Top 5 expat cities in
Iran
Generated: 2026-10-11
Country overview
- Iran is not a normal elective expat destination: major governments advise against all travel, consular help may be unavailable, foreign and dual nationals face arbitrary detention, and regional escalation can close airspace or borders with little warning. Cost and lifestyle scores do not offset these risks.
- City-level data on the largest foreign nationality groups are not consistently published. The listed groups are conservative inferences from Iran's 2016 national census and each city's geography and institutional role; they should not be read as a precise current ranking.
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Top 5 cities
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City cost | Safety | Natural disaster resilience | Year-round temperatures | Distance to the sea | Internet speed | Largest nationality groups |
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| #1 Tehran | 8/10 | 1/10 | 3/10 | 35°C | 110 km | 3/10 |
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| #2 Isfahan | 9/10 | 1/10 | 4/10 | 37°C | 320 km | 3/10 |
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| #3 Shiraz | 9/10 | 1/10 | 4/10 | 36°C | 210 km | 3/10 |
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| #4 Tabriz | 8.7/10 | 1/10 | 3/10 | 31°C | 230 km | 3/10 |
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| #5 Mashhad | 9/10 | 1/10 | 4/10 | 34°C | 520 km | 3/10 |
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Religions
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Missing data100 %