Luanda vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Luanda	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1012	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3516	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$496	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$327	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.7	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1511	$205
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	19	50
😀 Quality of life	53	48
🏙️ Population	2.49M	1.57M

The cost of living in Luanda is 72% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 5424th and 7787th ($1012 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 34th in Angola and Iran, respectively. Check Angola vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Luanda compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Luanda ranked 1st best city to live in Angola vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 6024th and 6352nd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Luanda vs Shiraz infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/luanda/shiraz.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Luanda vs Shiraz infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/luanda/shiraz" target="_blank">Luanda vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Luanda vs Shiraz

Prices for goods and services in Luanda and Shiraz are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Luanda	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.84	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.9	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.9	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.56	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.64	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$467	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2330	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1341	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.3	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.5	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$133	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	23.82%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10449	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.9	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.2	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.37	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.24	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.88	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.3	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.79	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.58	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.98	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.5	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.76	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.5	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.51	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.3	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.31	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$96.8	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$128	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$700	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15041	$2161

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Luanda

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Ambriz	$863
184 km or 114 mi	N'zeto	$788
333 km or 207 mi	Boma	$821
337 km or 209 mi	Matadi	$844
383 km or 238 mi	Cabinda	$676
393 km or 244 mi	Lobito	$645
413 km or 257 mi	Benguela	$671
438 km or 272 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$812
475 km or 295 mi	Pointe-Noire	$569
515 km or 320 mi	Huambo	$577
519 km or 323 mi	Kayes	$523
522 km or 324 mi	Madingou	$519
527 km or 327 mi	Kinkala	$520
551 km or 343 mi	Kinshasa	$1120
556 km or 346 mi	Brazzaville	$580
747 km or 464 mi	Kikwit	$876
769 km or 478 mi	Gamboma	$522
801 km or 497 mi	Luena	$634
876 km or 544 mi	Tshikapa	$934
994 km or 618 mi	Oshikango	$731
1029 km or 639 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
1067 km or 663 mi	Kananga	$976
1108 km or 689 mi	Libreville	$668
1137 km or 707 mi	Mbandaka	$850
1143 km or 710 mi	Mwene-Ditu	$843
1182 km or 734 mi	Mbuji-Mayi	$1011
1205 km or 749 mi	Gandajika	$828
1248 km or 776 mi	Sao Tome	$900
1250 km or 776 mi	Bata	$1121
1250 km or 777 mi	Trindade	$900
1254 km or 779 mi	Tsumeb	$742
1344 km or 835 mi	Otjiwarongo	$777
1356 km or 843 mi	Kolwezi	$975
1425 km or 885 mi	Yaounde	$747
1429 km or 888 mi	Omaruru	$811
1484 km or 922 mi	Berberati	$482
1485 km or 923 mi	Malabo	$741
1486 km or 923 mi	Douala	$1265
1497 km or 930 mi	Limbe	$655
1498 km or 931 mi	Likasi	$961

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