Nicosia vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nicosia	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1453	$553
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3383	$1428
🏠 One person rent	$775	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$1312	$419
🍽️ Food expenses	$477	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.3	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1674	$235
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	70	49
😀 Quality of life	81	56
🏙️ Population	56.8K	1.57M

The cost of living in Nicosia is 162% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 4118th and 8247th ($1453 vs $553) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 41st 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 0.4 months in Shiraz. Nicosia ranked 3rd best city to live in Cyprus vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 705th and 6229th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Nicosia vs Shiraz infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/nicosia/shiraz.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Nicosia vs Shiraz infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/nicosia/shiraz" target="_blank">Nicosia vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Nicosia vs Shiraz

Prices for goods and services in Nicosia and Shiraz are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Nicosia	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.2	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.1	$13.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.76	$3.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.66	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$3.83	$0.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.8	$1.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$672	$256
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$570	$186
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1220	$470
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1006	$339
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$22.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$230	$34.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.4	$19.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.72%	22.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$1161
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$731
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.79	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.7	$2.34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$1.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.62	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.02	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.9	$0.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.82	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$3.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$3.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$0.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.7	$7.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.44	$0.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.88	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.03	$4.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$5.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$6.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.02	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.6	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.2	$92.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$29.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$104	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.1	$72
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$508	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8498	$2133

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Nicosia

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Dali	$1420
19 km or 12 mi	Kyrenia	$1305
32 km or 20 mi	Aradippou	$1275
37 km or 23 mi	Larnaca	$1587
54 km or 33 mi	Famagusta	$1376
58 km or 36 mi	Paralimni	$1403
63 km or 39 mi	Limassol	$2175
65 km or 41 mi	Ypsonas	$1945
96 km or 60 mi	Paphos	$1728
164 km or 102 mi	Mut	$634
196 km or 122 mi	Alanya	$734
213 km or 132 mi	Mersin	$820
224 km or 139 mi	Latakia	$441
224 km or 139 mi	Karaman	$420
238 km or 148 mi	Tarsus	$724
240 km or 149 mi	Tripoli	$787
243 km or 151 mi	Beirut	$1261
246 km or 153 mi	Jounieh	$1028
257 km or 160 mi	Samandag	$647
259 km or 161 mi	Sidon	$822
267 km or 166 mi	Eregli	$690
269 km or 167 mi	Adana	$791
271 km or 168 mi	Tyre	$647
276 km or 171 mi	Zahle	$930
276 km or 172 mi	Antakya	$659
286 km or 178 mi	Iskenderun	$591
289 km or 180 mi	Nahariya	$1775
296 km or 184 mi	Acre	$1633
297 km or 185 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1803
298 km or 185 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1808
302 km or 187 mi	Ceyhan	$599
303 km or 188 mi	Haifa	$1840
304 km or 189 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1819
304 km or 189 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1804
304 km or 189 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1842
308 km or 191 mi	Idlib	$543
308 km or 191 mi	Hama	$438
308 km or 191 mi	Antalya	$1035
308 km or 192 mi	Karmiel	$1630
309 km or 192 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1769

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