New York City vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	New York City	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4203	$553
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$9136	$1428
🏠 One person rent	$2713	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$4396	$419
🍽️ Food expenses	$874	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$379	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5599	$235
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	100	49
😀 Quality of life	98	56
🏙️ Population	8.8M	1.57M

The cost of living in New York City is 659% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 4th and 8247th ($4203 vs $553) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 41st in the United States and Iran, respectively. Check the United States vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in New York City compared to 0.4 months in Shiraz. New York City ranked 1st best city to live in the United States vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 11th and 6229th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New York City vs Shiraz

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	New York City	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23.2	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$92.4	$13.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$3.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.67	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$6.18	$0.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.07	$1.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3669	$256
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2221	$186
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5076	$470
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3880	$339
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$22.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$211	$34.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.2	$19.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	22.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$15299	$1161
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11127	$731
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.93	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$134	$2.34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25	$1.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.49	$0.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.71	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$7.75	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$3.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$3.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.19	$0.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.76	$7.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$0.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.3	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.8	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$23.2	$4.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$13.9	$5.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$8.03	$6.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$128	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.7	$2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$157	$92.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.3	$29.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.2	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$72
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1884	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22663	$2133

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Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2569
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3364
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3066
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2913
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2733
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3253
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2717
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2783
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2727
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2725
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2735
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2811
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2671
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2712
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2765
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2538
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2688
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2756
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2545
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2475
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2647
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2770
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2705
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2513
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2774
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2695
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2769
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2655
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2730
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2718
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2609
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2506
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2723
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2911
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2779
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2680
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2470
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3174

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