Rome vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Rome	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1972	$505
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4629	$1290
🏠 One person rent	$1099	$214
🏘️ Family rent	$1926	$361
🍽️ Food expenses	$525	$162
🚐 Transport expenses	$185	$22.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2041	$205
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	91	47
😀 Quality of life	91	41
🏙️ Population	2.75M	1.57M

The cost of living in Rome is 290% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 2104th and 8645th ($1972 vs $505) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 48th in Italy and Iran, respectively. Check Italy vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Rome compared to 0.4 months in Shiraz. Rome ranked 1st best city to live in Italy vs Shiraz ranked 30th in Iran, while ranked 134th and 7725th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Rome vs Shiraz

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	Rome	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$3.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$63.4	$12.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$2.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.2	$0.93
☕ Cappuccino	$2.27	$0.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.88	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1246	$226
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$861	$173
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2194	$415
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1571	$300
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$15.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$24.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.3	$14.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.51%	23.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8628	$1062
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3484	$532
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.17
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.1	$3.12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.1	$2.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$0.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$0.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.14	$0.34
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.19	$1.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$2.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$2.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$9.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$0.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.42	$6.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.81	$0.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$0.58
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.52	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.3	$3.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.46	$4.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.04	$5.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.83	$2.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61.9	$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$1.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$107	$79.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.5	$24
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.7	$22.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$92.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$499	$112
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14156	$2115

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Cities near Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$1179
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1779
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1707
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1512
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1425
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1417
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1400
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1683
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1436
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1367
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1128
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1166
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1173
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1322
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1474
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1421
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1316
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1212
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1383
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1473
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1296
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1217
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1215
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1395
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1240
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1407
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1346
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1429
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1385
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1645
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$1048
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1480
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1570
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1413
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1305
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1476
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1201
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1431
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1685
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1330

Cities near Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$485
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$471
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$497
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$457
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$459
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$494
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$454
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$469
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$451
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$521
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$517
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$352
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$558
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$488
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$454
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$452
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$466
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$459
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$778
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$703
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$487
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$917
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$522
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$548
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1340
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1059
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1218
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$509
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1062
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$965
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$700
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1437
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$496
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$2015
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$861
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$694