Perth vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Perth	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$684
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5128	$1715
🏠 One person rent	$1431	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$2096	$550
🍽️ Food expenses	$545	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$216	$39.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3927	$240
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	93	96
😀 Quality of life	98	66
🏙️ Population	2.14M	8.69M

The cost of living in Perth is 242% more expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 1191st and 7204th ($2338 vs $684) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 6th 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 Tehran. Perth ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 12th and 5113th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Perth vs Tehran

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	Perth	Tehran
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$3.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$17.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$4.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.17	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$3.79	$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.62	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1454	$385
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1242	$275
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2492	$699
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1749	$488
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.1	$9.06
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$14.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.8	$5.88
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.46%	25.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5455	$1528
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4695	$958
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.23	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77	$6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$2.77
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.31	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.06	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$3.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.63	$3.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$0.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$0.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$0.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.88	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.9	$1.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.32	$0.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.5	$2.58
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$4.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.43	$4.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.9	$2.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.74	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$21.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.4	$1.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58	$103
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.6	$55.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.4	$25.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1856	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13377	$2007

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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 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