Cost of Living in Tehran
Summary of cost of living in Tehran, Iran:
- The estimated monthly costs for a family of four are 1,294.0$, excluding rent (using our estimator).
- The estimated monthly costs for a single person are 358.7$, excluding rent.
- Tehran is 74.9% less expensive than New York (excluding rent, see our cost of living index).
- Rent in Tehran is, on average, 87.4% lower than in New York.
Restaurants |  Edit |
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| Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant | 4.00 $ | |
| Meal for 2 People, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course | 20.00 $ | |
| McMeal at McDonalds (or Equivalent Combo Meal) | 5.00 $ | |
| Domestic Non-Alcoholic Beer (1 pint draught) | 0.70 $ | |
| Imported Non-Alcoholic Beer (12 oz small bottle) | 1.30 $ | |
| Cappuccino (regular) | 1.31 $ | |
| Coke/Pepsi (12 oz small bottle) | 0.45 $ | |
| Water (12 oz small bottle) | 1.04 $ | |
Markets | Edit |
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| Milk (regular), (1 gallon) | 2.31 $ | |
| Loaf of Fresh White Bread (1 lb) | 0.49 $ | |
| Rice (white), (1 lb) | 0.84 $ | |
| Eggs (regular) (12) | 1.21 $ | |
| Local Cheese (1 lb) | 1.53 $ | |
| Chicken Fillets (1 lb) | 1.53 $ | |
| Beef Round (1 lb) (or Equivalent Back Leg Red Meat) | 5.04 $ | |
| Apples (1 lb) | 0.39 $ | |
| Banana (1 lb) | 0.64 $ | |
| Oranges (1 lb) | 0.38 $ | |
| Tomato (1 lb) | 0.29 $ | |
| Potato (1 lb) | 0.24 $ | |
| Onion (1 lb) | 0.24 $ | |
| Lettuce (1 head) | 0.57 $ | |
| Water (1.5 liter bottle) | 0.24 $ | |
| Bottle of Non-Alcoholic Wine (Mid-Range) | 1.00 $ | |
| Domestic Non-Alcoholic Beer (0.5 liter bottle) | 0.57 $ | |
| Imported Non-Alcoholic Beer (12 oz small bottle) | 1.55 $ | |
| Cigarettes 20 Pack (Marlboro) | 2.50 $ | |
Transportation | Edit |
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| One-way Ticket (Local Transport) | 0.25 $ | |
| Monthly Pass (Regular Price) | 10.00 $ | |
| Taxi Start (Normal Tariff) | 0.50 $ | |
| Taxi 1 mile (Normal Tariff) | 0.48 $ | |
| Taxi 1hour Waiting (Normal Tariff) | 3.00 $ | |
| Gasoline (1 gallon) | 2.83 $ | |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (Or Equivalent New Car) | 80,000.00 $ | |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW Comfort (Or Equivalent New Car) | 53,583.37 $ | |
Utilities (Monthly) | Edit |
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| Basic (Electricity, Heating, Cooling, Water, Garbage) for 915 sq ft Apartment | 14.97 $ | |
| Mobile Phone Monthly Plan with Calls and 10GB+ Data | 2.13 $ | |
| Internet (60 Mbps or More, Unlimited Data, Cable/ADSL) | 5.71 $ | |
Sports And Leisure | Edit |
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| Fitness Club, Monthly Fee for 1 Adult | 22.52 $ | |
| Tennis Court Rent (1 Hour on Weekend) | 11.97 $ | |
| Cinema, International Release, 1 Seat | 1.50 $ | |
Childcare | Edit |
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| Preschool (or Kindergarten), Full Day, Private, Monthly for 1 Child | 120.45 $ | |
| International Primary School, Yearly for 1 Child | 1,932.04 $ | |
Clothing And Shoes | Edit |
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| 1 Pair of Jeans (Levis 501 Or Similar) | 32.84 $ | |
| 1 Summer Dress in a Chain Store (Zara, H&M, ...) | 31.17 $ | |
| 1 Pair of Nike Running Shoes (Mid-Range) | 122.41 $ | |
| 1 Pair of Men Leather Business Shoes | 69.17 $ | |
Rent Per Month | Edit |
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| Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre | 491.89 $ | |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) Outside of Centre | 348.70 $ | |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre | 1,083.09 $ | |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) Outside of Centre | 687.24 $ | |
Buy Apartment Price | Edit |
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| Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment in City Centre | 172.99 $ | |
| Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre | 117.39 $ | |
Salaries And Financing | Edit |
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| Average Monthly Net Salary (After Tax) | 265.43 $ | |
| Mortgage Interest Rate in Percentages (%), Yearly, for 20 Years Fixed-Rate | 24.56 |
Prices in Tehran
This city had 2027 entries in the past 12 months by 168 different contributors.
Last update: 19 May 2025
Last update: 19 May 2025
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Please place the Iranian currency. In Iran, the price of fruits and vegetables is very different in proportion to the season and sometimes doubles it is better to have a minimum and maximum. In Iran, there are mainly active people on foreign sites who are always unhappy with recorded prices and sometimes multiple real prices !!!! It is better to be asked by editors. For example, in Tehran with $ 500 a family can live like someone in the US $ 5,000
Consequently, Saddam Hussein, Gaddafi have been proven innocent unlike being branded as the greatest terrorists by the west, thanks for revealing US as the hidden master of Al Qaeda terrorist and other terrorists since the collapse of Syria.
Since US has been revealed to be the terrorist head that the west has been looking for elimination since the invasion of Iraq, it would be a great show for the whole world to watch of the hypocrisy of the west whether or not the west would eliminate terrorist US just like the west did with Saddam Hussein and Gaddafi in the name of terrorist elimination.
Terrorist US even plottted against the innocent Saddam Hussein as a terrorist with disinformation in order to mislead the west to invade Iraq horribly so terrorist US has proven herself as the master of deception to deliberately create conflicts among countries with disinformation since the Iraq war as well as with the current Ukraine civil war, Gaza Genocide war, South China Sea conflict, etc.
There is no greater liar than US throughout history but the sick west still accept all lies from US as God's word until now even while committing Genocide Crime in Gaza with US Genocide bombs.
Anyway, the day for the real terrorist US to lead the west is over because it not only has revealed herself as the terrorist head the west has been searching for elimination since the invasion of Iraq but also since empowering the Gaza Genocide Crime through the abuse of UN veto, terrorist US has no morality to be a leader anymore.
Fix this pls.
In order to survive in the Middle East where endless terrorisms have been funded by terrorist US as clearly seen and proven in Gaza Genocide war and this might be the beginning of the worst so Iran urgently must secure the same mutual defense treaty above with Russia at all cost without delay even if needed to send almost half of the entire army of Iran to Russia in order to survive through the immoral terrorisms endlessly funded by terrorist US.
All the data are way off and not just for a city or two, almost everywhere!!!!
The prices in this page are so low.
Max price per square meter in Tehran city center is only 4,000$! One fifth of the real price!
Today I've seen an ad for an apartment in one of Tehran's luxurious neighborhoods. The Price per Square Meter to Buy that Apartment is 20,000$! (1,858$ per square feet)
Also the average price in City center of Tehran is around 12,500$
((If you are not sure about what I said above, you can go and see a lot of apartment sale ads to see many examples.))
[[ Price per Square Meter to Buy Apartment in City Centre 12,500.00 $ 7,500.00-20,000.00 ]]
[[ Price per Square Meter to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre 5,000.00 $ 1,250.00-10,000.00 ]]
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Also this is absolutely true about Tehran:
"The air of this city is composed with Dust and sand and toxicity and it is very poisonous.
But less than India or other east Asian Countries."
just at all. but less than India or other east Asian Countires.
Cars all are OLD dating back to 2012 2013 and more expensive than what you've posted
Housing is way more expensive
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Income is wrong either, $160 would be income Before Tax.
Your exchange rate is wrong as well.
Everyone is agreed with me unless some trolls paid by goverment
300 $ for a single person in Tehran ? ( yeah even without rent including ) you should live with the minimums !
We ARE living based on U.S DOLLAR ! Toman ? LONG GONE ! RIALS ? ONLY LEGENDS REMAINED !
10 $ for a sandwich which you can reat assured of it containing real meat and not Only god knows what ingredients ! So 3 meals per day , ONLY MEALS and you need 900 $ for a month !
My mom is a retired highschool teacher with the monthly salary of less than 300 $ for 3 person ! Oh and pls include rent this time since we live in karaj and paying A LOT for having a luxury called HOME ( yup it's becoming a luxury not to go homeless seeing how this circus if a country is doing ! )
I saw the prices on your site. All your prices about Iran are wrong. That is, it is much higher than reality.
For example, the price of a bottle of mineral water in Iran is 2000 Tomans, which is about 4 cents. But you specified $0.82!
The rest of the listed prices are also wrong.
and every square meter of Apartment in city center is above 1280 usd
with average monthly salary of 255-288 usd
-->>> what centr Bank of Iran tell https://www.cbi.ir/default_en.aspx its not correct, !!
-->> even https://fxmarketrate.cbi.ir/Default.aspx this one shows for today 304,167 Toman (3041670 Rial) / $ is not correct either
you can check : navasan.net that shows 40330 toman (403300 Rial) / USD $ and if you calculate the avrage income from Iranian based on correct / real exchange rate , you will note that Iran is one of the expensive countries to live in
The on the ground reality is 50% more than what has been mentioned here.
Specifically for food, accommodation, health-care and transportation.
Thanks!
also average salary is more than 268$ which is minimum wage
Overall prices in Iran:
Restaurant is 30-40% cheaper here in Tehran than prices stated here
Market is 25% more cheaper
Transportation is quite accurate except the gasoline price, gasoline is $0.1 currently (it's subsidized)
Utilities is 25% cheaper. Internet in Iran is quite cheap but low quality and sometimes no matter how much you're willing to pay, you can't find a great internet connection for your place. Overall expensive internet packages in Iran are in $5 to $10 range.
Sports And Leisure is 50% cheaper.
Childcare: Well I personally don't know of any international primary school so it's not a competitive market thus can be pricy. Kindergarten price looks right though.
Clothes: Buying clothes with western brands is 20% more expensive in Iran since there is no official retailers for brands. However you can buy high-quality (but unknown in terms of name of the brand) clothes 70% cheaper than prices listed in here.
Rent: Rent is at 50% cheaper too. Average price of 1 sqm of housing in Tehran is $1100, The most expensive neighborhoods in Tehran are currently priced around $3k per sqm. You can easily rent a 75 sqm apartment in Tehran city center for $350 and out of city center for $250.
Apartment price is also 50% cheaper as described in rent paragraph.
Average salary seems quite right, currently minimum wage jobs start from $100-$120 though.
Overall, living in Tehran with Iranian wages is super tough and uncomfortable.
1 USD = 293,000 IRR 6/Jan/2022
* 10,000 IRR = 1,000 Toman(local currency)
prices that listed are at Toman. multiply x10 to see IRR.
Iran is super cheep for foreigners and deadly expensive for it's own people.
You should review these items:
- Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant: 1.25 USD (The price of an Alfredo Pasta for 1 person at Satarkhan St. in west of Tehran)
- Meal for 2 People, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course: 5 USD (2 Dishes of Kebab + Rice everywhere in Tehran except the luxury restaurants)
- Domestic Beer (1 liter Bottle) Non-Alcoholic: 0.6 USD (The retail price in supermarkets is 0.5 USD)
- Coke/Pepsi (0.33 liter bottle): 0.3 USD
- Cappuccino (regular): 0.75 USD
- Loaf of Fresh White Bread (500g) : 015 USD (a 300g Barbari, the traditional bread, 0.1 USD, could be found in walking distance everywhere in Tehran)
- Eggs (regular) (12) : 0.9 USD
- Local Cheese (1kg): 1.4 USD (Kalleh-Willey cheese 400g: 0.6 USD)
- Chicken Fillets (1kg) : 1.3 USD*
- Beef Round (1kg) (or Equivalent Back Leg Red Meat): 8 USD
- One-way Ticket (Local Transport): 0.1 USD (by metro)
- Taxi Start (Normal Tariff): 0.1 USD
- Taxi 1km (Normal Tariff): 0.1 USD
- Taxi 1hour Waiting (Normal Tariff): 1.3 USD
- Gasoline (1 liter): 0.12 USD (Regardless some other items which frequently goes up and down due to the high inflation rate, price of gasoline is same for about 3 years now)
- Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trend-line (Or Equivalent New Car) : 12500 USD (Equivalent is Peoguet 206 TU5. Imported cars are subjected to 230% tax and custom tariff)
- Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW Comfort (Or Equivalent New Car) : 13500 USD (Equivalent: Dena+)
- Basic (Electricity, Heating, Cooling, Water, Garbage) for 85m2 Apartment: 15 USD
- Internet (60 Mbps or More, Unlimited Data, Cable/ADSL): 4.5 USD (16Mbps ADSL costs 2.5 USD)
- All items in categories of "Sport & Leisure" most be halved.
- Most schools in Iran are free of charge. The prices on your site are for private schools at north of Tehran.
- 1 Pair of Jeans (Levis 501 Or Similar): 20 USD (good quality Iran made jeans)
- 1 Summer Dress in a Chain Store (Zara, H&M, ...): 10 USD (at Iran Cotton chain stores)
- 1 Pair of Nike Running Shoes (Mid-Range): 100 USD (Original Nike, but not for same season)
- 1 Pair of Men Leather Business Shoes: 30 USD (From Maral Charm, famous Iranian brand)
- The prices of buying an apartment on your site are for north of Tehran. Multiply them by 0.65 .
* Due to high inflation rate and weak governmental monitoring, sometimes we can see a high rate of some goods. For instance, some weeks ago, the prices of chicken skyrocketed just before holidays. After 10 days the price comes down.
Because of the incorrect exchange rate, The calculated living costs are also incorrect. For example your website indicates that the cost of living in Tehran for a family of four is 2,270.74C$ which is not correct. With $2270 CAD you can live there like a king. A regular family of four can live on something about $400 CAD. Please do some research and you will get better what I am saying. Thanks.
A great civilization, one of the oldest in the world, can not die like this. Hopefully the Iranians will rise up as they already did once in 1979, but this time for the better.
The figures given by Numbeo are not good. They were good at the time Rouhani became President. Back then, 1 euro = 4000 toman, now 1 euro = 32,000 toman ! in less than 4 years.
Rezvan below is right as well. I copy paste what he has written :
The official minimum wage in Iran is 60 USD per month.
The average wage is around 100-120 USD per month.
These numbers are converted to USD with today's exchange fee, which is around 1 USD = 310000 Iranian rials
Iran is extremely cheap for foreigners and super expensive for locals.
average salaries are hard to calculate because no clear systematic assessment in Iran. Also, as salaries in classes are so different, it is not an important data. Generally, an engineer salary rarely exceeds 200000000 IRI monthly, while the physiciens salaries can be as high as 3000000000 and not less than 150000000 monthly. average mid-class salary may not more than 60000000 monthly. The monthly wage for unskilled people can be as low as 20000000 IRR.
Generally, living in Tehran with good salary, prices for transportation and groceries are not a problem, unless you want to consume non-iranien products. currently non iranien products are both expensive (compared to prices in neighbor countries) and sometimes hard to find due to government limiting imports (economy problems). Note car prices are madly high, however you can sell them with the same price or higher whenever you want.
accommodation is number one issue living in Tehran. An approximated example for renting a 100 square meters apartment in a neighborhood not far from city center is 80000000 IRR monthly. note you may not want to be far from you working place due to heavy traffic jams and not sufficient public transportation.
Also clothing prices are not reasonable at all, unless you are ok with chines or iranien products.
Generally, if you are sent by a foreign employer to work in Tehran, your salary is probably good enough to live and save. I’m not sure if Tehran job opportunities are suitable for foreign people. You may find exceptions as a programmer, as rising need and mass iranien developers immigrating to more developed countries (If iraniens prefer this why not a foreigners).
Iran is the paradise for foreigners to come and enjoy living here with very very affordable prices and cost of living , The only problem is tourists should find a local friends to help them to enjoy living in here , come here and enjoy lots of organic fruits and food stuffs...
The average wage is around 100-120 USD per month.
These numbers are converted to USD with today's exchange fee, which is around 1 USD = 310000 Iranian rials
Iran is extremely cheap for foreigners and super expensive for locals.
For example average salary in Tehran is 150 USD/month and not 300 ! Howcome all items listed here are doubled ?
Can someone divide every price by two in this list ?
Free dollar rate in Iran is 1$ = 300,000 IR - yes you saw it well 300,000 IRR - the cheapest/weakest currency in the world. Even was-torn countries like Afghanistan and Syria have a stronger currency.
As the currency is still falling, I think that even dividing all prices listed here would not be enough, but it will be a good start for us to update more easily.
Or if an Iranian wants to go to another country, shall buys dollars at a free rate.
Therefore, the calculations of this site are completely wrong for Iran.
Free dollar rate: 1$ =270000IRR
Official dollar rate :1$=42000IRR
Official dollar rate just is used by government for import or export of goods
1$USD is 270000IRR.
If you come to tehran 74$USD is enough to spend a month.
Tehran is cheepest city of the planet.
The cost which mentioned above is higher than what is in real.