Mashhad vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mashhad	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$503	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1312	$3464
🏠 One person rent	$172	$924
🏘️ Family rent	$293	$1552
🍽️ Food expenses	$170	$493
🚐 Transport expenses	$43	$51.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$250	$832
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	46	8
😀 Quality of life	57	63
🏙️ Population	3M	24.7K

The cost of living in Mashhad is 68% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 8663rd and 3601st ($503 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 66th and 1st in Iran and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Iran vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Mashhad compared to 0.5 months in Victoria. Mashhad ranked 3rd best city to live in Iran vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 6167th and 5581st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mashhad vs Victoria

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	Mashhad	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3	$15.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.8	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.98	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.5	$3.9
☕ Cappuccino	$1.07	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$194	$818
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$136	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$348	$1449
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$244	$1250
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.48	$82.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$12.9	$126
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.7	$137
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.55%	14.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1174	$447
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$736	$1146
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$0.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.33	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.38	$22.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.26	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.02	$3.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$5.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$1.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.18	$0.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.71	$3.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.9	$9.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$3.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.69	$22.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.27	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.29	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.78	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.9	$92.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2	$6.71
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.4	$64.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.6	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.1	$59.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$45.9	$153
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$623	$8213

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$715
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1207
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1207
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$724
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$476
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$548
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$822
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$834
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$831
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$692
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$727
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$774
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$596
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$842
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$812
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$609
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1535
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$567
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1546
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$552
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1561
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1590
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1560
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1641
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1561
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1751
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1576
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1595
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1445
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1511
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$493
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1168
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$421
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$533
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$694
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$549
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$420