Nicosia vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nicosia	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1302	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3166	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$678	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$1282	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$90	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1519	$205
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	70	50
😀 Quality of life	81	48
🏙️ Population	330K	1.57M

The cost of living in Nicosia is 121% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 4211th and 7787th ($1302 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 34th in Cyprus and Iran, respectively. Check Cyprus vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Nicosia compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Nicosia ranked 1st best city to live in Cyprus vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 494th and 6352nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nicosia vs Shiraz

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	Nicosia	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.7	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.78	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.19	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$3.47	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.43	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$601	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$493	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1203	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1007	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.3	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.6%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2722	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1984	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.49	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.6	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.2	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.47	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.64	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.04	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.01	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.45	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.91	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.71	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.26	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.43	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.57	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.68	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.7	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.1	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$416	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6962	$2161

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Cities near Nicosia

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Dali	$1243
19 km or 12 mi	Kyrenia	$1136
32 km or 20 mi	Aradippou	$1134
37 km or 23 mi	Larnaca	$1368
54 km or 33 mi	Famagusta	$1252
58 km or 36 mi	Paralimni	$1158
63 km or 39 mi	Limassol	$1968
65 km or 41 mi	Ypsonas	$1702
96 km or 60 mi	Paphos	$1551
164 km or 102 mi	Mut	$611
196 km or 122 mi	Alanya	$745
213 km or 132 mi	Mersin	$759
224 km or 139 mi	Latakia	$386
224 km or 139 mi	Karaman	$490
238 km or 148 mi	Tarsus	$688
240 km or 149 mi	Tripoli	$776
243 km or 151 mi	Beirut	$1255
246 km or 153 mi	Jounieh	$1020
257 km or 160 mi	Samandag	$597
259 km or 161 mi	Sidon	$798
267 km or 166 mi	Eregli	$618
269 km or 167 mi	Adana	$712
271 km or 168 mi	Tyre	$573
276 km or 171 mi	Zahle	$912
276 km or 172 mi	Antakya	$598
286 km or 178 mi	Iskenderun	$578
289 km or 180 mi	Nahariya	$1616
296 km or 184 mi	Acre	$1502
297 km or 185 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1647
298 km or 185 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1709
302 km or 187 mi	Ceyhan	$575
303 km or 188 mi	Haifa	$1645
304 km or 189 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1666
304 km or 189 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1657
304 km or 189 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1666
308 km or 191 mi	Idlib	$489
308 km or 191 mi	Hama	$417
308 km or 191 mi	Antalya	$928
308 km or 192 mi	Karmiel	$1531
309 km or 192 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1647

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