Brisbane vs Karaj - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Karaj
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$741
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$1746
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$392
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$617
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$199
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$29.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$251
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	66	76
😀 Quality of life	97	55
🏙️ Population	2.36M	1.59M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 236% more expensive than in Karaj. Cities ranked 781st and 6711th ($2491 vs $741) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 9th in Australia and Iran, respectively. Check Australia vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brisbane compared to 0.3 months in Karaj. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Karaj ranked 2nd in Iran, while ranked 15th and 5889th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Karaj

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	Brisbane	Karaj
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$3.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$13
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$3.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$0.5
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$1.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$291
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$398
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$801
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$547
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$8.41
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$12.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$6.52
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$1172
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$704
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$13.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$2.71
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$0.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$4.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$4.05
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$9.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$0.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$0.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$0.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$2.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$16.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$4.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$20.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$115
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$7.97
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$28.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$133
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$886

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1877
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1925
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1754
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1289
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1615
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1833
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1815
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2286
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1997
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1732
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2472
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2801
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1674
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1500
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1532
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1748
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2393
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1746
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1303
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1816
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1800
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1876

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