Rawalpindi vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Rawalpindi	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$401	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1010	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$150	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$317	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$163	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.5	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$170	$205
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	68	50
😀 Quality of life	46	48
🏙️ Population	2.1M	1.57M

The cost of living in Rawalpindi is 32% less expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 8953rd and 7787th ($401 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 34th in Pakistan and Iran, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Rawalpindi compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Rawalpindi ranked 4th best city to live in Pakistan vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 6500th and 6352nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Rawalpindi vs Shiraz

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	Rawalpindi	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.79	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.9	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.78	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$1.64	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$58	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$169	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.6	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.1	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.97%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$747	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$421	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.9	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.5	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.17	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.42	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.32	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.37	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.5	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$25	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.95	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.92	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.27	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.78	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.43	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.1	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.6	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.2	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.1	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$10.5	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.1	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$37.8	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1075	$2161

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Cities near Rawalpindi

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Islamabad	$442
40 km or 25 mi	Wah	$382
82 km or 51 mi	Mirpur	$354
116 km or 72 mi	Mardan	$366
120 km or 75 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
135 km or 84 mi	Baramulla	$273
146 km or 90 mi	Mingora	$364
148 km or 92 mi	Gujrat	$373
151 km or 94 mi	Kohat	$379
152 km or 94 mi	Peshawar	$346
170 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
173 km or 107 mi	Sargodha	$458
180 km or 112 mi	Hafizabad	$380
183 km or 114 mi	Sialkot	$281
192 km or 119 mi	Jammu	$287
192 km or 119 mi	Gujranwala	$308
210 km or 130 mi	Chiniot	$389
211 km or 131 mi	Kamoke	$321
228 km or 142 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
243 km or 151 mi	Faisalabad	$306
257 km or 160 mi	Lahore	$411
258 km or 160 mi	Jalalabad	$303
269 km or 167 mi	Jhang	$292
275 km or 171 mi	Gojra	$342
276 km or 172 mi	Sahiwal	$305
277 km or 172 mi	Amritsar	$383
283 km or 176 mi	Pathankot	$355
294 km or 183 mi	Khost	$366
312 km or 194 mi	Okara	$300
346 km or 215 mi	Jalandhar	$358
355 km or 221 mi	Gardez	$386
374 km or 232 mi	Kabul	$474
382 km or 238 mi	Khanewal	$361
385 km or 239 mi	Burewala	$356
397 km or 247 mi	Ludhiana	$441
409 km or 254 mi	Multan	$392
430 km or 267 mi	Ghazni	$389
457 km or 284 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
474 km or 294 mi	Chandigarh	$369
475 km or 295 mi	Shimla	$272

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