Columbus vs Karaj - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Karaj
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$1758
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$387
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$633
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$204
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$35.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$245
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	73	76
😀 Quality of life	88	55
🏙️ Population	906K	1.59M

The cost of living in Columbus is 191% more expensive than in Karaj. Cities ranked 1476th and 6734th ($2145 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd 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 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 0.3 months in Karaj. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Karaj ranked 2nd in Iran, while ranked 249th and 5911th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Karaj

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	Columbus	Karaj
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$1.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$293
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$392
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$882
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$547
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$8.55
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$13.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$5.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	21.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$1254
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$628
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$13
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$2.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$1.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$3.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$3.49
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$0.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$0.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$2.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$16.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$20
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$116
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$8.04
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$24.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$97.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$130
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$823

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2084
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2062
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$1986
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2085
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$1994
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2095
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1798
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$1983
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$1851
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1903
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$1968
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1881
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1897
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1764
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1871
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1825
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1870
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1798
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1862
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1852
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1832
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1865
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1890
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1897
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1674
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1902
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1783
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1973
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1914
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1870
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1681
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1834
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1427
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1923
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1481
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1853
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1839
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1428
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1858

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