Adelaide vs Karaj - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Adelaide	Karaj
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2117	$704
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4412	$1577
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$399
🏘️ Family rent	$1846	$634
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$172
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$34.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3276	$246
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	50	76
😀 Quality of life	94	61
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.59M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 201% more expensive than in Karaj. Cities ranked 1686th and 7072nd ($2117 vs $704) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 5th in Australia and Iran, respectively. Check Australia vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Adelaide compared to 0.3 months in Karaj. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Karaj ranked 2nd in Iran, while ranked 65th and 5808th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Karaj

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	Adelaide	Karaj
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$3.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$17.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$4.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.27	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1334	$331
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$398
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1976	$587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$622
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$8.54
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$13.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$5.94
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	22.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7414	$1256
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4859	$541
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.3	$13
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$2.68
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$1.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$3.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$0.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$0.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.34	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.9	$2.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$4.89
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$4.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.26	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$22.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$1.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50	$92.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$7.93
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$25.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$98.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$876	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6919	$836

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1911
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1771
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1362
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1464
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1738
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1768
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2058
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1673
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1662
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2308
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1681
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1736
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1667
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1728
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1706
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1725
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1813
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2019
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1786
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1747
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1364
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1678
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1568
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1660
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1580
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1599
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1888
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2292
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2127
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2640
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2181
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1839
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1184
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633

Cities near Karaj

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Mohammadshahr	$642
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Kamal Shahr	$644
10 km or 6.5 mi	Fardis	$640
13 km or 8.3 mi	Andisheh	$637
17 km or 10 mi	Qods	$638
17 km or 10 mi	Malard	$641
19 km or 12 mi	Shahriar	$635
33 km or 21 mi	Nasimshahr	$624
36 km or 22 mi	Nazarabad	$598
38 km or 24 mi	Eslamshahr	$623
38 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$611
43 km or 26 mi	Tehran	$684
46 km or 28 mi	Golestan	$628
50 km or 31 mi	Ray	$622
69 km or 43 mi	Qarchak	$607
74 km or 46 mi	Pakdasht	$604
77 km or 48 mi	Pardis	$598
79 km or 49 mi	Khak-e Ali	$561
87 km or 54 mi	Varamin	$588
100 km or 62 mi	Qazvin	$582
104 km or 65 mi	Saveh	$503
130 km or 81 mi	Qom	$448
144 km or 90 mi	Amol	$530
174 km or 108 mi	Babol	$372
177 km or 110 mi	Lahijan	$497
185 km or 115 mi	Qaem Shahr	$501
204 km or 127 mi	Rasht	$472
205 km or 128 mi	Sari	$643
208 km or 129 mi	Kashan	$515
220 km or 137 mi	Semnan	$542
225 km or 140 mi	Arak	$538
242 km or 150 mi	Zanjan	$426
249 km or 155 mi	Hamadan	$430
259 km or 161 mi	Malayer	$457
294 km or 183 mi	Borujerd	$494
311 km or 193 mi	Dorud	$508
333 km or 207 mi	Shahin Shahr	$484
334 km or 208 mi	Gorgan	$658
350 km or 218 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488
354 km or 220 mi	Khorramabad	$540