Shiraz vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Shiraz	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$589	$906
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1578	$2335
🏠 One person rent	$259	$471
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$1016
🍽️ Food expenses	$189	$307
🚐 Transport expenses	$21.6	$44.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$205	$407
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	50	43
😀 Quality of life	48	56
🏙️ Population	1.57M	1.4M

The cost of living in Shiraz is 35% less expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 7787th and 6004th ($589 vs $906) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 34th and 1st in Iran and Mongolia, respectively. Check Iran vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Shiraz compared to 0.4 months in Ulaanbaatar. Shiraz ranked 4th best city to live in Iran vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 6352nd and 5778th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Shiraz vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Shiraz	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.99	$4.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.5	$29.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.53	$5.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$1.05	$2.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.51	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$278	$503
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$202	$385
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$611	$1382
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$430	$815
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.4	$45.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$70.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.2	$17.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.33%	6.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1218	$1765
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1406	$978
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$2.37	$8.74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$1.91	$5.26
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.71	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.15	$2.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$4.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.78	$5.77
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$3.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$4.43
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.17	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.29	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.8	$9.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.63	$1.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$1.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.71	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.58	$3.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$6.03	$2.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16	$63.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.02	$4.41
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$97.9	$20
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.9	$4.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.6	$65.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.4	$90.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$155	$175
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2161	$6410

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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 Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$879
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$616
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$770
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$624
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$651
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$612
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$979
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$660
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$648
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$563
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$620
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1339
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$651
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$639
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$616
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$470
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$781
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$703
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$634
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$603
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$624
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$588
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$549
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$600
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$566
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$563
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$592
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$469
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$550
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$469
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$623
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$458
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$555
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$403
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$711
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$532
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$586
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1016
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$426
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$598