Mashhad vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mashhad	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$508	$346
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1452	$824
🏠 One person rent	$169	$130
🏘️ Family rent	$391	$221
🍽️ Food expenses	$180	$130
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.7	$52
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$216	$190
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	46	48
😀 Quality of life	50	40
🏙️ Population	3M	1.97M

The cost of living in Mashhad is 47% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 8574th and 9093rd ($508 vs $346) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 84th and 20th in Iran and Pakistan, respectively. Check Iran vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Mashhad compared to 0.5 months in Peshawar. Mashhad ranked 3rd best city to live in Iran vs Peshawar ranked 5th in Pakistan, while ranked 6227th and 6958th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mashhad vs Peshawar

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	Mashhad	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.51	$2.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$10.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.99	$3.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.5	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$1.08	$1.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$0.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$194	$106
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$129	$47.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$493	$207
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$325	$95.2
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.75	$60.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13.5	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.5	$10.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.07%	21.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1263	$177
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$773	$148
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.35	$7.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.48	$6.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.23	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.02	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$3.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$3.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$3.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$0.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.16	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$7.94	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.89	$1.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$1.6
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$1.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.22	$0.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.26	$1.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.8	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.6	$10.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.99	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.6	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$29	$1.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.9	$13.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.5	$39.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$68	$30
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$618	$518

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Cities near Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$509
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$521
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$515
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$550
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$521
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$524
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1553
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1584
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$510
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1503
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1541
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$512
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$574
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$495
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$598
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$685
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$414
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$580
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$431
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$658
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$552
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1535
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$484
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$458
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$557
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$476
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$392
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$573
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$665
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$464
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$680
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$651
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$681
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$714
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$710
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$788

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$379
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$366
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$303
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$382
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$442
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$366
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$386
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$474
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$354
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$458
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$273
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$373
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$389
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$389
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$354
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$306
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$308
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$281
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$342
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$287
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$305
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$411
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$394
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$300
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$383
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$361
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$392
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$355
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$356
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$358
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596