Samsun vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Samsun	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$858	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1884	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$436	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$570	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$55	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$689	$205
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	23	50
😀 Quality of life	56	48
🏙️ Population	1.37M	1.57M

The cost of living in Samsun is 46% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 6234th and 7787th ($858 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 34th in Turkey and Iran, respectively. Check Turkey vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Samsun compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Samsun ranked 13th best city to live in Turkey vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 5708th and 6352nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Samsun vs Shiraz

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	Samsun	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.52	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.2	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.31	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$2.51	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.09	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$412	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$388	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$715	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$458	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.1	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.9	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.7	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	39.7%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4101	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2714	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.8	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.95	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.8	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.67	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.1	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.35	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.99	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.11	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.98	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.49	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.86	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.66	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.2	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.25	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.1	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.98	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.4	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$343	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7315	$2161

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Cities near Samsun

Distance	City	Cost of living
82 km or 51 mi	Unye	$665
82 km or 51 mi	Amasya	$578
110 km or 69 mi	Tokat	$587
128 km or 80 mi	Sinop	$653
134 km or 84 mi	Ordu	$612
142 km or 88 mi	Corum	$593
180 km or 112 mi	Giresun	$495
180 km or 112 mi	Sivas	$948
208 km or 129 mi	Yozgat	$723
213 km or 132 mi	Kastamonu	$492
240 km or 149 mi	Cankiri	$650
280 km or 174 mi	Gumushane	$617
285 km or 177 mi	Ortahisar	$652
287 km or 178 mi	Trabzon	$663
287 km or 178 mi	Kirikkale	$655
293 km or 182 mi	Kayseri	$672
297 km or 184 mi	Talas	$645
301 km or 187 mi	Kirsehir	$663
309 km or 192 mi	Karabuk	$627
317 km or 197 mi	Erzincan	$621
326 km or 203 mi	Nevsehir	$698
330 km or 205 mi	Ankara	$959
335 km or 208 mi	Bartin	$710
348 km or 216 mi	Bayburt	$607
352 km or 219 mi	Rize	$661
368 km or 229 mi	Malatya	$544
378 km or 235 mi	Sochi	$846
379 km or 236 mi	Aksaray	$406
381 km or 237 mi	Elazig	$492
395 km or 246 mi	Nigde	$699
399 km or 248 mi	Novorossiysk	$617
401 km or 249 mi	Polatli	$691
402 km or 250 mi	Bolu	$616
407 km or 253 mi	Bor	$664
410 km or 255 mi	Karadeniz Eregli	$626
415 km or 258 mi	Kahramanmaras	$557
426 km or 265 mi	Adiyaman	$644
429 km or 266 mi	Kozan	$585
431 km or 268 mi	Sukhumi	$760
433 km or 269 mi	Sevastopol	$683

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