Cost of living comparison

 Portugal
compared to
 Iran
Iran vs. Portugal Cost of Living Summary
Iran vs. Portugal Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Iran instead of Portugal, you would:

pay 51.1% less for restaurants

 
Portugal
Iran
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $11.32
€10.98
$3.77
IRR158,537
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$8.41
€8.16
$3.72
IRR156,540
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.67
€1.62
$0.85
IRR35,765

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pay 48.2% less for groceries

 
Portugal
Iran
Bread
1 loaf
$1.34
€1.30
$0.50
IRR20,954
Local cheese (8 oz) $5.06
€4.91
$2.06
IRR86,721
Milk (1 gallon) $3.79
€3.68
$2.72
IRR114,497

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pay 19.6% less for transportation

 
Portugal
Iran
Gasoline (1 gallon) $6.79
€6.58
$2.50
IRR105,234
Monthly public transit pass $37.96
€36.82
$11.01
IRR463,375
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $31,047.67
€30,109.75
$70,890.26
IRR2,984,480,044

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pay 72.0% less for housing

 
Portugal
Iran
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$40.33
€39.12
$11.98
IRR504,340
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $900.66
€873.45
$337.20
IRR14,196,072
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $732.72
€710.59
$231.30
IRR9,737,893

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pay 85.2% less for childcare

 
Portugal
Iran
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $455.47
€441.71
$88.94
IRR3,744,341
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $10,051.70
€9,748.05
$1,004.45
IRR42,287,143

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pay 59.6% less for entertainment and sports

 
Portugal
Iran
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $2.23
€2.16
$0.81
IRR34,256
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.85
€1.79
$1.24
IRR52,355
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$5.67
€5.50
$1.96
IRR82,630

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pay 17.6% less for clothing

 
Portugal
Iran
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$77.92
€75.56
$33.35
IRR1,404,230
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$33.75
€32.73
$29.13
IRR1,226,294
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$80.24
€77.82
$104.63
IRR4,404,965

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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: January 2025
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