Tehran vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Tehran	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$639	$1646
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1632	$3641
🏠 One person rent	$276	$932
🏘️ Family rent	$493	$1570
🍽️ Food expenses	$174	$528
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.9	$58.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$227	$912
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	8
😀 Quality of life	64	48
🏙️ Population	8.69M	24.7K

The cost of living in Tehran is 61% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 7642nd and 3471st ($639 vs $1646) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1st in Iran and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Iran vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Tehran compared to 0.6 months in Victoria. Tehran ranked 1st best city to live in Iran vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 5345th and 6854th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Tehran vs Victoria

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	Tehran	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.29	$15.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.9	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.03	$12.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.7	$4.52
☕ Cappuccino	$1.14	$5.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$2.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$371	$927
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$235	$696
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$661	$1660
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$1259
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.71	$74
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13.6	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.32	$116
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.35%	12.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1416	$464
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$848	$1188
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.15	$0.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.05	$27.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.87	$26.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$1.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$2.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$2.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.03	$4.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$6.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$3.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$6.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.18	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.77	$3.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.01	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.5	$4.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.51	$19.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.6	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.65	$7.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$2.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.3	$84.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.51	$7.74
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$99.1	$70
💇 Haircut, simple	$56.2	$10.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$68.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$97.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$112	$150
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2262	$8971

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Cities near Tehran

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Golestan	$592
12 km or 7.6 mi	Ray	$591
27 km or 17 mi	Eslamshahr	$602
27 km or 17 mi	Nasimshahr	$601
28 km or 17 mi	Qods	$631
32 km or 20 mi	Qarchak	$586
33 km or 20 mi	Shahriar	$627
34 km or 21 mi	Pakdasht	$583
36 km or 23 mi	Pardis	$575
38 km or 23 mi	Andisheh	$629
39 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$594
39 km or 24 mi	Fardis	$639
40 km or 25 mi	Malard	$631
43 km or 26 mi	Karaj	$696
46 km or 28 mi	Mohammadshahr	$642
52 km or 32 mi	Varamin	$571
52 km or 33 mi	Kamal Shahr	$637
78 km or 49 mi	Nazarabad	$595
120 km or 75 mi	Amol	$531
121 km or 75 mi	Khak-e Ali	$561
122 km or 76 mi	Saveh	$512
127 km or 79 mi	Qom	$455
142 km or 88 mi	Qazvin	$586
148 km or 92 mi	Babol	$372
155 km or 96 mi	Qaem Shahr	$502
176 km or 109 mi	Sari	$635
178 km or 111 mi	Semnan	$535
191 km or 119 mi	Kashan	$516
210 km or 130 mi	Lahijan	$494
239 km or 148 mi	Arak	$542
240 km or 149 mi	Rasht	$461
282 km or 175 mi	Hamadan	$428
283 km or 176 mi	Malayer	$460
284 km or 177 mi	Zanjan	$425
302 km or 188 mi	Gorgan	$659
315 km or 196 mi	Borujerd	$499
316 km or 196 mi	Shahin Shahr	$487
326 km or 202 mi	Dorud	$513
333 km or 207 mi	Shahrud	$563
334 km or 207 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$724
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1652
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1237
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1233
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$743
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$481
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$553
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$807
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$815
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$812
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$672
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$697
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$749
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$604
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$819
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$796
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$763
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$588
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1562
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$551
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1588
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$544
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1600
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1624
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1597
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1681
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1602
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1795
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1618
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1640
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1468
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1521
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$496
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1181
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$408
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$523
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$712
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$542
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$419