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Tehran vs. Maseru Cost of Living Summary

Tehran is 19.3% more expensive than Maseru.

Restaurants: pay 36.6% less in Tehran
Groceries: pay 48.9% less in Tehran
Transportation: pay 17.5% more in Tehran
Housing: pay 2.5 times more in Tehran
Childcare: pay 2.1 times more in Tehran
Entertainment and Sports: pay 37.5% less in Tehran
Clothing: pay 25.6% less in Tehran

The cost of housing, childcare, and transportation in Tehran are more expensive than in Maseru. Expenses including groceries, entertainment and sports, restaurants, and clothing are lower in Tehran. Notably, housing and childcare are significantly more expensive in Tehran.

Tehran vs. Maseru Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Tehran instead of Maseru, you would:

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pay 36.6% less for restaurants

	Maseru	Tehran
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$11.52 LSL194.11	$3.80 IRR160,066	-67.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.07 LSL135.88	$4.50 IRR189,551	-44.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.33 LSL22.32	$0.47 IRR19,803	-64.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.79 LSL13.26	$1.02 IRR42,832	+29.1%
Average			-36.6%

Maseru vs. Tehran - Cost of restaurants

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pay 48.9% less for groceries

	Maseru	Tehran
Bread 1 loaf	$0.74 LSL12.43	$0.54 IRR22,597	-27.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.65 LSL61.55	$1.89 IRR79,457	-48.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.99 LSL67.26	$2.35 IRR99,088	-41.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.44 LSL24.26	$1.11 IRR46,879	-22.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.68 LSL45.16	$1.41 IRR59,444	-47.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.82 LSL13.76	$0.41 IRR17,238	-49.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.97 LSL16.41	$0.68 IRR28,730	-30.0%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.18 LSL19.82	$0.38 IRR16,027	-67.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.05 LSL17.62	$0.29 IRR12,059	-72.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.68 LSL11.45	$0.24 IRR10,251	-64.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.70 LSL11.78	$0.23 IRR9,697	-67.1%
Average			-48.9%

Maseru vs. Tehran - Cost of groceries

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pay 17.5% more for transportation

	Maseru	Tehran
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.58 LSL77.07	$2.75 IRR115,757	-39.9%
Monthly public transit pass	$28.81 LSL485.28	$6.55 IRR275,915	-77.3%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,166.39 LSL339,696.04	$68,000.00 IRR2,864,330,000	+237.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.70 LSL96.09	$2.85 IRR120,049	-50.0%
Average			+17.5%

Maseru vs. Tehran - Cost of transportation

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pay 2.5 times more for housing

	Maseru	Tehran
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$32.68 LSL550.40	$5.76 IRR242,479	-82.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$145.97 LSL2,458.75	$450.54 IRR18,977,937	+208.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$73.94 LSL1,245.55	$321.19 IRR13,529,405	+334.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	??	$12.05 IRR507,653
Average			+153.6%

Maseru vs. Tehran - Cost of housing

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pay 2.1 times more for childcare

	Maseru	Tehran
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$49.99 LSL842.12	$123.82 IRR5,215,585	+147.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$1,133.16 LSL19,087.68	$2,011.10 IRR84,712,359	+77.5%
Average			+112.6%

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pay 37.5% less for entertainment and sports

	Maseru	Tehran
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.02 LSL33.97	$0.65 IRR27,380	-67.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.82 LSL30.73	$1.23 IRR51,930	-32.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.90 LSL82.50	$2.50 IRR105,306	-49.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$22.09 LSL372.05	$21.91 IRR923,022	-0.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	??	$1.50 IRR63,184
Average			-37.5%

Maseru vs. Tehran - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 25.6% less for clothing

	Maseru	Tehran
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$44.17 LSL744.10	$25.24 IRR1,062,984	-42.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$40.33 LSL679.39	$30.76 IRR1,295,590	-23.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$101.79 LSL1,714.66	$117.65 IRR4,955,590	+15.6%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$144.05 LSL2,426.40	$69.84 IRR2,941,635	-51.5%
Average			-25.6%

Maseru vs. Tehran - Cost of clothing

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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: December 2025

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