Bucharest vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bucharest	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1036	$558
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2606	$1536
🏠 One person rent	$496	$219
🏘️ Family rent	$863	$453
🍽️ Food expenses	$354	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.4	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1242	$222
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	76	50
😀 Quality of life	78	48
🏙️ Population	1.72M	1.57M

The cost of living in Bucharest is 86% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 5404th and 8203rd ($1036 vs $558) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 55th in Romania and Iran, respectively. Check Romania vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Bucharest compared to 0.4 months in Shiraz. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 642nd and 6304th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bucharest vs Shiraz

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	Bucharest	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$2.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47	$23.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.53	$3.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.06	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$3.18	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.11	$2.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$545	$244
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$348	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$948	$518
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$640	$377
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99	$21.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$33.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.34	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.21%	22.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2831	$1277
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1759	$1601
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.6	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.92	$1.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.64	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$0.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.32	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$3.01
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.76	$4.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$9.43
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$0.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$5.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.93	$0.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$0.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.06	$2.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.85	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.36	$5.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.78	$5.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.29	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.3	$15
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.19	$1.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$98.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.1	$28.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.8	$23.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.9	$79.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$532	$152
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10286	$2159

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Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$900
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$852
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$786
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$668
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$757
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$663
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$795
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$727
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$759
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$772
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$631
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$644
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$955
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$793
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$688
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$684
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$751
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$755
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$751
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$721
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$744
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$589
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$831
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$624
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$931
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$961
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1035
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$561
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$837
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$693
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$832
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$761
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$846
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$759
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$584
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$573
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$876
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$735
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$640
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$721

Cities near Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$546
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$537
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$556
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$541
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$489
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$561
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$548
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$507
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$527
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$520
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$577
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$370
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$588
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$545
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$490
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$564
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$554
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$878
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$713
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$547
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$928
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$557
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$588
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1267
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$989
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1226
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1218
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$870
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$467
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$559
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1719
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$879
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$705