Melbourne vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Melbourne	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2194	$788
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5150	$2156
🏠 One person rent	$1216	$367
🏘️ Family rent	$1971	$796
🍽️ Food expenses	$541	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$296	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3902	$264
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	100	96
😀 Quality of life	100	60
🏙️ Population	5.03M	8.69M

The cost of living in Melbourne is 178% more expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 1365th and 6486th ($2194 vs $788) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 4th 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 0.3 months in Tehran. Melbourne ranked 1st best city to live in Australia vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 1st and 5221st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Melbourne vs Tehran

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	Melbourne	Tehran
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.2	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.9	$19.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.78	$4.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.09	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$3.38	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.54	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1287	$464
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$324
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2611	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.7	$9.45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$150	$14.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.3	$5.99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	24.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6900	$1992
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5335	$1351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.51	$0.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$117	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$2.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.68	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.78	$3.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.79	$3.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$0.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.59	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$0.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$0.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$29	$2.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.67	$19.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.2	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.67	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.2	$23.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.3	$118
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.2	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.1	$32.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$130
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1683	$128
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19705	$1951

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Melbourne

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	South Yarra	$1620
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1625
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1645
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1691
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1669
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1671
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1643
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1654
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$1981
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1390
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1291
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$1727
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1601
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1768
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1619
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1651
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2023
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1691
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1616
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$2106
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1511
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1538
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1416
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$1978
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1584
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1702
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$2252
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$1824
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2539
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$2099
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1448
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$1795
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1185
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963

Cities near Tehran

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Golestan	$714
12 km or 7.6 mi	Ray	$710
27 km or 17 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
27 km or 17 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
28 km or 17 mi	Qods	$698
32 km or 20 mi	Qarchak	$681
33 km or 20 mi	Shahriar	$698
34 km or 21 mi	Pakdasht	$680
36 km or 23 mi	Pardis	$665
38 km or 23 mi	Andisheh	$684
39 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$675
39 km or 24 mi	Fardis	$688
40 km or 25 mi	Malard	$693
43 km or 26 mi	Karaj	$736
46 km or 28 mi	Mohammadshahr	$688
52 km or 32 mi	Varamin	$651
52 km or 33 mi	Kamal Shahr	$686
78 km or 49 mi	Nazarabad	$645
120 km or 75 mi	Amol	$557
121 km or 75 mi	Khak-e Ali	$599
122 km or 76 mi	Saveh	$574
127 km or 79 mi	Qom	$488
142 km or 88 mi	Qazvin	$618
148 km or 92 mi	Babol	$458
155 km or 96 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
176 km or 109 mi	Sari	$658
178 km or 111 mi	Semnan	$580
191 km or 119 mi	Kashan	$562
210 km or 130 mi	Lahijan	$552
239 km or 148 mi	Arak	$455
240 km or 149 mi	Rasht	$534
282 km or 175 mi	Hamadan	$443
283 km or 176 mi	Malayer	$469
284 km or 177 mi	Zanjan	$466
302 km or 188 mi	Gorgan	$685
315 km or 196 mi	Borujerd	$505
316 km or 196 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Dorud	$513
333 km or 207 mi	Shahrud	$598
334 km or 207 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510