Iran is 42.5% cheaper than United States.

If you lived in Iran instead of United States, you would:

pay 64.2% less for restaurants

 
United States
Iran
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $18.15
 
$4.56
IRR191,784
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$9.28
 
$4.01
IRR168,751
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.24
 
$0.93
IRR39,223

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pay 53.4% less for groceries

 
United States
Iran
Bread
1 loaf
$3.17
 
$0.68
IRR28,522
Local cheese (8 oz) $5.93
 
$2.84
IRR119,290
Milk (1 gallon) $3.83
 
$3.85
IRR161,771

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pay 12.4% less for transportation

 
United States
Iran
Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.72
 
$1.79
IRR75,157
Monthly public transit pass $63.08
 
$15.27
IRR641,826
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $25,096.27
 
$65,156.39
IRR2,738,848,888

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pay 62.0% less for housing

 
United States
Iran
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$70.73
 
$21.22
IRR892,078
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,528.07
 
$872.38
IRR36,670,411
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $1,282.97
 
$625.11
IRR26,276,658

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pay 91.2% less for childcare

 
United States
Iran
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $1,137.97
 
$120.13
IRR5,049,711
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $15,943.15
 
$1,125.87
IRR47,325,928

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pay 63.9% less for entertainment and sports

 
United States
Iran
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $5.19
 
$0.92
IRR38,680
Cappuccino in mid-range area $4.51
 
$1.71
IRR71,957
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$8.57
 
$2.40
IRR100,775

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pay 49.9% more for clothing

 
United States
Iran
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$45.40
 
$53.23
IRR2,237,658
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$36.73
 
$54.57
IRR2,294,036
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$79.51
 
$195.13
IRR8,202,352

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: March 2024
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