Ramallah vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ramallah	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1072	$553
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2566	$1428
🏠 One person rent	$411	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$690	$419
🍽️ Food expenses	$464	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.3	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$190	$235
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	56	49
😀 Quality of life	44	56
🏙️ Population	43.9K	1.57M

The cost of living in Ramallah is 94% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 5084th and 8247th ($1072 vs $553) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 41st in the Palestine and Iran, respectively. Check the Palestine vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Ramallah compared to 0.4 months in Shiraz. Ramallah ranked 5th best city to live in the Palestine vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 7218th and 6229th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ramallah vs Shiraz

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	Ramallah	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.8	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.1	$13.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$3.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.05	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$0.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.83	$1.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$418	$256
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$281	$186
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$470
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$506	$339
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.7	$22.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.5	$34.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.3	$19.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.23%	22.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1229	$1161
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1006	$731
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.29	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83.1	$2.34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$1.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.12	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.21	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.22	$0.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.61	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.46	$3.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$3.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$7.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$0.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.55	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.84	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.86	$4.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.22	$5.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.29	$6.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.42	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$79.6	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.28	$2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.2	$92.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.19	$29.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.1	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$72
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4130	$2133

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Cities near Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2447
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$987
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1732
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1998
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2347
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2153
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2150
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$2142
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$915
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$2124
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1947
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$807
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2286
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2191
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$837
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2303
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2440
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$2214
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1937
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2492
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1974
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$2153
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$2064
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2937
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$2040
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$2290
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$2108
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$1021
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$548
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1993
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2247
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1850

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