Iran
Islamic Republic of Iran
- Capital
- Tehran
- Region
- Southern Asia
- Population, 2025
- 92 million
- Currency
- IRR
- Area
- 1,648,195 km²
Across Iran's 26 priced cities, one person needs about $503 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $217.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
55out of 100
- Purchasing power25%35
- Safety20%49
- Health care15%53
- Climate10%69
- Air quality10%61
- Connectivity10%No data
- Cost10%96
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank among countries
- #90
What it costs
Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
14.6
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
7.0
New York = 100
Purchasing power
50.7
New York = 100
One person
$503
A month, rent included
Net salary
$217
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$291
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$3,924
2025
Growth
−2.8%
2025
Unemployment
8.3%
2025
Inflation
42.2%
2025
Life expectancy
77.9 years
2024
Internet users
85%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 35%
- SourceWikipedia
- Lowest income tax rate
- 0%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 25%
- SourceWikipedia
- VAT or sales tax
- 10%
- SourceTrading Economics
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 49.3
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 50.7
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2014
- 2.4
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median
- —
- Mobile downloadMbps, median
- —
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- —
Cities in Iran
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Gonbad-e Kavus | 71 | 15.4 | — | — | — | 151.9K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 2Sabzevar | 68 | — | — | — | — | 243.7K | Low confidence |
| 3Bīrjand | 67 | — | — | — | — | 197K | Low confidence |
| 4Varamin | 67 | 14.6 | — | — | — | 225.6K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 5Neyshābūr | 67 | — | — | — | — | 220.9K | Low confidence |
| 6Sirjan | 67 | — | — | — | — | 199.7K | Low confidence |
| 7Marāgheh | 67 | — | — | — | — | 262.6K | Low confidence |
| 8Qūchān | 66 | — | — | — | — | 111.8K | Low confidence |
| 9Rafsanjān | 66 | — | — | — | — | 147.7K | Low confidence |
| 10Īz̄eh | 66 | — | — | — | — | 119.4K | Low confidence |
| 11Gorgan | 66 | — | $567 | $217 | — | 244.9K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 12Zahedan | 66 | — | — | — | — | 552K | Low confidence |
| 13Kāshmar | 66 | — | — | — | — | 131.5K | Low confidence |
| 14Jīroft | 65 | — | — | — | — | 130.4K | Low confidence |
| 15Dorūd | 65 | — | — | — | — | 121.6K | Low confidence |
| 16Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh | 65 | — | — | — | — | 140K | Low confidence |
| 17Najafābād | 65 | — | — | — | — | 235.3K | Low confidence |
| 18Kashan | 65 | — | — | — | — | 304.5K | Low confidence |
| 19Kashan | 65 | — | — | $840 | — | 304.5K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 20Shahreẕā | 65 | — | — | — | — | 135K | Low confidence |
| 21Tabriz | 65 | 13.0 | $150 | $233 | 77.3 | 1.4M | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 22Yazd | 65 | — | $150 | $196 | — | 477.9K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 23Shahrak-e Pardīsān | 65 | — | — | — | — | 100K | Low confidence |
| 24Sāveh | 64 | — | — | — | — | 220.8K | Low confidence |
| 25Semnan | 64 | — | — | — | — | 124.8K | Low confidence |
| 26Khorramabad | 64 | — | — | — | — | 329.8K | Low confidence |
| 27Marvdasht | 64 | — | — | — | — | 148.9K | Low confidence |
| 28Mahabad | 64 | 12.3 | $140 | $275 | 97.0 | 168.4K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 29Kermanshah | 64 | — | $290 | $230 | — | 621.1K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 30Shahrekord | 64 | 11.4 | $100 | $200 | 84.4 | 129.2K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 31Malayer | 64 | — | $220 | $220 | — | 170.2K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 32Shahrud | 64 | — | — | — | — | 165K | Low confidence |
| 33Iranshahr | 64 | — | — | — | — | 131.2K | Low confidence |
| 34Pardīs | 64 | — | — | — | — | 114.2K | Low confidence |
| 35Zanjan | 64 | 12.9 | $135 | $287 | 99.8 | 357.5K | Medium confidence, 11 contributors |
| 36Kerman | 63 | — | $342 | $203 | — | 577.5K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 37Borujerd | 63 | — | — | — | — | 252K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 38Mīāneh | 63 | — | — | — | — | 106.3K | Low confidence |
| 39Būkān | 63 | — | — | — | — | 193.5K | Low confidence |
| 40Bāneh | 63 | — | — | — | — | 110.2K | Low confidence |
| 41Mīāndoāb | 63 | — | — | — | — | 134.4K | Low confidence |
| 42Qā’em Shahr | 63 | — | — | — | — | 205K | Low confidence |
| 43Naz̧arābād | 63 | — | — | — | — | 213.4K | Low confidence |
| 44Kamālshahr | 63 | — | — | — | — | 141.7K | Low confidence |
| 45Khūy | 62 | — | — | — | — | 198.8K | Low confidence |
| 46Pārsābād | 62 | — | — | — | — | 103K | Low confidence |
| 47Mashhad | 62 | 15.0 | $212 | $253 | 66.4 | 2.3M | Medium confidence, 12 contributors |
| 48Saqqez | 62 | — | — | — | — | 165.3K | Low confidence |
| 49Abadan | 62 | 15.2 | $200 | $446 | 119.2 | 231.5K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 50Lāhījān | 62 | — | — | — | — | 101.1K | Low confidence |
| 51Sanandaj | 62 | 12.8 | $158 | $255 | 83.3 | 349.2K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 52Marīvān | 62 | — | — | — | — | 136.7K | Low confidence |
| 53Arak | 62 | 12.2 | $400 | $373 | 73.3 | 503.6K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 54Bahārestān | 62 | — | — | — | — | 106.4K | Low confidence |
| 55Urmia | 61 | 14.6 | $173 | $280 | 81.5 | 577.3K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 56Bojnord | 61 | 15.0 | $200 | $200 | 53.7 | 192K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 57Marand | 61 | — | — | — | — | 124.2K | Low confidence |
| 58Hamadan | 61 | 13.0 | $186 | $225 | 67.4 | 528.3K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 59Piranshahr | 61 | — | — | — | — | 168.4K | Low confidence |
| 60Bandar-e Anzalī | 61 | — | — | — | — | 118.6K | Low confidence |
| 61Orumiyeh | 61 | — | — | — | — | 577.3K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 62Kāzerūn | 61 | — | — | — | — | 112.4K | Low confidence |
| 63Marāgheh | 61 | — | — | — | — | 262.6K | Low confidence |
| 64Zabol | 61 | — | $200 | $150 | — | 122K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 65Moḩammad Shahr | 60 | — | — | — | — | 119.4K | Low confidence |
| 66Khomeynī Shahr | 60 | — | — | — | — | 277.3K | Low confidence |
| 67Qom | 60 | 12.2 | $240 | $215 | 58.2 | 900K | Medium confidence, 12 contributors |
| 68Chālūs | 60 | — | — | — | — | 107.5K | Low confidence |
| 69Shāhīn Shahr | 60 | — | — | — | — | 173.3K | Low confidence |
| 70Jahrom | 60 | — | — | — | — | 141.6K | Low confidence |
| 71Ahar | 60 | — | — | — | — | 100.6K | Low confidence |
| 72Ardabil | 59 | — | $200 | — | — | 410.8K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 73Qarchak | 59 | — | — | — | — | 251.8K | Low confidence |
| 74Pākdasht | 59 | — | — | — | — | 236.3K | Low confidence |
| 75Shahr-e Ṣadrā | 58 | — | — | — | — | 122.2K | Low confidence |
| 76Rasht | 58 | 13.5 | $213 | $213 | 58.4 | 594.6K | Medium confidence, 16 contributors |
| 77Babol | 58 | 11.8 | $149 | $128 | 44.9 | 202.8K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 78Amol | 58 | 13.6 | $350 | $223 | 46.1 | 237.5K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 79Masjed Soleyman | 57 | — | — | — | — | 100.5K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 80Isfahan (Esfahan) | 57 | 12.1 | $286 | $207 | 50.7 | 1.5M | Medium confidence, 10 contributors |
| 81Fardīs | 57 | — | — | — | — | 181.2K | Low confidence |
| 82Qazvin | 56 | 13.5 | $403 | $317 | 59.8 | 333.6K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 83Ahvaz | 56 | 14.0 | $317 | $537 | 116.3 | 841.1K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 84Shiraz | 56 | 14.1 | $291 | $240 | 54.6 | 1.2M | Medium confidence, 14 contributors |
| 85Karaj | 55 | 14.2 | $366 | $244 | 48.1 | 1.4M | High confidence, 20 contributors |
| 86Dezful | 54 | — | — | $120 | — | 264.7K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 87Bushehr | 54 | 13.5 | $250 | $280 | 70.7 | 165.4K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 88Andimeshk | 54 | — | — | — | — | 135.1K | Low confidence |
| 89Borāzjān | 54 | — | — | — | — | 110.6K | Low confidence |
| 90Bandar-e Māhshahr | 53 | — | — | — | — | 162.8K | Low confidence |
| 91Khorramshahr | 52 | — | — | — | — | 330.6K | Low confidence |
| 92Behbahān | 52 | — | — | — | — | 122.6K | Low confidence |
| 93Sari | 52 | 15.4 | $800 | $250 | 27.7 | 255.4K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 94Eslamshahr | 51 | — | — | — | — | 450K | Low confidence |
| 95Shahrīār | 51 | — | — | — | — | 309.6K | Low confidence |
| 96Qods | 51 | — | — | — | — | 309.6K | Low confidence |
| 97Golestān | 51 | — | — | — | — | 240K | Low confidence |
| 98Nasimshahr | 51 | — | — | — | — | 200.4K | Low confidence |
| 99Nasīm Shahr | 51 | — | — | — | — | 200.4K | Low confidence |
| 100Shahre Jadide Andisheh | 51 | — | — | — | — | 116.1K | Low confidence |
| 101Andīsheh | 51 | — | — | — | — | 116.1K | Low confidence |
| 102Robāţ Karīm | 51 | — | — | — | — | 105.4K | Low confidence |
| 103Īlām | 50 | — | — | — | — | 140.9K | Low confidence |
| 104Bandar Abbas | 50 | — | — | — | — | 352.2K | Low confidence |
| 105Tehran | 49 | 14.8 | $422 | $216 | 38.4 | 7.2M | High confidence, 98 contributors |
| 106Kish | 48 | — | $1,200 | $420 | — | 39.9K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 107Shūshtar | 47 | — | — | — | — | 101.9K | Low confidence |
| 108Yasuj | 47 | 14.5 | — | $150 | 36.7 | 96.8K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |