Perth vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Perth	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$553
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5128	$1428
🏠 One person rent	$1431	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$2096	$419
🍽️ Food expenses	$545	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$216	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3927	$235
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	93	49
😀 Quality of life	98	56
🏙️ Population	2.14M	1.57M

The cost of living in Perth is 322% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 1191st and 8247th ($2338 vs $553) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 41st in Australia and Iran, respectively. Check Australia vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Perth compared to 0.4 months in Shiraz. Perth ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 12th and 6229th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Perth vs Shiraz

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	Perth	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$13.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$3.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.17	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$3.79	$0.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.62	$1.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1454	$256
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1242	$186
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2492	$470
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1749	$339
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.1	$22.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$34.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.8	$19.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.46%	22.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5455	$1161
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4695	$731
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.23	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77	$2.34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$1.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.31	$0.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.06	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$3.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.63	$3.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$0.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.88	$7.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.9	$0.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.32	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.5	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$4.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.43	$5.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.9	$6.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.74	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.4	$2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58	$92.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.6	$29.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.4	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$72
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1856	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13377	$2133

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Cities near Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1701
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$2051
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$1853
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$1857
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1490
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$1911
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$2117
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1771
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$531
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$489
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$402
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$834
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$1134
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1464
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$588
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1362
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$1647
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$2058
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$440
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$384
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1738
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1673
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1768
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$409
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$470
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$447
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$457
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2308
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1681
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$512
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1728
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$513
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$456
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$445
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$413
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1736

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