Oklahoma City vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Oklahoma City	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1872	$684
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4606	$1715
🏠 One person rent	$1034	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$1696	$550
🍽️ Food expenses	$587	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$39.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3672	$240
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	71	96
😀 Quality of life	90	66
🏙️ Population	681K	8.69M

The cost of living in Oklahoma City is 174% more expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 2425th and 7204th ($1872 vs $684) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1852nd 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 2 months in Oklahoma City compared to 0.4 months in Tehran. Oklahoma City ranked 72nd best city to live in the United States vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 236th and 5113th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Oklahoma City vs Tehran

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	Oklahoma City	Tehran
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$3.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.5	$17.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$4.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.98	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$5.57	$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$869	$385
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$786	$275
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1604	$699
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1327	$488
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$9.06
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$237	$14.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.6	$5.88
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.36%	25.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1976	$1528
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1705	$958
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.02	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48	$6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$2.77
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$0.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.58	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.93	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$3.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$3.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.47	$0.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$0.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$0.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.23	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$0.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$1.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$0.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$2.58
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.67	$4.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.27	$4.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.67	$2.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.42	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.4	$21.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$1.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.2	$103
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.5	$55.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.7	$25.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1590	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23277	$2007

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Cities near Oklahoma City

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Del	$1896
14 km or 8.6 mi	Midwest	$1879
17 km or 10 mi	Moore	$1959
19 km or 12 mi	Yukon	$1831
20 km or 12 mi	Mustang	$1883
20 km or 13 mi	Edmond	$1620
31 km or 19 mi	Norman	$1985
57 km or 35 mi	Shawnee	$1854
83 km or 51 mi	Stillwater	$1755
107 km or 66 mi	Enid	$1821
114 km or 71 mi	Duncan	$1832
126 km or 78 mi	Lawton	$1630
142 km or 88 mi	Sapulpa	$1898
143 km or 89 mi	Ponca	$1659
149 km or 93 mi	Ardmore	$1881
159 km or 99 mi	Bixby	$1886
161 km or 100 mi	Tulsa	$1893
170 km or 105 mi	Broken Arrow	$1896
178 km or 111 mi	Owasso	$1810
196 km or 122 mi	Claremore	$1838
198 km or 123 mi	Wichita Falls	$1567
198 km or 123 mi	Muskogee	$1637
200 km or 124 mi	Bartlesville	$1852
212 km or 132 mi	Denison	$2263
222 km or 138 mi	Sherman	$2307
231 km or 144 mi	Derby	$1855
246 km or 153 mi	Wichita	$1811
255 km or 158 mi	Denton	$1937
263 km or 164 mi	Corinth	$2199
264 km or 164 mi	Little Elm	$2216
267 km or 166 mi	McKinney	$2359
269 km or 167 mi	Frisco	$2369
272 km or 169 mi	Paris	$2123
273 km or 169 mi	The Colony	$2246
276 km or 171 mi	Flower Mound	$2145
276 km or 172 mi	Lewisville	$2038
277 km or 172 mi	Allen	$2336
280 km or 174 mi	Plano	$2268
281 km or 175 mi	Siloam Springs	$2025
283 km or 176 mi	Carrollton	$2199

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