Belgrade vs Karaj - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Belgrade	Karaj
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2759	$1758
🏠 One person rent	$622	$387
🏘️ Family rent	$1090	$633
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$204
🚐 Transport expenses	$83	$35.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$980	$245
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	51	76
😀 Quality of life	71	55
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.59M

The cost of living in Belgrade is 58% more expensive than in Karaj. Cities ranked 4605th and 6734th ($1160 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Serbia and Iran, respectively. Check Serbia vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Belgrade compared to 0.3 months in Karaj. Belgrade ranked 1st best city to live in Serbia vs Karaj ranked 2nd in Iran, while ranked 2157th and 5911th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Belgrade vs Karaj

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	Belgrade	Karaj
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.8	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.8	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.56	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.09	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$1.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.41	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$693	$293
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$433	$392
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1311	$882
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$785	$547
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$8.55
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$13.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.6	$5.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.63%	21.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4299	$1254
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2617	$628
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.9	$13
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.97	$2.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.73	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$0.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.85	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$1.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$3.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$3.49
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$0.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.41	$0.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$2.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.13	$16.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.01	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.42	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$20
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.09	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.8	$116
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.52	$8.04
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.7	$24.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$97.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$400	$130
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7674	$823

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Cities near Belgrade

Distance	City	Cost of living
70 km or 44 mi	Novi Sad	$1012
77 km or 48 mi	Valjevo	$776
97 km or 60 mi	Kragujevac	$807
99 km or 61 mi	Bijeljina	$661
103 km or 64 mi	Cacak	$759
121 km or 75 mi	Timisoara	$816
124 km or 77 mi	Resita	$716
145 km or 90 mi	Tuzla	$636
155 km or 97 mi	Subotica	$768
161 km or 100 mi	Szeged	$766
163 km or 101 mi	Osijek	$958
164 km or 102 mi	Arad	$623
174 km or 108 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$663
180 km or 112 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$681
184 km or 115 mi	Doboj	$603
185 km or 115 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
192 km or 120 mi	Baja	$692
194 km or 121 mi	Sarajevo	$796
196 km or 122 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
202 km or 125 mi	Nis	$711
213 km or 132 mi	Vidin	$605
213 km or 132 mi	Bekescsaba	$804
214 km or 133 mi	Zenica	$559
217 km or 135 mi	Mitrovica	$463
218 km or 136 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
219 km or 136 mi	Hunedoara	$627
219 km or 136 mi	Szekszard	$747
222 km or 138 mi	Targu Jiu	$718
223 km or 139 mi	Pecs	$848
224 km or 139 mi	Berane	$1070
224 km or 139 mi	Deva	$636
240 km or 149 mi	Kecskemet	$781
246 km or 153 mi	Pristina	$595
251 km or 156 mi	Plav	$1030
259 km or 161 mi	Banja Luka	$803
263 km or 164 mi	Szolnok	$666
267 km or 166 mi	Mostar	$693
268 km or 166 mi	Cegled	$855
269 km or 167 mi	Dunaujvaros	$684
271 km or 168 mi	Kaposvar	$750

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