Mashhad vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mashhad	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$503	$2640
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1312	$6276
🏠 One person rent	$172	$1578
🏘️ Family rent	$293	$2764
🍽️ Food expenses	$170	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$43	$366
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$250	$4008
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	46	99
😀 Quality of life	57	100
🏙️ Population	3M	5.45M

The cost of living in Mashhad is 81% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 8663rd and 649th ($503 vs $2640) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 66th and 1st in Iran and Australia, respectively. Check Iran vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Mashhad compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Mashhad ranked 3rd best city to live in Iran vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 6167th and 3rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mashhad vs Sydney

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	Mashhad	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3	$13.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.8	$77.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.98	$9.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.5	$7.2
☕ Cappuccino	$1.07	$3.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$194	$1915
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$136	$1294
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$348	$3447
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$244	$2319
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.48	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$12.9	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.7	$47.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.55%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1174	$12628
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$736	$7359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$3.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.33	$134
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.38	$23.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.26	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.02	$5.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$8.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$4.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$2.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.18	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.71	$2.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.9	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$4.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.69	$29.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.27	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.29	$5.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.78	$2.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.9	$58.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.4	$63.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.6	$20
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.1	$75.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$45.9	$2071
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$623	$19140

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Cities near Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$496
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$502
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$500
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$493
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$506
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$512
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1774
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1833
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$489
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1654
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1796
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$509
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$588
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$467
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$564
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$658
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$432
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$542
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$433
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$643
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$501
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$558
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1770
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$512
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$372
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$530
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$439
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$477
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$545
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$598
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$761
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$604
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$588
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$607
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$628
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$622
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$684

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2181
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2292
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1888
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1599
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1580
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1839
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1568
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1678
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1364
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2019
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1747
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1184
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1667
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1662
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1813
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2140
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1725
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1706
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1362
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1736
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1662
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1681
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2308
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1768
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1728
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1738
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2065
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1673
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1798
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2058
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1464
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1710