Shiraz vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Shiraz	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$553	$2640
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1428	$6276
🏠 One person rent	$241	$1578
🏘️ Family rent	$419	$2764
🍽️ Food expenses	$179	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$21.6	$366
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$235	$4008
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	49	99
😀 Quality of life	56	100
🏙️ Population	1.57M	5.45M

The cost of living in Shiraz is 79% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 8247th and 649th ($553 vs $2640) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 41st and 1st in Iran and Australia, respectively. Check Iran vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Shiraz compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Shiraz ranked 4th best city to live in Iran vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 6229th and 3rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Shiraz vs Sydney

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	Shiraz	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4	$13.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.1	$77.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.5	$9.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$7.2
☕ Cappuccino	$0.99	$3.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.43	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$256	$1915
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$186	$1294
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$470	$3447
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$339	$2319
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.2	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.2	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.3	$47.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.06%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1161	$12628
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$731	$7359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$3.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$2.34	$134
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$1.92	$23.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.71	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.39	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.21	$5.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.23	$8.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$4.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$2.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$2.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.16	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$7.93	$2.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.69	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.63	$4.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.28	$29.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.33	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.61	$5.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$6.02	$2.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.37	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16	$58.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.3	$63.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$29.1	$20
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.2	$75.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$155	$2071
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2133	$19140

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Cities near Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$530
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$503
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$529
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$477
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$463
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$530
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$453
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$483
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$470
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$534
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$545
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$352
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$501
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$476
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$459
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$484
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$873
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$730
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$517
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$930
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$549
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$571
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1237
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1008
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1230
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1201
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$908
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$761
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$530
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1770
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$889
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$719

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2181
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2292
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1888
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1599
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1580
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1839
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1568
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1678
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1364
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2019
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1747
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1184
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1667
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1662
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1813
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2140
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1725
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1706
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1362
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1736
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1662
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1681
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2308
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1768
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1728
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1738
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2065
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1673
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1798
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2058
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1464
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1710