Tehran vs Yangon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Tehran	Yangon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$788	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2156	$2342
🏠 One person rent	$367	$288
🏘️ Family rent	$796	$970
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$84.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$264	$300
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	96	30
😀 Quality of life	60	43
🏙️ Population	8.69M	6.87M

The cost of living in Tehran is 12% more expensive than in Yangon. Cities ranked 6486th and 6863rd ($788 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 3rd in Iran and Myanmar, respectively. Check Iran vs Myanmar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Tehran compared to 0.4 months in Yangon. Tehran ranked 1st best city to live in Iran vs Yangon ranked 1st in Myanmar, while ranked 5221st and 6707th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Tehran vs Yangon

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	Tehran	Yangon
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.9	$15.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.99	$4.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.6	$1
☕ Cappuccino	$1.38	$2.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$464	$487
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$324	$165
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1087	$1104
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$698	$841
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$9.45	$33.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.6	$51.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.99	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.96%	10.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1992	$1691
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1351	$1184
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.26	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10	$9.92
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.74	$8.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$1.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.21	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$7.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.5	$6.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$5.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$3.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$2.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$0.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.99	$9.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.53	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.5	$1.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$19.5	$1.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.69	$2.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$2.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.2	$28.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.5	$2.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$118	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.7	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.2	$78.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$130	$97.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$128	$320
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1951	$15505

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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

Cities near Yangon

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Bago	$650
151 km or 94 mi	Pathein	$778
158 km or 98 mi	Hpa-an	$610
161 km or 100 mi	Mawlamyine	$569
334 km or 207 mi	Naypyidaw	$701
373 km or 232 mi	Chiang Mai	$691
373 km or 232 mi	Pai	$633
438 km or 272 mi	Phitsanulok	$537
442 km or 275 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$654
451 km or 280 mi	Taunggyi	$660
506 km or 314 mi	Sittwe	$678
520 km or 323 mi	Chiang Rai	$584
534 km or 332 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$548
552 km or 343 mi	Myeik	$576
566 km or 352 mi	Pak Kret	$715
566 km or 352 mi	Tha Khlong	$641
571 km or 355 mi	Nonthaburi	$717
571 km or 355 mi	Rangsit	$595
576 km or 358 mi	Mandalay	$710
578 km or 359 mi	Bangkok	$941
588 km or 365 mi	Lat Luang	$753
591 km or 367 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$748
600 km or 373 mi	Monywa	$661
624 km or 388 mi	Hua Hin	$656
658 km or 409 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
662 km or 411 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$739
666 km or 414 mi	Pattaya	$781
666 km or 414 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$588
671 km or 417 mi	Nong Prue	$752
686 km or 427 mi	Cox's Bazar	$323
697 km or 433 mi	Vientiane	$1163
705 km or 438 mi	Udon Thani	$543
708 km or 440 mi	Vang Vieng	$1183
713 km or 443 mi	Khon Kaen	$568
719 km or 447 mi	Luang Prabang	$1253
742 km or 461 mi	Klaeng	$685
756 km or 470 mi	Jinghong	$604
763 km or 474 mi	Chittagong	$351
816 km or 507 mi	Serei Saophoan	$639
834 km or 518 mi	Pu'er	$625