Shiraz vs Valletta - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Shiraz	Valletta
🚶 Cost of living one person	$589	$1583
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1578	$3682
🏠 One person rent	$259	$923
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$1737
🍽️ Food expenses	$189	$487
🚐 Transport expenses	$21.6	$58.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$205	$1922
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	50	37
😀 Quality of life	48	73
🏙️ Population	1.57M	6.44K

The cost of living in Shiraz is 63% less expensive than in Valletta. Cities ranked 7787th and 3109th ($589 vs $1583) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 34th and 3rd in Iran and Malta, respectively. Check Iran vs Malta comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Shiraz compared to 1.2 months in Valletta. Shiraz ranked 4th best city to live in Iran vs Valletta ranked 5th in Malta, while ranked 6352nd and 1378th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Shiraz vs Valletta

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	Shiraz	Valletta
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.99	$18.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.5	$75.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.53	$9.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$4.07
☕ Cappuccino	$1.05	$2.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.51	$2.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$278	$1033
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$202	$785
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$611	$2137
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$430	$1490
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.4	$53.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$82.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.2	$34.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.33%	5.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1218	$5286
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1406	$3962
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$2.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$2.37	$28.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$1.91	$24.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.71	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.15	$3.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$9.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.78	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.17	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.29	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.8	$6.47
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.63	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$5.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.71	$7.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.58	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$6.03	$2.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16	$51.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.02	$13.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$97.9	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.9	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.6	$94.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.4	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$155	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2161	$8456

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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 Valletta

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.8 km or 1.1 mi	Sliema	$1749
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Gzira	$1624
3.2 km or 2 mi	Zabbar	$1415
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	San Gwann	$1555
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Marsaskala	$1325
6.4 km or 4 mi	Naxxar	$1486
7.1 km or 4.4 mi	Mosta	$1346
11 km or 7.1 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1384
116 km or 72 mi	Ragusa	$1106
132 km or 82 mi	Gela	$941
140 km or 87 mi	Niscemi	$1077
148 km or 92 mi	Syracuse	$1098
178 km or 111 mi	Agrigento	$971
186 km or 115 mi	Catania	$1161
266 km or 166 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1058
267 km or 166 mi	Palermo	$1137
270 km or 168 mi	Messina	$1130
281 km or 175 mi	Marsala	$1019
295 km or 183 mi	Trapani	$938
339 km or 211 mi	Vibo Valentia	$1199
344 km or 214 mi	Nabeul	$443
350 km or 217 mi	Sousse	$495
357 km or 222 mi	Tripoli	$464
362 km or 225 mi	Al-Khums	$418
364 km or 226 mi	Sfax	$448
376 km or 234 mi	Lamezia Terme	$1251
382 km or 237 mi	Catanzaro	$1143
386 km or 240 mi	Zawiya	$368
390 km or 242 mi	La Marsa	$549
392 km or 244 mi	Sabratha	$396
395 km or 245 mi	Misrata	$436
398 km or 247 mi	Zuwarah	$392
399 km or 248 mi	Kairouan	$410
401 km or 249 mi	Tunis	$535
401 km or 249 mi	Aryanah	$465
408 km or 254 mi	Cosenza	$1072
422 km or 262 mi	Crotone	$1159
437 km or 272 mi	Gharyan	$387
441 km or 274 mi	Bizerte	$348