Cost of living comparison
Buenos Aires is 79.4% more expensive than Tehran.
If you lived in Buenos Aires instead of Tehran, you would:
pay 77.5% more for restaurants
Tehran
|
Buenos Aires
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$4.00
IRR168,300
|
$8.50
ARS7,494.37
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$4.00
IRR168,300
|
$6.00
ARS5,290.14
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.54
IRR22,788
|
$1.33
ARS1,176.72
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.96
IRR40,446
|
$0.97
ARS857.85
|
|
pay 89.1% more for groceries
Tehran
|
Buenos Aires
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.58
IRR24,324
|
$2.02
ARS1,783.56
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$2.03
IRR85,208
|
$4.64
ARS4,090.76
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$2.39
IRR100,429
|
$4.08
ARS3,595.05
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.11
IRR46,795
|
$2.08
ARS1,835.38
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$1.73
IRR72,704
|
$2.06
ARS1,818.88
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.48
IRR20,037
|
$0.83
ARS728.33
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.69
IRR29,100
|
$0.81
ARS710.84
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.45
IRR18,768
|
$0.57
ARS503.04
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.28
IRR11,878
|
$0.75
ARS663.73
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.24
IRR9,921
|
$0.39
ARS343.56
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.23
IRR9,720
|
$0.40
ARS352.89
|
|
pay 17.0% more for transportation
Tehran
|
Buenos Aires
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$2.90
IRR122,161
|
$3.45
ARS3,043.46
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$15.00
IRR631,125
|
$9.00
ARS7,935.21
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$80,000.00
IRR3,366,000,000
|
$20,000.00
ARS17,633,807.66
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$2.90
IRR122,018
|
$7.66
ARS6,753.75
|
|
pay 97.5% more for housing
Tehran
|
Buenos Aires
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$6.62
IRR278,610
|
$20.18
ARS17,789.05
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$471.62
IRR19,843,480
|
$491.75
ARS433,571.25
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$303.59
IRR12,773,707
|
$356.25
ARS314,102.20
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$13.35
IRR561,665
|
$35.17
ARS31,012.28
|
|
pay 2.3 times more for childcare
Tehran
|
Buenos Aires
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$126.80
IRR5,334,990
|
$219.88
ARS193,861.67
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$1,850.92
IRR77,877,459
|
$5,225.19
ARS4,606,999.20
|
|
pay 69.5% more for entertainment and sports
Tehran
|
Buenos Aires
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$0.75
IRR31,556
|
$1.50
ARS1,322.54
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.43
IRR59,991
|
$2.28
ARS2,009.40
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$2.50
IRR105,188
|
$2.00
ARS1,763.38
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$17.44
IRR733,772
|
$21.45
ARS18,915.71
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$1.50
IRR63,112
|
$4.27
ARS3,763.74
|
|
pay 77.2% more for clothing
Tehran
|
Buenos Aires
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$33.14
IRR1,394,235
|
$81.61
ARS71,951.23
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$28.48
IRR1,198,296
|
$65.79
ARS58,007.12
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$141.42
IRR5,950,376
|
$116.21
ARS102,457.26
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$69.72
IRR2,933,287
|
$104.11
ARS91,793.99
|
|
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