San Jose, United States vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	San Jose	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3674	$558
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$8354	$1536
🏠 One person rent	$2553	$219
🏘️ Family rent	$4614	$453
🍽️ Food expenses	$756	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$6972	$222
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	87	50
😀 Quality of life	93	48
🏙️ Population	1.01M	1.57M

The cost of living in San Jose, United States is 558% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 13th and 8203rd ($3674 vs $558) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 55th in the United States and Iran, respectively. Check the United States vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in San Jose, United States compared to 0.4 months in Shiraz. San Jose, United States ranked 9th best city to live in the United States vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 57th and 6304th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in San Jose, United States vs Shiraz

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	San Jose	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.2	$2.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$99.6	$23.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$3.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.02	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$6.07	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.37	$2.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2518	$244
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2244	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4974	$518
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4085	$377
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$21.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$275	$33.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.3	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	22.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11099	$1277
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11117	$1601
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.48	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.5	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.5	$1.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.28	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.64	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.98	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$3.01
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$4.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.9	$9.43
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.87	$0.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.75	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.73	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$5.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$0.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.11	$0.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.5	$2.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.04	$5.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.62	$5.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.28	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$113	$15
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.9	$1.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$151	$98.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$28.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.2	$23.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$79.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1894	$152
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23974	$2159

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Cities near San Jose, United States

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Campbell	$3322
9.7 km or 6.1 mi	Santa Clara	$3417
11 km or 6.8 mi	Los Gatos	$4181
13 km or 8.4 mi	Saratoga	$3147
15 km or 9.1 mi	Milpitas	$3083
15 km or 9.3 mi	Cupertino	$2799
16 km or 10 mi	Sunnyvale	$3305
18 km or 11 mi	Mountain View	$3220
21 km or 13 mi	Los Altos	$3085
27 km or 17 mi	Palo Alto	$3610
27 km or 17 mi	Morgan Hill	$3094
28 km or 18 mi	Fremont	$3159
29 km or 18 mi	Newark	$3010
29 km or 18 mi	East Palo Alto	$3228
32 km or 20 mi	Menlo Park	$3288
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$2986
38 km or 23 mi	Redwood	$3584
39 km or 24 mi	Santa Cruz	$3433
41 km or 25 mi	San Carlos	$3442
41 km or 25 mi	Pleasanton	$3578
42 km or 26 mi	Gilroy	$3118
43 km or 27 mi	Livermore	$3085
44 km or 27 mi	Watsonville	$3527
44 km or 27 mi	Belmont	$3804
44 km or 28 mi	Foster	$3473
45 km or 28 mi	Hayward	$2981
46 km or 28 mi	Dublin	$3091
47 km or 29 mi	San Lorenzo	$2802
48 km or 30 mi	San Mateo	$3672
48 km or 30 mi	Castro Valley	$2931
53 km or 33 mi	San Leandro	$3023
53 km or 33 mi	Burlingame	$3293
54 km or 33 mi	San Ramon	$2851
57 km or 36 mi	Millbrae	$3224
59 km or 36 mi	Danville	$2922
60 km or 38 mi	San Bruno	$3196
61 km or 38 mi	Alameda	$3274
62 km or 38 mi	Tracy	$2250
63 km or 39 mi	South San Francisco	$3170
64 km or 40 mi	Oakland	$3146

Cities near Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$546
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$537
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$556
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$541
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$489
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$561
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$548
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$507
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$527
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$520
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$577
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$370
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$588
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$545
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$490
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$564
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$554
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$878
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$713
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$547
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$928
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$557
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$588
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1267
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$989
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1226
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1218
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$870
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$467
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$559
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1719
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$879
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$705