Brisbane vs Karaj - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brisbane	Karaj
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$704
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4896	$1577
🏠 One person rent	$1253	$399
🏘️ Family rent	$2149	$634
🍽️ Food expenses	$525	$172
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$34.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3956	$246
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	66	76
😀 Quality of life	98	61
🏙️ Population	2.71M	1.59M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 193% more expensive than in Karaj. Cities ranked 1813th and 7072nd ($2065 vs $704) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 5th in Australia and Iran, respectively. Check Australia vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 0.3 months in Karaj. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Karaj ranked 2nd in Iran, while ranked 9th and 5808th 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	$14.4	$3.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.7	$17.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$4.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1514	$331
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1022	$398
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2603	$587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1816	$622
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$8.54
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$13.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.5	$5.94
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	22.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8291	$1256
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6020	$541
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.8	$13
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$2.68
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$1.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$3.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.8	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$0.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.48	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$0.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$2.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$4.89
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$4.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.35	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$22.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$1.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.3	$92.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$7.93
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.5	$25.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$98.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1795	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11423	$836

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1662
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1798
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1710
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1184
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1503
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1839
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1747
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2181
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1888
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1599
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2292
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2640
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1568
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1364
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1580
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1678
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2019
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1667
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1683
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1771
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1706
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1736

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	$644
10 km or 6.5 mi	Fardis	$640
13 km or 8.3 mi	Andisheh	$637
17 km or 10 mi	Qods	$638
17 km or 10 mi	Malard	$641
19 km or 12 mi	Shahriar	$635
33 km or 21 mi	Nasimshahr	$624
36 km or 22 mi	Nazarabad	$598
38 km or 24 mi	Eslamshahr	$623
38 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$611
43 km or 26 mi	Tehran	$684
46 km or 28 mi	Golestan	$628
50 km or 31 mi	Ray	$622
69 km or 43 mi	Qarchak	$607
74 km or 46 mi	Pakdasht	$604
77 km or 48 mi	Pardis	$598
79 km or 49 mi	Khak-e Ali	$561
87 km or 54 mi	Varamin	$588
100 km or 62 mi	Qazvin	$582
104 km or 65 mi	Saveh	$503
130 km or 81 mi	Qom	$448
144 km or 90 mi	Amol	$530
174 km or 108 mi	Babol	$372
177 km or 110 mi	Lahijan	$497
185 km or 115 mi	Qaem Shahr	$501
204 km or 127 mi	Rasht	$472
205 km or 128 mi	Sari	$643
208 km or 129 mi	Kashan	$515
220 km or 137 mi	Semnan	$542
225 km or 140 mi	Arak	$538
242 km or 150 mi	Zanjan	$426
249 km or 155 mi	Hamadan	$430
259 km or 161 mi	Malayer	$457
294 km or 183 mi	Borujerd	$494
311 km or 193 mi	Dorud	$508
333 km or 207 mi	Shahin Shahr	$484
334 km or 208 mi	Gorgan	$658
350 km or 218 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488
354 km or 220 mi	Khorramabad	$540