Reykjavik vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Reykjavik	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3268	$684
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6787	$1715
🏠 One person rent	$2025	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$3029	$550
🍽️ Food expenses	$894	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$39.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4361	$240
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	52	96
😀 Quality of life	91	66
🏙️ Population	140K	8.69M

The cost of living in Reykjavik is 378% more expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 88th and 7204th ($3268 vs $684) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th 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 Tehran. Reykjavik ranked 1st best city to live in Iceland vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 191st and 5113th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Reykjavik vs Tehran

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	Reykjavik	Tehran
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$27.9	$3.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.5	$17.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$20.5	$4.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$13	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$6.12	$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.33	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2075	$385
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1851	$275
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3279	$699
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2774	$488
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$9.06
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70.4	$14.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$84	$5.88
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.56%	25.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8015	$1528
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6578	$958
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.36	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.4	$6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.3	$2.77
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.55	$0.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.04	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.43	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.58	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$3.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$25	$3.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$41.5	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$0.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$0.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.57	$0.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.04	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$25.5	$1.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$0.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.6	$2.58
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$4.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.86	$4.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.2	$2.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.63	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$88.2	$21.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18	$1.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.8	$103
💇 Haircut, simple	$46	$55.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$144	$25.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$194	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$352	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30378	$2007

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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 Tehran

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Golestan	$628
12 km or 7.6 mi	Ray	$622
27 km or 17 mi	Eslamshahr	$623
27 km or 17 mi	Nasimshahr	$624
28 km or 17 mi	Qods	$638
32 km or 20 mi	Qarchak	$607
33 km or 20 mi	Shahriar	$635
34 km or 21 mi	Pakdasht	$604
36 km or 23 mi	Pardis	$598
38 km or 23 mi	Andisheh	$637
39 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$611
39 km or 24 mi	Fardis	$640
40 km or 25 mi	Malard	$641
43 km or 26 mi	Karaj	$704
46 km or 28 mi	Mohammadshahr	$642
52 km or 32 mi	Varamin	$588
52 km or 33 mi	Kamal Shahr	$644
78 km or 49 mi	Nazarabad	$598
120 km or 75 mi	Amol	$530
121 km or 75 mi	Khak-e Ali	$561
122 km or 76 mi	Saveh	$503
127 km or 79 mi	Qom	$448
142 km or 88 mi	Qazvin	$582
148 km or 92 mi	Babol	$372
155 km or 96 mi	Qaem Shahr	$501
176 km or 109 mi	Sari	$643
178 km or 111 mi	Semnan	$542
191 km or 119 mi	Kashan	$515
210 km or 130 mi	Lahijan	$497
239 km or 148 mi	Arak	$538
240 km or 149 mi	Rasht	$472
282 km or 175 mi	Hamadan	$430
283 km or 176 mi	Malayer	$457
284 km or 177 mi	Zanjan	$426
302 km or 188 mi	Gorgan	$658
315 km or 196 mi	Borujerd	$494
316 km or 196 mi	Shahin Shahr	$484
326 km or 202 mi	Dorud	$508
333 km or 207 mi	Shahrud	$564
334 km or 207 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488