Cost of Living in Tehran

Is it intentional that NUMBEO is always wrong when it comes to non western countries?

The Genocide Crime in Gaza is empowered by US through the abuse of UN veto which prevents UN from intervening the Gaza Genocide War waged by US's proxy Genocide force Israel.

The Genocide crime in Gaza clearly indicates that US has already become the Genocide Criminal undeniably now.

So the whole world must stop using everything made by the Genocide Criminal US or else you are complicit in Gaza Genocide crime committed by the Genocide Criminal US.

The Genocide Criminal US has no morality to lead the world anymore unless the Gaza Genocide crime is atoned by giving a sentence that fits for the Genocide Criminal to both Joe Biden and Blinken immediately without delay or else it would be too late for US to redeem herself from the stain of Gaza Genocide Crime.

Iran uses the Iranian Rial as its currency.Not the Us dollar.

Fix this pls.

North Korea has been rewarded with the mutual defense treaty by the god of war Russia.

In order to survive in the Middle East where endless terrorisms have been funded by terrorist US as clearly seen and proven in Gaza Genocide war and this might be the beginning of the worst so Iran urgently must secure the same mutual defense treaty above with Russia at all cost without delay even if needed to send almost half of the entire army of Iran to Russia in order to survive through the immoral terrorisms endlessly funded by terrorist US.

Are salaries really that low? I have a hard time believing their salaries are lower than even China since they have a lot of oil.

I don't know why Numbeo insists on sharing wrong data about prices in Tehran and specially housing price. I hate this city and never want to live there, but I should say that Tehran is very expensive.
The prices in this page are so low.
Max price per square meter in Tehran city center is only 4,000$! One fifth of the real price!
Today I've seen an ad for an apartment in one of Tehran's luxurious neighborhoods. The Price per Square Meter to Buy that Apartment is 20,000$! (1,858$ per square feet)
Also the average price in City center of Tehran is around 12,500$
((If you are not sure about what I said above, you can go and see a lot of apartment sale ads to see many examples.))

[[ Price per Square Meter to Buy Apartment in City Centre 12,500.00 $ 7,500.00-20,000.00 ]]
[[ Price per Square Meter to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre 5,000.00 $ 1,250.00-10,000.00 ]]

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Also this is absolutely true about Tehran:
"The air of this city is composed with Dust and sand and toxicity and it is very poisonous.
But less than India or other east Asian Countries."

Rent is more expensive
Cars all are OLD dating back to 2012 2013 and more expensive than what you've posted

I'm doing my best to reply respectfully and the best word i can use is " BS ! "

300 $ for a single person in Tehran ? ( yeah even without rent including ) you should live with the minimums !
We ARE living based on U.S DOLLAR ! Toman ? LONG GONE ! RIALS ? ONLY LEGENDS REMAINED !

10 $ for a sandwich which you can reat assured of it containing real meat and not Only god knows what ingredients ! So 3 meals per day , ONLY MEALS and you need 900 $ for a month !

My mom is a retired highschool teacher with the monthly salary of less than 300 $ for 3 person ! Oh and pls include rent this time since we live in karaj and paying A LOT for having a luxury called HOME ( yup it's becoming a luxury not to go homeless seeing how this circus if a country is doing ! )

I am an Iranian.
I saw the prices on your site. All your prices about Iran are wrong. That is, it is much higher than reality.
For example, the price of a bottle of mineral water in Iran is 2000 Tomans, which is about 4 cents. But you specified $0.82!
The rest of the listed prices are also wrong.

Hello , i just have question here : based on what ex-change rate you have calculated this data ???,

-->>> what centr Bank of Iran tell https://www.cbi.ir/default_en.aspx its not correct, !!

-->> even https://fxmarketrate.cbi.ir/Default.aspx this one shows for today 304,167 Toman (3041670 Rial) / $ is not correct either

you can check : navasan.net that shows 40330 toman (403300 Rial) / USD $ and if you calculate the avrage income from Iranian based on correct / real exchange rate , you will note that Iran is one of the expensive countries to live in

Hi,
The on the ground reality is 50% more than what has been mentioned here.
Specifically for food, accommodation, health-care and transportation.

this data is related to exchange rates (USD to IRR) and this rate is very volatile so data on this site is not exactly true. in addition iran has a high inflation (15% to 35%) and data is collected in a wide range of time. so very soon data becomes out of date.

Hey mahdi. I am a real estate agent selling Homes in bukan and niavaran. Housing market is definitely slow but you won’t find apartments under 30 billion toman (1 million dollars in the area I sell. Last week I sold a 400m2 (4300 ft2) apartment 5th floor mid-luxury in bukan for 76 billion (2.45 million us dollars) which is $6,125 per sqm. Recently prices have raised twice the rate dollar has rised. I am not saying prices here are 100% accurate but are pretty close. Restaurants prices really vary. Clothes and cars are definitely more expensive than in the usa. Rent and utility are definitely cheaper but are going up rapidly. Gas is currently 10 cents a liter or 38 cents a gallon but hopefully it doesn’t go up like everything else is. Hope I cleared some air.

Some people saying in the comments Tehran is very cheap have clearly not lived in Tehran. Tehran is somewhat cheap for an average tourist, but living and working in Tehran would be expensive as automobiles and real estate are very expensive are comparable with Europe and North America. For example, a 2017 Series 7 BMW is around $60K in USA but would be around $200K in Tehran.

How much a Marlboro pack of 20 cigarettes cost in Tehran?

AnHello, hello. If you have $1,000 in monthly income, make sure you come live in Iran. Because you can always travel and travel with a little saving. And if you make $2,000, I have to say, you can take a luscious price in Iran. Also know that 90% of businesses have a revenue of about $250. And top jobs and public office employees all make under $1,000. So don't doubt and come to Iran for the rest of your life.

i love İRAN and tehran so much its very clean & safe city

Most viewers of your site are people who already immigrated or the are thinking about immigration. This part of Iranian are mostly rich people, who work and live in north of Tehran. The price in north of Tehran are doubled (even tripled in some cases) in comparison of south of Tehran. Consider North of Tehran a zone like Beverly Hills of LA.
You should review these items:
- Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant: 1.25 USD (The price of an Alfredo Pasta for 1 person at Satarkhan St. in west of Tehran)
- Meal for 2 People, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course: 5 USD (2 Dishes of Kebab + Rice everywhere in Tehran except the luxury restaurants)
- Domestic Beer (1 liter Bottle) Non-Alcoholic: 0.6 USD (The retail price in supermarkets is 0.5 USD)
- Coke/Pepsi (0.33 liter bottle): 0.3 USD
- Cappuccino (regular): 0.75 USD
- Loaf of Fresh White Bread (500g) : 015 USD (a 300g Barbari, the traditional bread, 0.1 USD, could be found in walking distance everywhere in Tehran)
- Eggs (regular) (12) : 0.9 USD
- Local Cheese (1kg): 1.4 USD (Kalleh-Willey cheese 400g: 0.6 USD)
- Chicken Fillets (1kg) : 1.3 USD*
- Beef Round (1kg) (or Equivalent Back Leg Red Meat): 8 USD
- One-way Ticket (Local Transport): 0.1 USD (by metro)
- Taxi Start (Normal Tariff): 0.1 USD
- Taxi 1km (Normal Tariff): 0.1 USD
- Taxi 1hour Waiting (Normal Tariff): 1.3 USD
- Gasoline (1 liter): 0.12 USD (Regardless some other items which frequently goes up and down due to the high inflation rate, price of gasoline is same for about 3 years now)
- Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trend-line (Or Equivalent New Car) : 12500 USD (Equivalent is Peoguet 206 TU5. Imported cars are subjected to 230% tax and custom tariff)
- Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW Comfort (Or Equivalent New Car) : 13500 USD (Equivalent: Dena+)
- Basic (Electricity, Heating, Cooling, Water, Garbage) for 85m2 Apartment: 15 USD
- Internet (60 Mbps or More, Unlimited Data, Cable/ADSL): 4.5 USD (16Mbps ADSL costs 2.5 USD)
- All items in categories of "Sport & Leisure" most be halved.
- Most schools in Iran are free of charge. The prices on your site are for private schools at north of Tehran.
- 1 Pair of Jeans (Levis 501 Or Similar): 20 USD (good quality Iran made jeans)
- 1 Summer Dress in a Chain Store (Zara, H&M, ...): 10 USD (at Iran Cotton chain stores)
- 1 Pair of Nike Running Shoes (Mid-Range): 100 USD (Original Nike, but not for same season)
- 1 Pair of Men Leather Business Shoes: 30 USD (From Maral Charm, famous Iranian brand)
- The prices of buying an apartment on your site are for north of Tehran. Multiply them by 0.65 .
* Due to high inflation rate and weak governmental monitoring, sometimes we can see a high rate of some goods. For instance, some weeks ago, the prices of chicken skyrocketed just before holidays. After 10 days the price comes down.

Anybody here talking about good points in Iran is 100% on of the mulluhs who did this to us or connected to one of them <3

these prices are not correct. For example price of 1kg meet is about 8$ or price of 1kg rice is about 1.5$. Nowadays equivalent rate for usd against Iranian rial is 250000

What can I buy with 250,000 irr 173 virgins or 3 camels?

Most of the prices are far from real. The average expense for a single person without rent is less than $100. Rent would be the same rate. I have lived in other countries as well. Iran is one of the cheapest where you can find luxury as well. The only issue is economic instability.

Send some of your hot Iranian women before other countries end Iran's existence.

It is sad to see what the mullahs have done to a country in only 40 years. A once thriving country once becoming a thirld world country helping militant organizations like Hezbollah or Hamas or Houthis. Only Kim Jong Un in North Korea has done worse in term of economy and management.
A great civilization, one of the oldest in the world, can not die like this. Hopefully the Iranians will rise up as they already did once in 1979, but this time for the better.

Pay no attention to Zahra Mahdiansadr numbers on salaries. The numbers given on Numbeo are correct.

Iran is really cheap unless you don't mind daily terrorist attacks throughout Tehran,and inconsistent banking.I lived in Tehran for 6 months really cheap compared to Australia where I'm from.Iranians will stare at you alot if you're a foreigner especially if you have white skin.

The official minimum wage in Iran is 60 USD per month.

The average wage is around 100-120 USD per month.

These numbers are converted to USD with today's exchange fee, which is around 1 USD = 310000 Iranian rials

Iran is extremely cheap for foreigners and super expensive for locals.

All info here are wrong
For example average salary in Tehran is 150 USD/month and not 300 ! Howcome all items listed here are doubled ?

Can someone divide every price by two in this list ?

Free dollar rate in Iran is 1$ = 300,000 IR - yes you saw it well 300,000 IRR - the cheapest/weakest currency in the world. Even was-torn countries like Afghanistan and Syria have a stronger currency.

As the currency is still falling, I think that even dividing all prices listed here would not be enough, but it will be a good start for us to update more easily.

Cost of living in tehran without rent for 1 person is 2 million IRR
1$USD is 270000IRR.
If you come to tehran 74$USD is enough to spend a month.
Tehran is cheepest city of the planet.

Ok nobody seems to agree on real costs of items listed above. So to get a good idea of how expensive life in Iran is, what does the average employee earn in Iran, maybe that could help