Shiraz vs Zhanjiang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Shiraz	Zhanjiang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$553	$790
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1428	$2094
🏠 One person rent	$241	$379
🏘️ Family rent	$419	$678
🍽️ Food expenses	$179	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$21.6	$87.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$235	$563
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	49	38
😀 Quality of life	56	48
🏙️ Population	1.57M	6.98M

The cost of living in Shiraz is 30% less expensive than in Zhanjiang. Cities ranked 8247th and 6706th ($553 vs $790) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 41st and 26th in Iran and China, respectively. Check Iran vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Shiraz compared to 0.7 months in Zhanjiang. Shiraz ranked 4th best city to live in Iran vs Zhanjiang ranked 170th in China, while ranked 6229th and 6786th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Shiraz vs Zhanjiang

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	Shiraz	Zhanjiang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4	$2.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.1	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.5	$5.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$1.58
☕ Cappuccino	$0.99	$3.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.43	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$256	$443
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$186	$309
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$470	$819
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$339	$565
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.2	$33.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.2	$52.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.3	$9.88
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.06%	4.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1161	$4390
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$731	$2662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$2.34	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$1.92	$4.11
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.71	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.39	$1.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.21	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.23	$4.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$10.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.86
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.16	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$7.93	$1.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.69	$13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.63	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.28	$3.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.33	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.61	$5.72
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$6.02	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.37	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16	$43.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2	$5.62
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.3	$32.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$29.1	$9.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.2	$39.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72	$65.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$155	$492
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2133	$16727

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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 Zhanjiang

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Maoming	$773
94 km or 59 mi	Gaozhou	$780
131 km or 81 mi	Haikou	$677
138 km or 86 mi	Beihai	$652
161 km or 100 mi	Yulin	$726
177 km or 110 mi	Yangjiang	$892
203 km or 126 mi	Qinzhou	$590
222 km or 138 mi	Fangchenggang	$579
226 km or 141 mi	Guigang	$693
255 km or 159 mi	Yunfu	$816
270 km or 168 mi	Kaiping	$827
271 km or 168 mi	Wuzhou	$809
281 km or 175 mi	Nanning	$552
295 km or 183 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
307 km or 191 mi	Laibin	$598
317 km or 197 mi	Jiangmen	$829
324 km or 201 mi	Cam Pha	$551
338 km or 210 mi	Zhongshan	$518
341 km or 212 mi	Sanya	$758
342 km or 212 mi	Chongzuo	$568
343 km or 213 mi	Macau	$1746
345 km or 214 mi	Foshan	$589
346 km or 215 mi	Ha Long	$559
348 km or 216 mi	Zhuhai	$662
362 km or 225 mi	Liuzhou	$574
364 km or 226 mi	Guangzhou	$758
377 km or 234 mi	Hezhou	$766
388 km or 241 mi	Qingyuan	$777
390 km or 243 mi	Haiphong	$562
401 km or 249 mi	Dongguan	$662
405 km or 252 mi	Shenzhen	$878
406 km or 252 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
410 km or 255 mi	Kowloon	$2414
423 km or 263 mi	Hai Duong	$558
430 km or 267 mi	Thai Binh	$556
447 km or 278 mi	Lianzhou	$765
449 km or 279 mi	Nam Dinh	$570
451 km or 280 mi	Bac Ninh	$558
453 km or 281 mi	Guilin	$546
455 km or 283 mi	Hechi	$574