Reykjavik vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Reykjavik	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3268	$553
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6787	$1428
🏠 One person rent	$2025	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$3029	$419
🍽️ Food expenses	$894	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4361	$235
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	52	49
😀 Quality of life	91	56
🏙️ Population	140K	1.57M

The cost of living in Reykjavik is 490% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 88th and 8247th ($3268 vs $553) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 41st in Iceland and Iran, respectively. Check Iceland vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Reykjavik compared to 0.4 months in Shiraz. Reykjavik ranked 1st best city to live in Iceland vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 191st and 6229th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Reykjavik vs Shiraz

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	Reykjavik	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$27.9	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.5	$13.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$20.5	$3.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$13	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$6.12	$0.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.33	$1.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2075	$256
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1851	$186
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3279	$470
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2774	$339
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$22.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70.4	$34.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$84	$19.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.56%	22.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8015	$1161
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6578	$731
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.36	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.4	$2.34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.3	$1.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.55	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.04	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.43	$0.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.58	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$3.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$25	$3.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$41.5	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$0.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.57	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.04	$7.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$25.5	$0.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.6	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$4.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.86	$5.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.2	$6.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.63	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$88.2	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18	$2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.8	$92.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$46	$29.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$144	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$194	$72
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$352	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30378	$2133

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Cities near Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$3175
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$3148
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2596
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2990
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$2077
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$2021
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1507
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1551
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1575
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1641
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1711
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1837
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1762
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2058
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1480
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1703
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1630
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1797
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1522
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1775
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1884
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1484
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1879
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1797
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2768
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1955
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1485
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2217
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1986
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1887
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2902
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2242

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