Soweto vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Soweto	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$923	$788
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1686	$2156
🏠 One person rent	$540	$367
🏘️ Family rent	$553	$796
🍽️ Food expenses	$231	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.6	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1598	$264
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	29 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	63	96
😀 Quality of life	38	60
🏙️ Population	1.27M	8.69M

The cost of living in Soweto is 17% more expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 5917th and 6486th ($923 vs $788) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 4th in South Africa and Iran, respectively. Check South Africa vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Soweto compared to 0.3 months in Tehran. Soweto ranked 10th best city to live in South Africa vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 7204th and 5221st among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Soweto vs Tehran infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/soweto/tehran.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Soweto vs Tehran infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/soweto/tehran" target="_blank">Soweto vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Soweto vs Tehran

Prices for goods and services in Soweto and Tehran are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Soweto	Tehran
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.16	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.6	$19.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.92	$4.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.98	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$827	$464
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$346	$324
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$511	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$396	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.8	$9.45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$100	$14.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.3	$5.99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.66%	24.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$850	$1992
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$691	$1351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.98	$0.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.52	$2.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.45	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.54	$3.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$3.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.06	$0.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$0.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.68	$2.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.86	$19.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.46	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.17	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.49	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.8	$23.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.71	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.2	$118
💇 Haircut, simple	$3	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.4	$32.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70.7	$130
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$200	$128
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3805	$1951

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Soweto

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Johannesburg	$993
24 km or 15 mi	Randburg	$837
26 km or 16 mi	Sandton	$953
46 km or 28 mi	Vereeniging	$672
46 km or 29 mi	Benoni	$785
48 km or 30 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
56 km or 34 mi	Centurion	$807
58 km or 36 mi	Springs	$678
66 km or 41 mi	Pretoria	$906
73 km or 45 mi	Brits	$820
91 km or 56 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
92 km or 57 mi	Rustenburg	$889
137 km or 85 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
159 km or 99 mi	Bethal	$784
166 km or 103 mi	Kroonstad	$768
170 km or 106 mi	Middelburg	$795
222 km or 138 mi	Welkom	$748
228 km or 142 mi	Mmabatho	$780
249 km or 155 mi	Lobatse	$665
266 km or 165 mi	Gaborone	$691
282 km or 175 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
290 km or 180 mi	Kanye	$664
315 km or 196 mi	Molepolole	$628
321 km or 199 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
329 km or 204 mi	Mbabane	$562
335 km or 208 mi	Vryheid	$763
341 km or 212 mi	Maseru	$621
350 km or 217 mi	Manzini	$442
354 km or 220 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
367 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$631
399 km or 248 mi	Mafeteng	$567
412 km or 256 mi	Kimberley	$814
420 km or 261 mi	Palapye	$540
446 km or 277 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
447 km or 278 mi	Serowe	$583
461 km or 286 mi	Matola	$964
472 km or 293 mi	Maputo	$1068
506 km or 314 mi	Durban	$809
567 km or 353 mi	Francistown	$624
595 km or 370 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003

Cities near Tehran

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Golestan	$714
12 km or 7.6 mi	Ray	$710
27 km or 17 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
27 km or 17 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
28 km or 17 mi	Qods	$698
32 km or 20 mi	Qarchak	$681
33 km or 20 mi	Shahriar	$698
34 km or 21 mi	Pakdasht	$680
36 km or 23 mi	Pardis	$665
38 km or 23 mi	Andisheh	$684
39 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$675
39 km or 24 mi	Fardis	$688
40 km or 25 mi	Malard	$693
43 km or 26 mi	Karaj	$736
46 km or 28 mi	Mohammadshahr	$688
52 km or 32 mi	Varamin	$651
52 km or 33 mi	Kamal Shahr	$686
78 km or 49 mi	Nazarabad	$645
120 km or 75 mi	Amol	$557
121 km or 75 mi	Khak-e Ali	$599
122 km or 76 mi	Saveh	$574
127 km or 79 mi	Qom	$488
142 km or 88 mi	Qazvin	$618
148 km or 92 mi	Babol	$458
155 km or 96 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
176 km or 109 mi	Sari	$658
178 km or 111 mi	Semnan	$580
191 km or 119 mi	Kashan	$562
210 km or 130 mi	Lahijan	$552
239 km or 148 mi	Arak	$455
240 km or 149 mi	Rasht	$534
282 km or 175 mi	Hamadan	$443
283 km or 176 mi	Malayer	$469
284 km or 177 mi	Zanjan	$466
302 km or 188 mi	Gorgan	$685
315 km or 196 mi	Borujerd	$505
316 km or 196 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Dorud	$513
333 km or 207 mi	Shahrud	$598
334 km or 207 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510