Ramallah vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ramallah	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$996	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2359	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$434	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$758	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$393	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$973	$205
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	56	50
😀 Quality of life	51	48
🏙️ Population	39K	1.57M

The cost of living in Ramallah is 69% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 5524th and 7787th ($996 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 34th in the Palestine and Iran, respectively. Check the Palestine vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Ramallah compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Ramallah ranked 1st best city to live in the Palestine vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 6159th and 6352nd 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	$9.47	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$43.6	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.56	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$3.85	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$317	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$776	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.1	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.1	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.9	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.08%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1126	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$922	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.4	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77.1	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.5	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.91	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.02	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.19	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.28	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.6	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.4	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.08	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.08	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$68.8	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.36	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.2	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.44	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.5	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.9	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$190	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4230	$2161

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Cities near Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2114
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$905
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1556
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1891
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2123
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$1931
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$877
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1811
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$761
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$762
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2156
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1834
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2306
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$1931
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$1884
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2145
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$1890
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$1902
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$813
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$552
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1837
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2138
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1511

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