Perth vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Perth	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2075	$788
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4845	$2156
🏠 One person rent	$1197	$367
🏘️ Family rent	$1925	$796
🍽️ Food expenses	$531	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$206	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3655	$264
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	93	96
😀 Quality of life	98	60
🏙️ Population	2.14M	8.69M

The cost of living in Perth is 163% more expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 1654th and 6486th ($2075 vs $788) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 4th in Australia and Iran, respectively. Check Australia vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Perth compared to 0.3 months in Tehran. Perth ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 6th and 5221st 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	$13.8	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.3	$19.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$4.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.05	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$3.57	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1325	$464
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$991	$324
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2282	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1602	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.3	$9.45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$14.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.8	$5.99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	24.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4862	$1992
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3869	$1351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$0.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.5	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.4	$2.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.46	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$3.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$3.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$0.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.89	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$0.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.14	$0.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.6	$2.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.25	$19.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.44	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.96	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.61	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.3	$23.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.8	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55.8	$118
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.2	$32.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$130
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1852	$128
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11252	$1951

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Cities near Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1643
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$1971
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$1585
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$1730
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1440
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$1795
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$1978
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1691
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$509
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$497
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$355
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$845
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$1267
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1390
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$597
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1291
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$1617
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$1981
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$453
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$365
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1668
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1625
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1691
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$410
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$614
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$464
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$510
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2194
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1620
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$503
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1671
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$501
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$486
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$408
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$505
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1645

Cities near Tehran

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Golestan	$714
12 km or 7.6 mi	Ray	$710
27 km or 17 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
27 km or 17 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
28 km or 17 mi	Qods	$698
32 km or 20 mi	Qarchak	$681
33 km or 20 mi	Shahriar	$698
34 km or 21 mi	Pakdasht	$680
36 km or 23 mi	Pardis	$665
38 km or 23 mi	Andisheh	$684
39 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$675
39 km or 24 mi	Fardis	$688
40 km or 25 mi	Malard	$693
43 km or 26 mi	Karaj	$736
46 km or 28 mi	Mohammadshahr	$688
52 km or 32 mi	Varamin	$651
52 km or 33 mi	Kamal Shahr	$686
78 km or 49 mi	Nazarabad	$645
120 km or 75 mi	Amol	$557
121 km or 75 mi	Khak-e Ali	$599
122 km or 76 mi	Saveh	$574
127 km or 79 mi	Qom	$488
142 km or 88 mi	Qazvin	$618
148 km or 92 mi	Babol	$458
155 km or 96 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
176 km or 109 mi	Sari	$658
178 km or 111 mi	Semnan	$580
191 km or 119 mi	Kashan	$562
210 km or 130 mi	Lahijan	$552
239 km or 148 mi	Arak	$455
240 km or 149 mi	Rasht	$534
282 km or 175 mi	Hamadan	$443
283 km or 176 mi	Malayer	$469
284 km or 177 mi	Zanjan	$466
302 km or 188 mi	Gorgan	$685
315 km or 196 mi	Borujerd	$505
316 km or 196 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Dorud	$513
333 km or 207 mi	Shahrud	$598
334 km or 207 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510