Peshawar vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Peshawar	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$346	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$824	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$130	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$221	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$130	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$52	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$190	$205
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	48	50
😀 Quality of life	40	48
🏙️ Population	1.97M	1.57M

The cost of living in Peshawar is 41% less expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 9093rd and 7787th ($346 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 34th in Pakistan and Iran, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Peshawar compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Peshawar ranked 5th best city to live in Pakistan vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 6958th and 6352nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Peshawar vs Shiraz

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	Peshawar	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.33	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.7	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.59	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$1.84	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.29	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$106	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$47.1	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$207	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$95.2	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.3	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.3	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.9	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.09%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$177	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$148	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.1	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.36	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.23	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.79	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.6	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.85	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.72	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.21	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.57	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.1	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.4	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.87	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.5	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.6	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$30	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$518	$2161

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$379
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$366
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$303
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$382
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$442
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$366
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$386
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$474
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$354
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$458
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$273
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$373
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$389
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$389
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$354
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$306
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$308
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$281
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$342
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$287
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$305
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$411
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$394
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$300
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$383
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$361
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$392
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$355
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$356
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$358
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596

Cities near Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$563
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$557
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$548
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$546
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$529
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$547
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$551
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$536
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$502
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$514
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$573
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$523
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$502
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$525
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$897
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$736
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$901
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$547
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$597
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1280
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1056
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1243
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1223
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$1068
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$464
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$562
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1709
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$904
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$723