or 149 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
243 km or 151 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
244 km or 151 mi	Mengzhou	$505
248 km or 154 mi	Yongcheng	$600
256 km or 159 mi	Qinyang	$504