Cost of living comparison
Colombo is 34.2% more expensive than Tehran.
If you lived in Colombo instead of Tehran, you would:
pay 3.7% more for restaurants
Tehran
|
Colombo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$4.00
IRR168,300
|
$3.32
LKR992.55
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$4.00
IRR168,300
|
$6.65
LKR1,985.10
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.54
IRR22,788
|
$0.69
LKR204.67
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.96
IRR40,446
|
$0.37
LKR111.66
|
|
pay 2.8 times more for groceries
Tehran
|
Colombo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.58
IRR24,324
|
$0.61
LKR183.27
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$2.03
IRR85,208
|
$7.00
LKR2,089.73
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$2.39
IRR100,429
|
$6.30
LKR1,882.78
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.11
IRR46,795
|
$2.23
LKR665.56
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$1.73
IRR72,704
|
$2.36
LKR704.32
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.48
IRR20,037
|
$3.37
LKR1,006.03
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.69
IRR29,100
|
$0.50
LKR150.66
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.45
IRR18,768
|
$2.74
LKR819.65
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.28
IRR11,878
|
$0.56
LKR168.24
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.24
IRR9,921
|
$0.48
LKR144.77
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.23
IRR9,720
|
$0.53
LKR157.34
|
|
pay 11.7% less for transportation
Tehran
|
Colombo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$2.90
IRR122,161
|
$4.74
LKR1,417.28
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$15.00
IRR631,125
|
$6.31
LKR1,885.85
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$80,000.00
IRR3,366,000,000
|
$33,878.30
LKR10,119,057.14
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$2.90
IRR122,018
|
$3.06
LKR913.15
|
|
pay 61.1% more for housing
Tehran
|
Colombo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$6.62
IRR278,610
|
$17.03
LKR5,085.74
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$471.62
IRR19,843,480
|
$303.18
LKR90,555.68
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$303.59
IRR12,773,707
|
$159.51
LKR47,642.45
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$13.35
IRR561,665
|
$36.13
LKR10,792.74
|
|
pay 76.6% less for childcare
Tehran
|
Colombo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$126.80
IRR5,334,990
|
$25.07
LKR7,489.25
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$1,850.92
IRR77,877,459
|
$500.02
LKR149,349.73
|
|
pay 2.2 times more for entertainment and sports
Tehran
|
Colombo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$0.75
IRR31,556
|
$1.99
LKR595.53
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.43
IRR59,991
|
$2.49
LKR743.00
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$2.50
IRR105,188
|
$8.14
LKR2,431.75
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$17.44
IRR733,772
|
$14.54
LKR4,342.41
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$1.50
IRR63,112
|
$3.69
LKR1,101.73
|
|
pay 36.6% less for clothing
Tehran
|
Colombo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$33.14
IRR1,394,235
|
$28.44
LKR8,494.25
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$28.48
IRR1,198,296
|
$19.86
LKR5,930.49
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$141.42
IRR5,950,376
|
$64.29
LKR19,202.04
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$69.72
IRR2,933,287
|
$36.55
LKR10,918.06
|
|
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