Anyang vs Karaj - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Anyang	Karaj
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1022	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2936	$1758
🏠 One person rent	$400	$387
🏘️ Family rent	$984	$633
🍽️ Food expenses	$457	$204
🚐 Transport expenses	$55.9	$35.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1770	$245
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	97	76
😀 Quality of life	71	55
🏙️ Population	233K	1.59M

The cost of living in Anyang is 39% more expensive than in Karaj. Cities ranked 5339th and 6734th ($1022 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 48th and 5th in South Korea and Iran, respectively. Check South Korea vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Anyang compared to 0.3 months in Karaj. Anyang ranked 23rd best city to live in South Korea vs Karaj ranked 2nd in Iran, while ranked 2003rd and 5911th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Anyang vs Karaj infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/anyang/karaj.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Anyang vs Karaj infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/anyang/karaj" target="_blank">Anyang vs Karaj - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Anyang vs Karaj

Prices for goods and services in Anyang and Karaj are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Anyang	Karaj
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.34	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.5	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.46	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.79	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$3.3	$1.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.58	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$434	$293
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$256	$392
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1130	$882
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$750	$547
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.4	$8.55
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$13.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.8	$5.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.89%	21.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8317	$1254
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5893	$628
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.04	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$63.6	$13
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.56	$2.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$0.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.83	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.23	$1.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$3.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$3.49
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$32.3	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.84	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.32	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$0.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.92	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$24.9	$0.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.04	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.01	$2.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.62	$16.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.4	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.84	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$85.6	$20
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.8	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55.4	$116
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.94	$8.04
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.2	$24.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72	$97.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$423	$130
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21091	$823

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Anyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.3 km or 2 mi	Gunpo	$1098
6.4 km or 4 mi	Uiwang	$1063
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Gwacheon	$1070
11 km or 6.7 mi	Gwangmyeong	$1089
12 km or 7.5 mi	Ansan	$1070
14 km or 8.7 mi	Suwon	$1022
17 km or 11 mi	Siheung	$1283
17 km or 11 mi	Bucheon	$1163
19 km or 12 mi	Seongnam	$1400
22 km or 14 mi	Seoul	$1334
26 km or 16 mi	Hwaseong	$1089
26 km or 16 mi	Incheon	$1092
29 km or 18 mi	Gwangju	$1165
29 km or 18 mi	Guri	$1122
30 km or 19 mi	Yongin	$1127
30 km or 19 mi	Hanam	$1161
30 km or 19 mi	Osan	$1042
30 km or 19 mi	Goyang	$1171
32 km or 20 mi	Gimpo	$1099
37 km or 23 mi	Namyangju	$1129
41 km or 25 mi	Uijeongbu	$955
45 km or 28 mi	Yangju	$974
46 km or 29 mi	Pyeongtaek	$984
47 km or 29 mi	Icheon	$1020
50 km or 31 mi	Paju	$1075
53 km or 33 mi	Anseong	$1026
59 km or 37 mi	Dongducheon	$1055
61 km or 38 mi	Pocheon	$1040
61 km or 38 mi	Dangjin	$1033
64 km or 40 mi	Yeoju	$1026
68 km or 42 mi	Cheonan	$1151
72 km or 45 mi	Kaesong	$1565
80 km or 50 mi	Seosan	$1036
88 km or 55 mi	Wonju	$1074
89 km or 55 mi	Chuncheon	$865
98 km or 61 mi	Cheongju	$936
101 km or 63 mi	Chungju	$900
106 km or 66 mi	Sejong	$1019
106 km or 66 mi	Gongju	$1038
116 km or 72 mi	Asan	$1038

Cities near Karaj

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Mohammadshahr	$688
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Kamal Shahr	$686
10 km or 6.5 mi	Fardis	$688
13 km or 8.3 mi	Andisheh	$684
17 km or 10 mi	Qods	$698
17 km or 10 mi	Malard	$693
19 km or 12 mi	Shahriar	$698
33 km or 21 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
36 km or 22 mi	Nazarabad	$645
38 km or 24 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
38 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$675
43 km or 26 mi	Tehran	$788
46 km or 28 mi	Golestan	$714
50 km or 31 mi	Ray	$710
69 km or 43 mi	Qarchak	$681
74 km or 46 mi	Pakdasht	$680
77 km or 48 mi	Pardis	$665
79 km or 49 mi	Khak-e Ali	$599
87 km or 54 mi	Varamin	$651
100 km or 62 mi	Qazvin	$618
104 km or 65 mi	Saveh	$574
130 km or 81 mi	Qom	$488
144 km or 90 mi	Amol	$557
174 km or 108 mi	Babol	$458
177 km or 110 mi	Lahijan	$552
185 km or 115 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
204 km or 127 mi	Rasht	$534
205 km or 128 mi	Sari	$658
208 km or 129 mi	Kashan	$562
220 km or 137 mi	Semnan	$580
225 km or 140 mi	Arak	$455
242 km or 150 mi	Zanjan	$466
249 km or 155 mi	Hamadan	$443
259 km or 161 mi	Malayer	$469
294 km or 183 mi	Borujerd	$505
311 km or 193 mi	Dorud	$513
333 km or 207 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
334 km or 208 mi	Gorgan	$685
350 km or 218 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
354 km or 220 mi	Khorramabad	$554