Shaoyang vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Shaoyang	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$592	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1661	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$209	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$411	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$74.7	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$709	$205
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	24	50
😀 Quality of life	39	48
🏙️ Population	6.56M	1.57M

The cost of living in Shaoyang is 0.6% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 7740th and 7787th ($592 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 263rd and 34th in China and Iran, respectively. Check China vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Shaoyang compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Shaoyang ranked 266th best city to live in China vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 7044th and 6352nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Shaoyang vs Shiraz

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	Shaoyang	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.82	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.68	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$2.97	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$225	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$151	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$521	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$307	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.8	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.7	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.8	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.88%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3334	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2970	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.2	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.5	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.7	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.82	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.15	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.22	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.6	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.8	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.5	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.16	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.8	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$340	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11393	$2161

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Cities near Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$553
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$579
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$609
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$590
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$579
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$582
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$570
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$586
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$577
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$563
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$539
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$724
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$573
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$577
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$522
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$533
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$596
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$755
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$549
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$590
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$758
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$569
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$556
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$564
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$589
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$600
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$561
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$591
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$591
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$761
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$579
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$602
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$575
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600

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