Tehran vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Tehran	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$797	$1552
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2203	$3818
🏠 One person rent	$351	$876
🏘️ Family rent	$774	$1845
🍽️ Food expenses	$246	$481
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.4	$79.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$266	$819
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	8
😀 Quality of life	60	58
🏙️ Population	8.69M	24.7K

The cost of living in Tehran is 49% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 6443rd and 3466th ($797 vs $1552) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th 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 0.3 months in Tehran compared to 0.5 months in Victoria. Tehran ranked 1st best city to live in Iran vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 5234th and 5469th 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	$4.29	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25	$43.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.04	$9.42
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.81	$3.63
☕ Cappuccino	$1.44	$4.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.51	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$447	$813
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$306	$707
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1007	$1874
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$688	$1618
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$10	$49.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$15.3	$77.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.91	$98.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.58%	16.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2380	$419
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1515	$1184
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.1	$23.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.91	$41.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.72	$1.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.54	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$3.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$6.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.16	$0.95
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.66	$3.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1	$9.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.57	$3.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.52	$19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$19.9	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.63	$7.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.59	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19	$89
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.51	$4.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$120	$72.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$33.5	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.9	$64.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$135	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$124	$149
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1838	$8081

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Cities near Tehran

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Golestan	$722
12 km or 7.6 mi	Ray	$720
27 km or 17 mi	Eslamshahr	$716
27 km or 17 mi	Nasimshahr	$706
28 km or 17 mi	Qods	$706
32 km or 20 mi	Qarchak	$693
33 km or 20 mi	Shahriar	$708
34 km or 21 mi	Pakdasht	$689
36 km or 23 mi	Pardis	$675
38 km or 23 mi	Andisheh	$696
39 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$690
39 km or 24 mi	Fardis	$699
40 km or 25 mi	Malard	$701
43 km or 26 mi	Karaj	$741
46 km or 28 mi	Mohammadshahr	$697
52 km or 32 mi	Varamin	$673
52 km or 33 mi	Kamal Shahr	$693
78 km or 49 mi	Nazarabad	$659
120 km or 75 mi	Amol	$550
121 km or 75 mi	Khak-e Ali	$615
122 km or 76 mi	Saveh	$542
127 km or 79 mi	Qom	$472
142 km or 88 mi	Qazvin	$627
148 km or 92 mi	Babol	$468
155 km or 96 mi	Qaem Shahr	$564
176 km or 109 mi	Sari	$670
178 km or 111 mi	Semnan	$607
191 km or 119 mi	Kashan	$575
210 km or 130 mi	Lahijan	$578
239 km or 148 mi	Arak	$462
240 km or 149 mi	Rasht	$559
282 km or 175 mi	Hamadan	$453
283 km or 176 mi	Malayer	$470
284 km or 177 mi	Zanjan	$474
302 km or 188 mi	Gorgan	$689
315 km or 196 mi	Borujerd	$513
316 km or 196 mi	Shahin Shahr	$554
326 km or 202 mi	Dorud	$518
333 km or 207 mi	Shahrud	$603
334 km or 207 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$564

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$719
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1093
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1091
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$711
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$457
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$502
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$796
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$804
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$826
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$789
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$674
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$767
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$560
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$701
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$777
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$736
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1397
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$675
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$519
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1432
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$601
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1441
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1481
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1444
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1538
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1451
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1665
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1457
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1454
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1371
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1500
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$348
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1394
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$639
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$548
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$684
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$535
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$482