Mashhad vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Mashhad	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$538	$2801
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1576	$6767
🏠 One person rent	$186	$1663
🏘️ Family rent	$461	$3057
🍽️ Food expenses	$191	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.3	$410
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$228	$4399
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	46	99
😀 Quality of life	50	99
🏙️ Population	3M	4.84M

The cost of living in Mashhad is 81% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 8365th and 312th ($538 vs $2801) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 71st and 1st in Iran and Australia, respectively. Check Iran vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Mashhad compared to 1.6 months in Sydney. Mashhad ranked 3rd best city to live in Iran vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 6193rd and 4th 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	$3.03	$15.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.1	$70.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.01	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.5	$7.41
☕ Cappuccino	$1.2	$3.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$1992
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$144	$1372
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$569	$4038
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$395	$2523
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.61	$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13.4	$177
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.8	$53.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.29%	6.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1424	$16279
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$812	$9905
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$3.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.35	$143
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.5	$29.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.27	$2.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.1	$4.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$8.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.41	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.42
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$3.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$4.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$2.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$2.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.19	$0.98
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$7.97	$2.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.73	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.67	$5.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.42	$29.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.17	$6.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.28	$5.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.78	$2.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.4	$2.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.1	$58.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.98	$16.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.4	$67.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.8	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.4	$78.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.8	$117
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$150	$2054
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$612	$18951

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Cities near Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$517
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$515
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$500
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$512
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$511
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$515
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1583
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1616
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$458
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1531
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1578
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$514
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$553
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$496
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$603
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$689
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$450
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$607
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$452
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$670
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$564
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$548
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1572
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$435
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$468
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$550
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$487
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$394
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$577
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$675
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$467
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$689
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$673
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$693
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$722
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$720
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$797

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2286
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2472
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1997
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1732
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1532
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1833
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1674
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1748
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1500
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2393
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1815
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1289
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1746
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1717
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1829
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2141
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1805
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1800
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1397
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1876
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1877
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1738
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1758
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2397
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1822
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1799
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1795
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2491
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1757
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1767
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1925
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1892
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1357
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1754