Cost of Living in Tehran
Summary about cost of living in Tehran, Iran:
- Family of four estimated monthly costs are 1,405.1$ without rent (using our estimator).
- A single person estimated monthly costs are 390.2$ without rent.
- Tehran is 67.5% less expensive than New York (without rent, see our cost of living index).
- Rent in Tehran is, on average, 82.4% lower than in New York.
Restaurants |  Edit |
Range |
|---|---|---|
| Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant | 4.00 $ | |
| Meal for 2 People, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course | 30.00 $ | |
| McMeal at McDonalds (or Equivalent Combo Meal) | 4.20 $ | |
| Domestic Non-Alcoholic Beer (1 pint draught) | 1.00 $ | |
| Imported Non-Alcoholic Beer (12 oz small bottle) | 1.88 $ | |
| Cappuccino (regular) | 1.50 $ | |
| Coke/Pepsi (12 oz small bottle) | 0.95 $ | |
| Water (12 oz small bottle) | 0.82 $ | |
Markets | Edit |
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| Milk (regular), (1 gallon) | 2.92 $ | |
| Loaf of Fresh White Bread (1 lb) | 0.48 $ | |
| Rice (white), (1 lb) | 1.58 $ | |
| Eggs (regular) (12) | 1.24 $ | |
| Local Cheese (1 lb) | 1.97 $ | |
| Chicken Fillets (1 lb) | 1.37 $ | |
| Beef Round (1 lb) (or Equivalent Back Leg Red Meat) | 3.53 $ | |
| Apples (1 lb) | 0.47 $ | |
| Banana (1 lb) | 0.65 $ | |
| Oranges (1 lb) | 0.45 $ | |
| Tomato (1 lb) | 0.27 $ | |
| Potato (1 lb) | 0.27 $ | |
| Onion (1 lb) | 0.24 $ | |
| Lettuce (1 head) | 0.52 $ | |
| Water (1.5 liter bottle) | 0.28 $ | |
| Bottle of Non-Alcoholic Wine (Mid-Range) | 1.00 $ | |
| Domestic Non-Alcoholic Beer (0.5 liter bottle) | 0.49 $ | |
| Imported Non-Alcoholic Beer (12 oz small bottle) | 1.32 $ | |
| Cigarettes 20 Pack (Marlboro) | 2.95 $ | |
Transportation | Edit |
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| One-way Ticket (Local Transport) | 0.41 $ | |
| Monthly Pass (Regular Price) | 15.00 $ | |
| Taxi Start (Normal Tariff) | 0.50 $ | |
| Taxi 1 mile (Normal Tariff) | 0.56 $ | |
| Taxi 1hour Waiting (Normal Tariff) | 3.40 $ | |
| Gasoline (1 gallon) | 2.73 $ | |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (Or Equivalent New Car) | 65,000.00 $ | |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW Comfort (Or Equivalent New Car) | 59,223.60 $ | |
Utilities (Monthly) | Edit |
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| Basic (Electricity, Heating, Cooling, Water, Garbage) for 915 sq ft Apartment | 21.79 $ | |
| 1 min. of Prepaid Mobile Tariff Local (No Discounts or Plans) | 0.01 $ | |
| Internet (60 Mbps or More, Unlimited Data, Cable/ADSL) | 13.13 $ | |
Sports And Leisure | Edit |
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| Fitness Club, Monthly Fee for 1 Adult | 20.47 $ | |
| Tennis Court Rent (1 Hour on Weekend) | 16.05 $ | |
| Cinema, International Release, 1 Seat | 1.33 $ | |
Childcare | Edit |
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| Preschool (or Kindergarten), Full Day, Private, Monthly for 1 Child | 136.25 $ | |
| International Primary School, Yearly for 1 Child | 1,687.77 $ | |
Clothing And Shoes | Edit |
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| 1 Pair of Jeans (Levis 501 Or Similar) | 46.27 $ | |
| 1 Summer Dress in a Chain Store (Zara, H&M, ...) | 45.48 $ | |
| 1 Pair of Nike Running Shoes (Mid-Range) | 137.30 $ | |
| 1 Pair of Men Leather Business Shoes | 88.34 $ | |
Rent Per Month | Edit |
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| Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre | 536.75 $ | |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) Outside of Centre | 416.82 $ | |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre | 1,240.62 $ | |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) Outside of Centre | 893.39 $ | |
Buy Apartment Price | Edit |
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| Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment in City Centre | 195.83 $ | |
| Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre | 122.61 $ | |
Salaries And Financing | Edit |
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| Average Monthly Net Salary (After Tax) | 275.40 $ | |
| Mortgage Interest Rate in Percentages (%), Yearly, for 20 Years Fixed-Rate | 20.86 |
Prices in Tehran
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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$USD is enough to spend a month.
Tehran is cheepest city of the planet.
The cost which mentioned above is higher than what is in real.
7/16/2020
Please be advised that as of today, 7/16/2020 the Iranian Rial currency rate is 234000 per one USD.
Thank you for your time
01 may 2020
1 USD = 19,000 TOMAN OR 190,000 RIAL
http://drhoseinisianaki.com
Currently, life in Tehran has become very difficult and costs have risen sharply.
http://drhoseinisianaki.com
An old apartment is about 5,500$ to 10,000$ and a not old not new is from 7,500$ to 14,500$ and new apartments or luxury apartments are from 13,000$ to 38,000$. If you are not sure about any of them you can search on the Internet.
The prices are very high for people. For example about the highest price, an experienced engineer needs to store whole of it's salary in one year to buy one square meter of that. (38,000$)
Also the prices are increasing very fast because of inflation.
(Salaries are not like prices and not increasing enough fast.)
So I think these datas are almost right about prices of buy and rent of apartments in Tehran:
Apartment (1 bedroom) in city center:
Between 1,050$ to 3,500$
Average price: 2,070$
Apartment (1 bedroom) outside of city center:
Between 600$ to 2,500$
Average price: 1,215$
Apartment (3 bedroom) in city center:
Between 2,100$ to 7,500$
Average price: 4,120$
Apartment (3 bedroom) outside of city center:
Between 1,250$ to 4,500$
Average price: 2,570$
Price per square meter to buy apartment in city center:
Between 5,500$ to 38,000$
Average price: 10,200$
Price per square meter to buy apartment outside of city center:
Between 3,150$ to 10,000$
Average price: 5,550$
Your datas about rent and apartment price are absolutely wrong. Your website should share info based on international values of currencies.
These are real property prices in Tehran in march of 2020 year:
== Rent Per Month ==
Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre : (( 2,300 $ )) * from [[ 1,020 $ ]] to [[ 7,020 $ ]]
Apartment (1 bedroom) Outside of Centre : (( 1,300 $ )) * from [[ 550 $ ]] to [[ 3,000 $ ]]
Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre : (( 4,400 $ )) * from [[ 2,200 $ ]] to [[ 9,500 $ ]]
Apartment (3 bedrooms) Outside of Centre : (( 2,750 $ )) * from [[ 1,250 $ ]] to [[ 6,000 $ ]]
== Buy Apartment Price ==
Price per Square Meter to Buy Apartment inside City Centre : (( 10,900 $ )) * from [[ 5,300 $ ]] to [[ 38,000 $ ]]
Price per Square Meter to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre : (( 5,900 $ )) * from [[ 2,620 $ ]] to [[ 11,600 $ ]]
thank you for your good information.
change price of $ in Iran is not correcet in your informations.
your sincerely
Shahmiri
I am from India and looking forward for great Globalization with good Education Projects and Employment.
in Iran
I'm living in Tehran
For example, the price of a liter of milk in Tehran is approximately
seventy 5,500 toman or 55,000 rial (depending on the price of 13,000
toman or about 130,000 rial per dollar America that is) that the dollar
is America America US $ 2.3
But the price less than a dollar in your site with the fact that America
is inserted too far.
Please go ahead and, if necessary, I am ready to help you in these cases
Part of the problem is caused by the currency conversion rate
Now the real price of the dollar is America's approximately seventy
130,000 rial( 1 dollar $ = 130000 rial)
Which place is good to exchange money in Iran.Like on an Airport ?
And a foreigner visitor will see the prices are cheaper than everywhere, except imported items. viva Iran!
please please go to another countries and not come to Iran. Iran is one of the worst countries in the world. also it's people are not good humans. 80% are very bad humans including Thieves, Killers, Ravishers, Defrauders and other kinds of Wrongdoers. 5% are bad humans. 10% are almost good and good humans and 5% are very good humans.
Iranian are in illustration of civilization! They tell they were a civilized country thousands years ago! now, the most developed country, The US has a long way to become a become a civilized country. so, it's a joke that you say you were developed thousands years ago.
in Iran doctors have very good revenue. between 15,000,000 IR Tomans (1,250$) to 2,000,000,000 IR Tomans (167,000$) per month. Software engineers' revenue is between 700,000 IR Tomans (58$) to 40,000,000 IR Tomans (3,330$) per month. in both fields there are special people who can have more revenues because of their skills.
in Iran there is not a good economical situation. so try to not come to Iran.
If you want to come to Iran, you should this costs be divided into 3. For example, Macdonald price is = 6 divid 3$ = 2$.
Do you really know the prices of Tehran high class neighborhoods? There are apartments with 140,000,000 tomans price for each meter.(=8,700 meters apartment with 350 Billion Tomans = 30 Million Dollars price)
and the average price of apartments in city center (high class neighborhoods) is higher than you wrote here.
Please Correct prices. thank you very much.
all you have to do is to divide the IRR to 14000
for example cost of utilities/per month ==> 148000 IRR/14000= 10.75 USD
in gross cost of decent living (without rent) from a single person is around 450 USD and for 4 person family (without rent) is about 1100 USD. you should add 7000-15000 USD (per year) for each child (private foreign school). a luxury style life cost 5-10 times more than mentioned prices.
for example, a luxury fully furnished 250sqm apartment (very nice complex) rent is about 2500 USD per month.
this includes sports, 2 times midrange restaurants /week /pp, average shopping, groceries, clothes,...
of course, many people are living with much less and they don't go to the restaurant or sports clubs.
my salary as CEO of a midrange company is about 1200 USD per month.
Virtual rate is about 42000 IRR = 1 $
Real rate is about 150000 IRR = 1 $
And real rate every day has tolerance so for instance you have to buy goods one day by 2 $ × 130000 IRR and maybe next week you have to buy the same goods by 2 $ × 170000 IRR.
So everything is not certain except your salary. In Iran your minimum salary is about 100 $ every time. So if you want labour, Iran is so cheap in all over the world and you can produce everything with low price.
Notes for producers.
For more information you can contact me:
Hr.ziaei.87@gmail.com
I'm living in Tehran
100$ is enough for a four person family without rent
Costs are not correct
For real prices in IRR, select usd then multiply it in 130,000 to calculate prices in Iranian Rial and multiply in 13,000 to calculate it in Iranian Toman.
LOL to prices :) :) :)
To all users
For the real market prices (almost real), please select currency of IRR on top of the page, and check. Then divide the written amount to 130,000 Rial per USD.
For the real market prices (almost real), please select currency of IRR on top of the page, and check. Then divide the written amount to 13,000 Rial per USD.