Cost of living comparison
Basseterre is 3.4 times more expensive than Tehran.
If you lived in Basseterre instead of Tehran, you would:
pay 3.8 times more for restaurants
Tehran
|
Basseterre
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$4.00
IRR168,250
|
$22.20
EC$60.00
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$4.00
IRR168,250
|
$13.98
EC$37.77
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.54
IRR22,781
|
$2.04
EC$5.50
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.96
IRR40,433
|
$2.28
EC$6.17
|
|
pay 3.3 times more for groceries
Tehran
|
Basseterre
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.58
IRR24,317
|
$4.07
EC$10.99
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$2.03
IRR85,183
|
$5.51
EC$14.88
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$2.39
IRR100,399
|
$12.19
EC$32.94
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.11
IRR46,781
|
$5.99
EC$16.20
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$1.73
IRR72,682
|
$5.63
EC$15.21
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.48
IRR20,031
|
$1.01
EC$2.72
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.69
IRR29,092
|
$1.11
EC$3.00
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.45
IRR18,763
|
$0.84
EC$2.27
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.28
IRR11,875
|
$0.66
EC$1.79
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.24
IRR9,918
|
$0.50
EC$1.36
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.23
IRR9,717
|
$0.71
EC$1.93
|
|
pay (unknown) more for transportation
Tehran
|
Basseterre
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$2.90
IRR122,125
|
?? | |
Monthly public transit pass |
$15.00
IRR630,938
|
?? | |
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$80,000.00
IRR3,365,000,000
|
?? | |
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$2.90
IRR121,981
|
?? |
pay 3.6 times more for housing
Tehran
|
Basseterre
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$6.62
IRR278,527
|
?? | |
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$471.62
IRR19,837,584
|
$700.00
EC$1,891.78
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$303.59
IRR12,769,912
|
?? | |
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$13.35
IRR561,498
|
$76.47
EC$206.67
|
|
pay (unknown) more for childcare
Tehran
|
Basseterre
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$126.80
IRR5,333,405
|
?? | |
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$1,850.92
IRR77,854,322
|
?? |
pay 3.0 times more for entertainment and sports
Tehran
|
Basseterre
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$0.75
IRR31,547
|
$2.22
EC$6.00
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.43
IRR59,973
|
$3.70
EC$10.00
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$2.50
IRR105,156
|
$5.55
EC$15.00
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$17.44
IRR733,554
|
?? | |
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$1.50
IRR63,094
|
$6.29
EC$17.00
|
|
pay (unknown) more for clothing
Tehran
|
Basseterre
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$33.14
IRR1,393,821
|
?? | |
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$28.48
IRR1,197,940
|
?? | |
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$141.42
IRR5,948,608
|
?? | |
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$69.72
IRR2,932,416
|
?? |
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