Charlotte vs Karaj - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Charlotte	Karaj
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2528	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5839	$1758
🏠 One person rent	$1559	$387
🏘️ Family rent	$2624	$633
🍽️ Food expenses	$636	$204
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$35.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4485	$245
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	68	76
😀 Quality of life	88	55
🏙️ Population	875K	1.59M

The cost of living in Charlotte is 243% more expensive than in Karaj. Cities ranked 761st and 6734th ($2528 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 705th and 5th in the United States and Iran, respectively. Check the United States vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Charlotte compared to 0.3 months in Karaj. Charlotte ranked 62nd best city to live in the United States vs Karaj ranked 2nd in Iran, while ranked 252nd and 5911th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Charlotte vs Karaj

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	Charlotte	Karaj
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.6	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.6	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.95	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$5.06	$1.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.56	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1601	$293
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1337	$392
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3268	$882
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2181	$547
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$8.55
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$13.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.8	$5.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	21.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4188	$1254
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2832	$628
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.61	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.9	$13
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$2.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$1.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.8	$1.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$3.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$3.49
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$0.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.74	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.9	$0.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.65	$2.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.14	$16.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.26	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.9	$20
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$124	$116
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.8	$8.04
👖 Brand Jeans	$54	$24.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.3	$97.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1337	$130
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25956	$823

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Cities near Charlotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Matthews	$2271
17 km or 11 mi	Mint Hill	$2269
20 km or 13 mi	Huntersville	$2188
23 km or 14 mi	Indian Trail	$2225
28 km or 18 mi	Cornelius	$2166
30 km or 18 mi	Concord	$2147
31 km or 19 mi	Gastonia	$1891
36 km or 22 mi	Kannapolis	$2136
36 km or 22 mi	Rock Hill	$2177
38 km or 23 mi	Monroe	$2182
40 km or 25 mi	Mooresville	$2072
57 km or 35 mi	Lancaster	$2170
59 km or 37 mi	Salisbury	$2117
62 km or 39 mi	Statesville	$2090
63 km or 39 mi	Shelby	$1474
72 km or 45 mi	Hickory	$1851
94 km or 58 mi	Forest	$1951
101 km or 63 mi	Thomasville	$2058
104 km or 64 mi	Rockingham	$2136
104 km or 65 mi	Spartanburg	$1925
108 km or 67 mi	Asheboro	$2091
111 km or 69 mi	Winston-Salem	$2098
113 km or 70 mi	High Point	$1934
120 km or 75 mi	Kernersville	$2169
130 km or 81 mi	Greer	$2292
132 km or 82 mi	Greensboro	$2011
138 km or 86 mi	Columbia	$1809
142 km or 88 mi	Mauldin	$2404
143 km or 89 mi	Lexington	$1929
147 km or 91 mi	Greenville	$2530
152 km or 94 mi	Florence	$1907
152 km or 95 mi	Sumter	$1902
154 km or 96 mi	Sanford	$2184
159 km or 99 mi	Burlington	$2144
160 km or 99 mi	Asheville	$2697
166 km or 103 mi	Greenwood	$2106
176 km or 109 mi	Fayetteville	$2100
179 km or 111 mi	Chapel Hill	$2309
180 km or 112 mi	Lumberton	$2100
184 km or 114 mi	Anderson	$1888

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