New York City vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	New York City	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4441	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$10033	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$2960	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$5380	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$886	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$364	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5544	$205
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	100	50
😀 Quality of life	95	48
🏙️ Population	8.8M	1.57M

The cost of living in New York City is 654% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 3rd and 7787th ($4441 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 34th 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 1.2 months in New York City compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. New York City ranked 2nd best city to live in the United States vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 22nd and 6352nd 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	$29.7	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$133	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.94	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$5.95	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.2	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3501	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2603	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4776	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5236	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.5	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.55%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$17935	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12929	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$132	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.5	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$5.04	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.95	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.54	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.05	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.41	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.1	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.89	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.44	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$6.94	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.95	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.1	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$173	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$36.1	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.3	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1784	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21465	$2161

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Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2534
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3271
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3040
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2886
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2703
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3302
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2701
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2756
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2720
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2667
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2729
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2740
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2512
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2693
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2732
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2531
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2587
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2637
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2664
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2480
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2715
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2722
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2676
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2747
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2664
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2716
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2745
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2611
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2456
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2730
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2610
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2456
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3111

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