Moscow vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$730	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$205
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	50
😀 Quality of life	74	48
🏙️ Population	13.1M	1.57M

The cost of living in Moscow is 111% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 4359th and 7787th ($1244 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 34th in Russia and Iran, respectively. Check Russia vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 1187th and 6352nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Shiraz

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	Moscow	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.55	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$2161

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592

Cities near Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$563
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$557
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$548
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$546
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$529
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$547
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$551
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$536
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$502
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$514
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$573
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$523
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$502
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$525
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$897
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$736
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$901
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$547
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$597
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1280
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1056
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1243
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1223
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$1068
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$464
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$562
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1709
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$904
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$723