Brussels vs Karaj - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Karaj
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$1758
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$387
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$633
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$204
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$35.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$245
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	76
😀 Quality of life	89	55
🏙️ Population	196K	1.59M

The cost of living in Brussels is 147% more expensive than in Karaj. Cities ranked 2354th and 6734th ($1816 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Belgium and Iran, respectively. Check Belgium vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 0.3 months in Karaj. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Karaj ranked 2nd in Iran, while ranked 190th and 5911th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Karaj

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	Brussels	Karaj
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$1.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$293
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$392
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$882
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$547
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$8.55
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$13.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$5.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	21.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$1254
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$628
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$13
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$2.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$1.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$3.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$3.49
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$0.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$2.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$16.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$20
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$116
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$8.04
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$24.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$97.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$130
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$823

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1651
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1663
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1667
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1692
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1580
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1647
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1642
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1660
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1539
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1685
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1618
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1626
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1556
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1615
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1594
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1541
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1607
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1585
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1536
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1599
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1560
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1663
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1683
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1446
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1492
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1537
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1523
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1461
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1488
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1530
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1362
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1509
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1520
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1475
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1578
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1613
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1488
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1640

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