Shiraz vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Shiraz	Zhumadian
🚶 Cost of living one person	$589	$637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1578	$1667
🏠 One person rent	$259	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$457
🍽️ Food expenses	$189	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$21.6	$71.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$205	$745
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	49 km
🎓 Higher education	50	19
😀 Quality of life	48	38
🏙️ Population	1.57M	7.01M

The cost of living in Shiraz is 8% less expensive than in Zhumadian. Cities ranked 7787th and 7314th ($589 vs $637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 34th and 137th in Iran and China, respectively. Check Iran vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Shiraz compared to 1.2 months in Zhumadian. Shiraz ranked 4th best city to live in Iran vs Zhumadian ranked 304th in China, while ranked 6352nd and 7150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Shiraz vs Zhumadian

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	Shiraz	Zhumadian
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.99	$3.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.5	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.53	$5.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.95
☕ Cappuccino	$1.05	$2.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.51	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$278	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$202	$187
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$611	$450
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$430	$344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.4	$50.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$78.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.2	$13.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.33%	4.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1218	$3149
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1406	$1823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$2.37	$18.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$1.91	$3.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.71	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.15	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.78	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.17	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.29	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.8	$8.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.63	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.71	$3.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.58	$4.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$6.03	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16	$43.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.02	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$97.9	$23.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.9	$5.05
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.6	$74.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.4	$88.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$155	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2161	$8598

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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 Zhumadian

Distance	City	Cost of living
59 km or 36 mi	Wugang	$571
67 km or 42 mi	Luohe	$591
92 km or 57 mi	Zhoukou	$580
95 km or 59 mi	Xinyang	$655
96 km or 60 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
108 km or 67 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
118 km or 73 mi	Xuchang	$586
128 km or 80 mi	Jieshou	$591
140 km or 87 mi	Nanyang	$632
140 km or 87 mi	Changge	$547
140 km or 87 mi	Yuzhou	$552
152 km or 94 mi	Zaoyang	$591
152 km or 95 mi	Guangshui	$619
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$621
160 km or 100 mi	Xinzheng	$538
166 km or 103 mi	Fuyang	$633
173 km or 107 mi	Ruzhou	$538
184 km or 114 mi	Xinmi	$528
185 km or 115 mi	Dengzhou	$600
189 km or 117 mi	Dengfeng	$529
194 km or 121 mi	Anlu	$615
200 km or 124 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
203 km or 126 mi	Xiangyang	$604
204 km or 127 mi	Kaifeng	$545
210 km or 130 mi	Xingyang	$519
218 km or 135 mi	Yicheng	$577
219 km or 136 mi	Gongyi	$522
220 km or 137 mi	Shangqiu	$736
221 km or 137 mi	Macheng	$630
226 km or 140 mi	Yanshi	$509
228 km or 142 mi	Xiaogan	$651
230 km or 143 mi	Laohekou	$582
230 km or 143 mi	Yingcheng	$600
234 km or 145 mi	Jingshan	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Luoyang	$505
240 km or 149 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
243 km or 151 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
244 km or 151 mi	Mengzhou	$505
248 km or 154 mi	Yongcheng	$600
256 km or 159 mi	Qinyang	$504