Maputo vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Maputo	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1068	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2602	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$531	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$1006	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$319	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$131	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$205
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	1 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	29	50
😀 Quality of life	41	48
🏙️ Population	1.13M	1.57M

The cost of living in Maputo is 81% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 5045th and 7787th ($1068 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 34th in Mozambique and Iran, respectively. Check Mozambique vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Maputo compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Maputo ranked 1st best city to live in Mozambique vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 6875th and 6352nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Maputo vs Shiraz

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	Maputo	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.78	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.1	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.61	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$2.12	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$592	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$308	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1399	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$661	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.4	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$111	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.29%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3504	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2016	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.13	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.58	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.83	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.64	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.97	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.88	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.76	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.2	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.24	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.9	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.6	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$155	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5643	$2161

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Maputo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.7 mi	Matola	$964
136 km or 85 mi	Manzini	$442
144 km or 90 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003
148 km or 92 mi	Mbabane	$562
272 km or 169 mi	Vryheid	$763
310 km or 193 mi	Middelburg	$795
318 km or 197 mi	Bethal	$784
415 km or 258 mi	Springs	$678
426 km or 265 mi	Benoni	$785
439 km or 273 mi	Centurion	$807
440 km or 273 mi	Pretoria	$906
453 km or 281 mi	Sandton	$953
454 km or 282 mi	Johannesburg	$993
457 km or 284 mi	Randburg	$837
460 km or 286 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
464 km or 288 mi	Durban	$809
471 km or 292 mi	Vereeniging	$672
472 km or 293 mi	Soweto	$923
480 km or 299 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
483 km or 300 mi	Brits	$820
534 km or 332 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
536 km or 333 mi	Rustenburg	$889
553 km or 343 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
564 km or 351 mi	Kroonstad	$768
598 km or 371 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
598 km or 372 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
624 km or 388 mi	Welkom	$748
628 km or 390 mi	Maseru	$621
661 km or 411 mi	Mahalapye	$631
667 km or 414 mi	Palapye	$540
674 km or 419 mi	Masvingo	$854
680 km or 422 mi	Mafeteng	$567
685 km or 425 mi	Gaborone	$691
695 km or 432 mi	Mmabatho	$780
697 km or 433 mi	Lobatse	$665
712 km or 443 mi	Serowe	$583
715 km or 444 mi	Beira	$1003
720 km or 447 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
730 km or 453 mi	Mthatha	$852
732 km or 455 mi	Molepolole	$628

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