Rabat vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Rabat	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$790	$553
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$1428
🏠 One person rent	$343	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$589	$419
🍽️ Food expenses	$300	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.4	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$389	$235
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	39	49
😀 Quality of life	63	56
🏙️ Population	573K	1.57M

The cost of living in Rabat is 43% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 6705th and 8247th ($790 vs $553) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 41st in Morocco and Iran, respectively. Check Morocco vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Rabat compared to 0.4 months in Shiraz. Rabat ranked 4th best city to live in Morocco vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 5559th and 6229th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Rabat vs Shiraz

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	Rabat	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.4	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.3	$13.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.59	$3.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.53	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$0.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$1.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$425	$256
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$246	$186
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$779	$470
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$449	$339
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.2	$22.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.7	$34.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$19.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.54%	22.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1784	$1161
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1032	$731
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.2	$2.34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.01	$1.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.56	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.95	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$3.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.54	$3.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.28	$7.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.89	$0.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.64	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.29	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.13	$4.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.25	$5.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.68	$6.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.16	$2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.1	$92.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.51	$29.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.9	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$72
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$157	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7282	$2133

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Cities near Rabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.3 km or 2 mi	Sale	$619
13 km or 8.1 mi	Temara	$680
34 km or 21 mi	Kenitra	$604
63 km or 39 mi	Mohammedia	$721
87 km or 54 mi	Casablanca	$936
120 km or 74 mi	Meknes	$578
127 km or 79 mi	Khouribga	$501
169 km or 105 mi	Fez	$610
177 km or 110 mi	El Jadida	$557
193 km or 120 mi	Beni Mellal	$477
217 km or 135 mi	Tangier	$863
218 km or 135 mi	Tetouan	$565
248 km or 154 mi	Tarifa	$1287
250 km or 155 mi	Ceuta	$1312
265 km or 165 mi	Algeciras	$987
269 km or 167 mi	Los Barrios	$1157
271 km or 169 mi	Gibraltar City	$2429
273 km or 170 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1166
273 km or 170 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1268
283 km or 176 mi	Cadiz	$1501
287 km or 178 mi	Marrakesh	$765
292 km or 181 mi	Rota	$1500
295 km or 184 mi	Safi	$548
304 km or 189 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$989
309 km or 192 mi	Estepona	$1666
317 km or 197 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1274
328 km or 204 mi	Marbella	$1924
337 km or 210 mi	Ronda	$980
344 km or 214 mi	Fuengirola	$1489
346 km or 215 mi	Olhao	$1401
347 km or 216 mi	Faro	$1380
349 km or 217 mi	Mijas	$1511
353 km or 219 mi	Benalmadena	$1584
353 km or 219 mi	Tavira	$1504
359 km or 223 mi	Huelva	$1265
361 km or 224 mi	Almonte	$1316
361 km or 225 mi	Moguer	$1298
363 km or 226 mi	Loule	$1512
364 km or 226 mi	Albufeira	$1910
371 km or 231 mi	Malaga	$1617

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