Lisbon vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lisbon	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1705	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3820	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$1106	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$1849	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$384	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.1	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1278	$205
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	93	50
😀 Quality of life	82	48
🏙️ Population	546K	1.57M

The cost of living in Lisbon is 190% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 2671st and 7787th ($1705 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 34th in Portugal and Iran, respectively. Check Portugal vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Lisbon compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Lisbon ranked 3rd best city to live in Portugal vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 475th and 6352nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lisbon vs Shiraz

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	Lisbon	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.1	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.8	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.01	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$2.95	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.9	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1223	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$933	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2337	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1529	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81.1	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.2	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.31%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6840	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3925	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.1	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.6	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.84	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.31	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.19	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.05	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.5	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.17	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.82	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.4	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.06	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$73.1	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.8	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$562	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15150	$2161

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Cities near Lisbon

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Almada	$1606
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Amadora	$1388
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Queluz	$1325
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Odivelas	$1409
10 km or 6.3 mi	Barreiro	$1305
11 km or 6.7 mi	Amora	$1178
12 km or 7.3 mi	Seixal	$1238
12 km or 7.4 mi	Oeiras	$1525
13 km or 8 mi	Agualva-Cacem	$1368
13 km or 8.1 mi	Loures	$1384
17 km or 10 mi	Montijo	$1360
18 km or 11 mi	Moita	$1316
18 km or 11 mi	Algueirao-Mem Martins	$1371
21 km or 13 mi	Sintra	$1413
22 km or 14 mi	Cascais	$1501
28 km or 17 mi	Mafra	$1339
29 km or 18 mi	Palmela	$1305
30 km or 19 mi	Vila Franca de Xira	$1137
31 km or 19 mi	Sesimbra	$1213
32 km or 20 mi	Setubal	$1336
39 km or 24 mi	Alenquer	$1248
42 km or 26 mi	Torres Vedras	$1369
42 km or 26 mi	Benavente	$1255
47 km or 29 mi	Azambuja	$1242
47 km or 29 mi	Salvaterra de Magos	$1249
58 km or 36 mi	Cartaxo	$1230
61 km or 38 mi	Lourinha	$1349
71 km or 44 mi	Santarem	$1160
72 km or 45 mi	Almeirim	$1176
73 km or 45 mi	Peniche	$1502
77 km or 48 mi	Caldas da Rainha	$1168
90 km or 56 mi	Santiago do Cacem	$1282
94 km or 58 mi	Alcobaca	$1206
101 km or 63 mi	Torres Novas	$1102
103 km or 64 mi	Porto de Mos	$1168
111 km or 69 mi	Evora	$1135
115 km or 72 mi	Ourem	$1100
117 km or 72 mi	Marinha Grande	$1170
118 km or 73 mi	Tomar	$908
118 km or 73 mi	Abrantes	$1112

Cities near Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$563
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$557
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$548
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$546
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$529
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$547
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$551
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$536
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$502
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$514
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$573
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$523
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$502
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$525
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$897
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$736
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$901
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$547
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$597
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1280
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1056
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1243
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1223
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$1068
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$464
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$562
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1709
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$904
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$723