Adelaide vs Karaj - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	Karaj
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$696
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$1558
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$397
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$633
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$167
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$33.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$242
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	50	75
😀 Quality of life	93	60
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.59M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 236% more expensive than in Karaj. Cities ranked 1210th and 7267th ($2338 vs $696) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 5th in Australia and Iran, respectively. Check Australia vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 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 73rd and 5965th 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	$15.9	$3.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$18.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$1.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$329
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$397
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$608
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$615
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$8.73
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$13.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$5.27
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	22.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$1252
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$540
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$13.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$2.68
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$1.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$3.77
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$2.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$9.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$0.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$0.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$0.86
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$0.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$2.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$4.82
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$4.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$2.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$22.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$94.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$7.26
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$25
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$111
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$833

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2128
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1904
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1487
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1604
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1906
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1928
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2217
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1822
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1815
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2496
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1829
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1894
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1824
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1860
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1896
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1979
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2223
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1898
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1867
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1477
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1821
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1699
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1753
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1710
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2050
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2482
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2308
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2379
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1997
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1288
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796

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	$637
10 km or 6.5 mi	Fardis	$639
13 km or 8.3 mi	Andisheh	$629
17 km or 10 mi	Qods	$631
17 km or 10 mi	Malard	$631
19 km or 12 mi	Shahriar	$627
33 km or 21 mi	Nasimshahr	$601
36 km or 22 mi	Nazarabad	$595
38 km or 24 mi	Eslamshahr	$602
38 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$594
43 km or 26 mi	Tehran	$639
46 km or 28 mi	Golestan	$592
50 km or 31 mi	Ray	$591
69 km or 43 mi	Qarchak	$586
74 km or 46 mi	Pakdasht	$583
77 km or 48 mi	Pardis	$575
79 km or 49 mi	Khak-e Ali	$561
87 km or 54 mi	Varamin	$571
100 km or 62 mi	Qazvin	$586
104 km or 65 mi	Saveh	$512
130 km or 81 mi	Qom	$455
144 km or 90 mi	Amol	$531
174 km or 108 mi	Babol	$372
177 km or 110 mi	Lahijan	$494
185 km or 115 mi	Qaem Shahr	$502
204 km or 127 mi	Rasht	$461
205 km or 128 mi	Sari	$635
208 km or 129 mi	Kashan	$516
220 km or 137 mi	Semnan	$535
225 km or 140 mi	Arak	$542
242 km or 150 mi	Zanjan	$425
249 km or 155 mi	Hamadan	$428
259 km or 161 mi	Malayer	$460
294 km or 183 mi	Borujerd	$499
311 km or 193 mi	Dorud	$513
333 km or 207 mi	Shahin Shahr	$487
334 km or 208 mi	Gorgan	$659
350 km or 218 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488
354 km or 220 mi	Khorramabad	$546