New York City vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	New York City	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4203	$684
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$9136	$1715
🏠 One person rent	$2713	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$4396	$550
🍽️ Food expenses	$874	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$379	$39.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5599	$240
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	100	96
😀 Quality of life	98	66
🏙️ Population	8.8M	8.69M

The cost of living in New York City is 515% more expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 4th and 7204th ($4203 vs $684) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 6th 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 Tehran. New York City ranked 1st best city to live in the United States vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 11th and 5113th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New York City vs Tehran

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	New York City	Tehran
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23.2	$3.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$92.4	$17.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$4.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.67	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$6.18	$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.07	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3669	$385
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2221	$275
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5076	$699
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3880	$488
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$9.06
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$211	$14.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.2	$5.88
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	25.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$15299	$1528
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11127	$958
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.93	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$134	$6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25	$2.77
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.49	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.71	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$7.75	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$3.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$3.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.19	$0.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$0.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$0.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$0.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.76	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$1.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.3	$0.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.8	$2.58
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$23.2	$4.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$13.9	$4.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$8.03	$2.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$128	$21.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.7	$1.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$157	$103
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.3	$55.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.2	$25.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1884	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22663	$2007

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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 Tehran

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Golestan	$628
12 km or 7.6 mi	Ray	$622
27 km or 17 mi	Eslamshahr	$623
27 km or 17 mi	Nasimshahr	$624
28 km or 17 mi	Qods	$638
32 km or 20 mi	Qarchak	$607
33 km or 20 mi	Shahriar	$635
34 km or 21 mi	Pakdasht	$604
36 km or 23 mi	Pardis	$598
38 km or 23 mi	Andisheh	$637
39 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$611
39 km or 24 mi	Fardis	$640
40 km or 25 mi	Malard	$641
43 km or 26 mi	Karaj	$704
46 km or 28 mi	Mohammadshahr	$642
52 km or 32 mi	Varamin	$588
52 km or 33 mi	Kamal Shahr	$644
78 km or 49 mi	Nazarabad	$598
120 km or 75 mi	Amol	$530
121 km or 75 mi	Khak-e Ali	$561
122 km or 76 mi	Saveh	$503
127 km or 79 mi	Qom	$448
142 km or 88 mi	Qazvin	$582
148 km or 92 mi	Babol	$372
155 km or 96 mi	Qaem Shahr	$501
176 km or 109 mi	Sari	$643
178 km or 111 mi	Semnan	$542
191 km or 119 mi	Kashan	$515
210 km or 130 mi	Lahijan	$497
239 km or 148 mi	Arak	$538
240 km or 149 mi	Rasht	$472
282 km or 175 mi	Hamadan	$430
283 km or 176 mi	Malayer	$457
284 km or 177 mi	Zanjan	$426
302 km or 188 mi	Gorgan	$658
315 km or 196 mi	Borujerd	$494
316 km or 196 mi	Shahin Shahr	$484
326 km or 202 mi	Dorud	$508
333 km or 207 mi	Shahrud	$564
334 km or 207 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488