Dongguan vs Karaj - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dongguan	Karaj
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$1758
🏠 One person rent	$250	$387
🏘️ Family rent	$527	$633
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$204
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$35.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$245
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	69	76
😀 Quality of life	69	55
🏙️ Population	10.5M	1.59M

The cost of living in Dongguan is 11% less expensive than in Karaj. Cities ranked 7169th and 6734th ($656 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 5th in China and Iran, respectively. Check China vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 0.3 months in Karaj. Dongguan ranked 16th best city to live in China vs Karaj ranked 2nd in Iran, while ranked 2941st and 5911th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Karaj

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	Dongguan	Karaj
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$1.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$293
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$392
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$882
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$547
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$8.55
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$13.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$5.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	21.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5615	$1254
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3422	$628
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.1	$13
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.16	$2.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$0.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$1.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$3.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$3.49
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$0.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$0.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$2.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$16.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$20
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$116
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$8.04
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$24.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$97.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$489	$130
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$823

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Cities near Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$774
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$916
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$611
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$601
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$461
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$804
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$653
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2432
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1588
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$794
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$764
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$812
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$936
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$823
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$818
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$877
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$755
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$569
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$803
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$758
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$443
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$655
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$451
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$581
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$724
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$761
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$756
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$761
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$771
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$649
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$702
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$522
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$609
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$590
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$579
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$598

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