Shiraz vs Tripoli - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Shiraz	Tripoli
🚶 Cost of living one person	$589	$464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1578	$1222
🏠 One person rent	$259	$164
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$359
🍽️ Food expenses	$189	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$21.6	$62
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$205	$336
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	50	20
😀 Quality of life	48	45
🏙️ Population	1.57M	1.29M

The cost of living in Shiraz is 27% more expensive than in Tripoli. Cities ranked 7787th and 8801st ($589 vs $464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 34th and 1st in Iran and Libya, respectively. Check Iran vs Libya comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Shiraz compared to 0.7 months in Tripoli. Shiraz ranked 4th best city to live in Iran vs Tripoli ranked 1st in Libya, while ranked 6352nd and 6545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Shiraz vs Tripoli

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	Shiraz	Tripoli
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.99	$5.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.5	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.53	$4.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$1.05	$0.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.51	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$278	$182
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$202	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$611	$468
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$430	$263
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.4	$21.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$33.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.2	$21.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.33%	17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1218	$1382
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1406	$402
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$2.37	$22.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$1.91	$7.99
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.71	$0.54
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.32
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.15	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$5.26
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$3.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.78	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.17	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.29	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.8	$1.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.63	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.71	$4.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.58	$1.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$6.03	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$0.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16	$29
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.02	$5.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$97.9	$26.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.9	$1.47
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.6	$23.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.4	$61.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$155	$57.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2161	$1187

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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

Cities near Tripoli

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Zawiya	$368
66 km or 41 mi	Sabratha	$396
80 km or 50 mi	Gharyan	$387
103 km or 64 mi	Zuwarah	$392
104 km or 64 mi	Al-Khums	$418
110 km or 68 mi	Yafran	$404
187 km or 116 mi	Misrata	$436
305 km or 190 mi	Sfax	$448
308 km or 191 mi	Gabes	$377
355 km or 221 mi	Mosta	$1346
355 km or 221 mi	Marsaskala	$1325
356 km or 221 mi	Zabbar	$1415
356 km or 221 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
357 km or 222 mi	Naxxar	$1486
357 km or 222 mi	Valletta	$1583
358 km or 222 mi	San Gwann	$1555
358 km or 222 mi	Gzira	$1624
359 km or 223 mi	Sliema	$1749
359 km or 223 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1384
404 km or 251 mi	Sousse	$495
422 km or 262 mi	Kairouan	$410
442 km or 275 mi	Gafsa	$386
456 km or 284 mi	Nabeul	$443
472 km or 293 mi	Ragusa	$1106
476 km or 296 mi	Gela	$941
488 km or 303 mi	Niscemi	$1077
495 km or 307 mi	Agrigento	$971
504 km or 313 mi	Syracuse	$1098
516 km or 320 mi	Tunis	$535
516 km or 321 mi	La Marsa	$549
521 km or 323 mi	Aryanah	$465
543 km or 337 mi	Catania	$1161
545 km or 338 mi	Tebessa	$459
552 km or 343 mi	Marsala	$1019
575 km or 357 mi	Bizerte	$348
575 km or 357 mi	Trapani	$938
583 km or 362 mi	Palermo	$1137
591 km or 367 mi	El Oued	$349
611 km or 380 mi	Souk Ahras	$364
624 km or 388 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1058