Dublin vs Karaj - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dublin	Karaj
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2627	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5796	$1758
🏠 One person rent	$1748	$387
🏘️ Family rent	$3037	$633
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$204
🚐 Transport expenses	$168	$35.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3727	$245
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	95	76
😀 Quality of life	96	55
🏙️ Population	593K	1.59M

The cost of living in Dublin is 257% more expensive than in Karaj. Cities ranked 605th and 6734th ($2627 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 5th in Ireland and Iran, respectively. Check Ireland vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Dublin compared to 0.3 months in Karaj. Dublin ranked 1st best city to live in Ireland vs Karaj ranked 2nd in Iran, while ranked 17th and 5911th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dublin vs Karaj

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	Dublin	Karaj
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$82	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.53	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$4.16	$1.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1839	$293
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1479	$392
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3211	$882
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2644	$547
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$8.55
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$234	$13.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.6	$5.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.22%	21.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6999	$1254
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5541	$628
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.1	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$108	$13
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.7	$2.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.58	$1.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$3.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$3.49
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$0.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.32	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$0.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.91	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.9	$2.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.93	$16.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.94	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.75	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.98	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$20
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.4	$116
💇 Haircut, simple	$19	$8.04
👖 Brand Jeans	$95	$24.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99	$97.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1213	$130
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8881	$823

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Cities near Dublin

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Swords	$2186
30 km or 19 mi	Naas	$2216
42 km or 26 mi	Drogheda	$2628
75 km or 46 mi	Dundalk	$1767
102 km or 63 mi	Kilkenny	$1785
113 km or 70 mi	Wexford	$1662
131 km or 82 mi	Lisburn	$1713
134 km or 83 mi	Waterford	$2134
141 km or 88 mi	Belfast	$1755
148 km or 92 mi	Douglas	$1968
148 km or 92 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692
152 km or 94 mi	Bangor	$1382
154 km or 96 mi	Omagh	$1562
175 km or 109 mi	Limerick	$1969
185 km or 115 mi	Galway	$2297
185 km or 115 mi	Rhyl	$1615
196 km or 122 mi	Derry	$1390
212 km or 132 mi	Wallasey	$1563
213 km or 132 mi	Formby	$1682
215 km or 133 mi	Crosby	$1681
216 km or 134 mi	Birkenhead	$1697
217 km or 135 mi	Bebington	$1710
217 km or 135 mi	Liverpool	$1774
217 km or 135 mi	Bootle	$1706
218 km or 136 mi	Southport	$1675
219 km or 136 mi	Blackpool	$1482
219 km or 136 mi	Cork	$2275
220 km or 137 mi	Wrexham	$1556
221 km or 137 mi	Lytham St Annes	$1640
221 km or 137 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
224 km or 139 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1774
225 km or 140 mi	Chester	$1897
234 km or 145 mi	Llanelli	$1686
234 km or 145 mi	St Helens	$1497
235 km or 146 mi	Widnes	$1753
236 km or 147 mi	Runcorn	$1762
239 km or 148 mi	Morecambe	$1714
240 km or 149 mi	Preston	$1456
241 km or 150 mi	Lancaster	$1629
242 km or 150 mi	Wigan	$1574

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