Iran is 35.6% cheaper than United States.

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

pay 59.9% less for restaurants

 
United States
Iran
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $15.20
 
$5.38
IRR227,963
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$8.21
 
$4.49
IRR189,960
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.01
 
$0.81
IRR34,484

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pay 50.5% less for groceries

 
United States
Iran
Bread
1 loaf
$2.85
 
$0.70
IRR29,809
Local cheese (8 oz) $5.66
 
$2.62
IRR111,120
Milk (1 gallon) $3.38
 
$4.01
IRR169,670

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pay 20.3% less for transportation

 
United States
Iran
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.54
 
$1.83
IRR77,579
Monthly public transit pass $64.19
 
$16.22
IRR686,797
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $24,050.13
 
$56,011.65
IRR2,372,093,199

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pay 42.9% less for housing

 
United States
Iran
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$68.65
 
$21.61
IRR914,976
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,446.14
 
$1,393.53
IRR59,015,793
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $1,166.13
 
$972.88
IRR41,201,422

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pay 89.6% less for childcare

 
United States
Iran
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $980.97
 
$127.09
IRR5,382,062
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $14,983.58
 
$1,168.18
IRR49,472,350

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pay 59.6% less for entertainment and sports

 
United States
Iran
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $5.14
 
$0.98
IRR41,677
Cappuccino in mid-range area $4.34
 
$1.95
IRR82,735
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$8.25
 
$2.62
IRR111,127

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pay 73.4% more for clothing

 
United States
Iran
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$44.10
 
$53.20
IRR2,252,859
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$36.31
 
$52.31
IRR2,215,359
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$77.71
 
$248.11
IRR10,507,572

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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: April 2023
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