Adelaide vs Karaj - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Adelaide	Karaj
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2246	$741
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5047	$1746
🏠 One person rent	$1312	$392
🏘️ Family rent	$2094	$617
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$199
🚐 Transport expenses	$181	$29.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3574	$251
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	50	76
😀 Quality of life	93	55
🏙️ Population	1.3M	1.59M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 203% more expensive than in Karaj. Cities ranked 1267th and 6711th ($2246 vs $741) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 9th 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 64th and 5889th 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	$17.1	$3.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$94.1	$13
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.98	$3.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.31	$0.5
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$1.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.69	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1399	$291
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$994	$398
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2312	$801
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1617	$547
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$8.41
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$12.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.4	$6.52
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6896	$1172
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4181	$704
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.98	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.4	$13.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$2.71
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.32	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$2.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$4.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$4.05
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$9.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$0.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$0.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$0.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.22	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.9	$2.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$16.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$4.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.42	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$20.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.8	$115
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$7.97
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.3	$28.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$133	$133
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1344	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11389	$886

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2013
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1816
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1788
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1697
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1397
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1357
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1795
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1822
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1892
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1757
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1717
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1767
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2397
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1758
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1876
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1746
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1799
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1738
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1800
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1805
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1829
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2393
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1900
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1815
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1500
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1748
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1674
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1798
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1532
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1732
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1997
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2472
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2265
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2801
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2286
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1833
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1289
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1533
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661

Cities near Karaj

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Mohammadshahr	$697
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Kamal Shahr	$693
10 km or 6.5 mi	Fardis	$699
13 km or 8.3 mi	Andisheh	$696
17 km or 10 mi	Qods	$706
17 km or 10 mi	Malard	$701
19 km or 12 mi	Shahriar	$708
33 km or 21 mi	Nasimshahr	$706
36 km or 22 mi	Nazarabad	$659
38 km or 24 mi	Eslamshahr	$716
38 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$690
43 km or 26 mi	Tehran	$797
46 km or 28 mi	Golestan	$722
50 km or 31 mi	Ray	$720
69 km or 43 mi	Qarchak	$693
74 km or 46 mi	Pakdasht	$689
77 km or 48 mi	Pardis	$675
79 km or 49 mi	Khak-e Ali	$615
87 km or 54 mi	Varamin	$673
100 km or 62 mi	Qazvin	$627
104 km or 65 mi	Saveh	$542
130 km or 81 mi	Qom	$472
144 km or 90 mi	Amol	$550
174 km or 108 mi	Babol	$468
177 km or 110 mi	Lahijan	$578
185 km or 115 mi	Qaem Shahr	$564
204 km or 127 mi	Rasht	$559
205 km or 128 mi	Sari	$670
208 km or 129 mi	Kashan	$575
220 km or 137 mi	Semnan	$607
225 km or 140 mi	Arak	$462
242 km or 150 mi	Zanjan	$474
249 km or 155 mi	Hamadan	$453
259 km or 161 mi	Malayer	$470
294 km or 183 mi	Borujerd	$513
311 km or 193 mi	Dorud	$518
333 km or 207 mi	Shahin Shahr	$554
334 km or 208 mi	Gorgan	$689
350 km or 218 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$564
354 km or 220 mi	Khorramabad	$559