Kazan vs Mashhad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kazan	Mashhad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$654	$538
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1619	$1576
🏠 One person rent	$325	$186
🏘️ Family rent	$621	$461
🍽️ Food expenses	$207	$191
🚐 Transport expenses	$55	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$578	$228
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	54	46
😀 Quality of life	60	50
🏙️ Population	1.26M	3M

The cost of living in Kazan is 22% more expensive than in Mashhad. Cities ranked 7255th and 8365th ($654 vs $538) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 71st in Russia and Iran, respectively. Check Russia vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kazan compared to 0.4 months in Mashhad. Kazan ranked 6th best city to live in Russia vs Mashhad ranked 3rd in Iran, while ranked 5204th and 6193rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kazan vs Mashhad

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	Kazan	Mashhad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.34	$3.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.8	$35.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.34	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.2	$0.5
☕ Cappuccino	$2.11	$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$367	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$144
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$569
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$485	$395
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$8.61
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.8	$13.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.37	$17.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.6%	20.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2473	$1424
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1732	$812
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.41	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27	$4.35
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.08	$4.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.58	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.21	$1.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.64	$2.06
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$2.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.63	$9.41
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$0.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.42	$7.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.44	$0.73
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$0.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.15	$2.42
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.98	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.35	$5.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.92	$1.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.16	$2.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.4	$15.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.29	$1.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.96	$94.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.57	$28.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.8	$21.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.6	$90.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$223	$150
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4225	$612

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Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$509
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$541
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$484
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$556
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$540
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$513
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$620
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$522
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$589
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$376
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$463
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$514
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$562
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$567
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$559
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$422
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$484
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$518
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$498
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$519
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$530
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$616
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$507
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$503
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$508
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$515
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$480
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$660
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$539
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$480
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$623
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$633
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$531
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$537
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$797

Cities near Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$517
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$515
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$500
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$512
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$511
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$515
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1583
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1616
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$458
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1531
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1578
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$514
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$553
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$496
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$603
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$689
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$450
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$607
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$452
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$670
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$564
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$548
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1572
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$435
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$468
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$550
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$487
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$394
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$577
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$675
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$467
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$689
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$673
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$693
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$722
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$720
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$797