Melbourne vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Melbourne	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2308	$553
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5590	$1428
🏠 One person rent	$1286	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$2187	$419
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$315	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4060	$235
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	100	49
😀 Quality of life	100	56
🏙️ Population	5.35M	1.57M

The cost of living in Melbourne is 317% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 1249th and 8247th ($2308 vs $553) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 41st in Australia and Iran, respectively. Check Australia vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Melbourne compared to 0.4 months in Shiraz. Melbourne ranked 1st best city to live in Australia vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 1st and 6229th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Melbourne vs Shiraz

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	Melbourne	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.5	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.6	$13.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$3.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$3.74	$0.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.63	$1.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1462	$256
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1055	$186
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2675	$470
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1808	$339
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$22.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$34.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.5	$19.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	22.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7072	$1161
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5978	$731
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.57	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$115	$2.34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.5	$1.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.38	$0.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.43	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$3.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.58	$3.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$0.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.63	$7.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$0.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.88	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.9	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.99	$4.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.03	$5.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$6.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.65	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.2	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$92.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.7	$29.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$72	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$72
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1948	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22799	$2133

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Cities near Melbourne

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	South Yarra	$1681
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1673
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1736
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1768
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1738
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1728
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1706
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1725
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$2058
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1464
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1362
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$1813
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1662
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1786
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1667
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1660
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2019
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1771
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1678
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$2127
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1364
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1568
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1580
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$2117
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1599
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1747
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$2292
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$1888
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2640
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$2181
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1839
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$1911
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1184
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988

Cities near Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$530
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$503
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$529
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$477
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$463
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$530
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$453
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$483
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$470
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$534
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$545
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$352
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$501
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$476
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$459
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$484
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$873
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$730
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$517
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$930
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$549
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$571
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1237
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1008
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1230
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1201
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$908
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$761
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$530
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1770
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$889
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$719