Madrid vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Madrid	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1781	$788
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4027	$2156
🏠 One person rent	$1048	$367
🏘️ Family rent	$1736	$796
🍽️ Food expenses	$445	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$163	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2294	$264
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	98	96
😀 Quality of life	90	60
🏙️ Population	3.42M	8.69M

The cost of living in Madrid is 126% more expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 2443rd and 6486th ($1781 vs $788) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 4th in Spain and Iran, respectively. Check Spain vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Madrid compared to 0.3 months in Tehran. Madrid ranked 1st best city to live in Spain vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 151st and 5221st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Madrid vs Tehran

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	Madrid	Tehran
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57	$19.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$4.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.36	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$2.92	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1203	$464
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$853	$324
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2092	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1428	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94	$9.45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$145	$14.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.6	$5.99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.59%	24.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6884	$1992
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3988	$1351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.56	$0.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.4	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.8	$2.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$0.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.31	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.12	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$3.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$3.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.89	$0.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$0.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$2.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$19.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.96	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.62	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45	$23.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.2	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.3	$118
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.7	$32.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$130
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$576	$128
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10042	$1951

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Cities near Madrid

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Pozuelo de Alarcon	$1565
11 km or 6.7 mi	Coslada	$1530
14 km or 8.5 mi	Alcobendas	$1433
18 km or 11 mi	Mostoles	$1573
18 km or 11 mi	Fuenlabrada	$1389
18 km or 11 mi	Torrejon de Ardoz	$1387
21 km or 13 mi	Tres Cantos	$1309
29 km or 18 mi	Alcala de Henares	$1293
50 km or 31 mi	Guadalajara	$1056
68 km or 42 mi	Toledo	$1204
69 km or 43 mi	Segovia	$1285
138 km or 86 mi	Cuenca	$1084
155 km or 97 mi	Laguna de Duero	$1201
158 km or 98 mi	Villarrobledo	$1235
162 km or 101 mi	Valladolid	$1212
177 km or 110 mi	Salamanca	$1086
196 km or 122 mi	Puertollano	$812
208 km or 129 mi	Plasencia	$1098
211 km or 131 mi	Zamora	$1286
215 km or 133 mi	Burgos	$1107
223 km or 139 mi	Albacete	$1209
242 km or 150 mi	Villanueva de la Serena	$1157
244 km or 151 mi	Requena	$1261
250 km or 156 mi	Logrono	$983
251 km or 156 mi	Caceres	$947
253 km or 157 mi	Tudela	$1241
258 km or 160 mi	Linares	$1220
269 km or 167 mi	Ubeda	$1316
272 km or 169 mi	Zaragoza	$1101
281 km or 175 mi	Merida	$1126
283 km or 176 mi	Vitoria-Gasteiz	$1532
288 km or 179 mi	Leon	$1241
295 km or 183 mi	Jaen	$930
296 km or 184 mi	Jumilla	$1241
297 km or 184 mi	Cordoba	$1100
298 km or 185 mi	Yecla	$1324
299 km or 186 mi	Braganca	$806
301 km or 187 mi	Martos	$1204
302 km or 187 mi	Caravaca de la Cruz	$1221
302 km or 188 mi	Valencia	$1522

Cities near Tehran

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Golestan	$714
12 km or 7.6 mi	Ray	$710
27 km or 17 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
27 km or 17 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
28 km or 17 mi	Qods	$698
32 km or 20 mi	Qarchak	$681
33 km or 20 mi	Shahriar	$698
34 km or 21 mi	Pakdasht	$680
36 km or 23 mi	Pardis	$665
38 km or 23 mi	Andisheh	$684
39 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$675
39 km or 24 mi	Fardis	$688
40 km or 25 mi	Malard	$693
43 km or 26 mi	Karaj	$736
46 km or 28 mi	Mohammadshahr	$688
52 km or 32 mi	Varamin	$651
52 km or 33 mi	Kamal Shahr	$686
78 km or 49 mi	Nazarabad	$645
120 km or 75 mi	Amol	$557
121 km or 75 mi	Khak-e Ali	$599
122 km or 76 mi	Saveh	$574
127 km or 79 mi	Qom	$488
142 km or 88 mi	Qazvin	$618
148 km or 92 mi	Babol	$458
155 km or 96 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
176 km or 109 mi	Sari	$658
178 km or 111 mi	Semnan	$580
191 km or 119 mi	Kashan	$562
210 km or 130 mi	Lahijan	$552
239 km or 148 mi	Arak	$455
240 km or 149 mi	Rasht	$534
282 km or 175 mi	Hamadan	$443
283 km or 176 mi	Malayer	$469
284 km or 177 mi	Zanjan	$466
302 km or 188 mi	Gorgan	$685
315 km or 196 mi	Borujerd	$505
316 km or 196 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Dorud	$513
333 km or 207 mi	Shahrud	$598
334 km or 207 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510