Edmonton vs Karaj - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Edmonton	Karaj
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1823	$704
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4109	$1577
🏠 One person rent	$1004	$399
🏘️ Family rent	$1648	$634
🍽️ Food expenses	$548	$172
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$34.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2739	$246
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	63	76
😀 Quality of life	91	61
🏙️ Population	1.01M	1.59M

The cost of living in Edmonton is 159% more expensive than in Karaj. Cities ranked 2644th and 7072nd ($1823 vs $704) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 74th and 5th in Canada and Iran, respectively. Check Canada vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Edmonton compared to 0.3 months in Karaj. Edmonton ranked 16th best city to live in Canada vs Karaj ranked 2nd in Iran, while ranked 171st and 5808th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Edmonton vs Karaj infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/edmonton/karaj.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Edmonton vs Karaj infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/edmonton/karaj" target="_blank">Edmonton vs Karaj - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Edmonton vs Karaj

Prices for goods and services in Edmonton and Karaj are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Edmonton	Karaj
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.3	$3.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.7	$17.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$4.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.56	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$3.83	$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1030	$331
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$784	$398
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1651	$587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1356	$622
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$8.54
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$13.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$5.94
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.56%	22.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2399	$1256
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2239	$541
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.6	$13
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.2	$2.68
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.03	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.23	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.75	$1.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$3.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.1	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.61	$0.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$0.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.83	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.6	$2.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$4.89
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$4.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.35	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.25	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.4	$22.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$1.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$92.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$7.93
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$25.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.3	$98.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$669	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8796	$836

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Edmonton

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 16 mi	Spruce Grove	$1648
31 km or 19 mi	Leduc	$1730
142 km or 88 mi	Red Deer	$1782
279 km or 173 mi	Calgary	$2079
297 km or 185 mi	Banff	$1773
380 km or 236 mi	Fort McMurray	$1887
388 km or 241 mi	Grande Prairie	$1854
429 km or 267 mi	Lethbridge	$1632
435 km or 270 mi	Medicine Hat	$1544
483 km or 300 mi	Saskatoon	$1817
515 km or 320 mi	Prince Albert	$1478
565 km or 351 mi	Kamloops	$1748
576 km or 358 mi	Kelowna	$1949
610 km or 379 mi	Prince George	$1618
616 km or 383 mi	Penticton	$1759
622 km or 387 mi	Sandpoint	$2617
646 km or 402 mi	Moose Jaw	$1486
688 km or 428 mi	Great Falls	$1973
689 km or 428 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2366
691 km or 430 mi	Post Falls	$2343
698 km or 434 mi	Regina	$1675
703 km or 437 mi	Spokane Valley	$2231
711 km or 442 mi	Spokane	$2228
743 km or 461 mi	Missoula	$2111
752 km or 467 mi	Whistler	$2414
762 km or 473 mi	Chilliwack	$1842
779 km or 484 mi	Helena	$2490
789 km or 491 mi	Abbotsford	$1987
792 km or 492 mi	Maple Ridge	$2361
796 km or 495 mi	Moscow	$1765
798 km or 496 mi	Coquitlam	$2488
800 km or 497 mi	Pullman	$1913
804 km or 499 mi	Langley	$1952
809 km or 502 mi	Surrey	$2297
809 km or 503 mi	Burnaby	$2412
811 km or 504 mi	North Vancouver	$2379
818 km or 508 mi	Vancouver	$2457
820 km or 510 mi	Bellingham	$2443
821 km or 510 mi	Delta	$2325
822 km or 511 mi	Moses Lake	$2001

Cities near Karaj

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Mohammadshahr	$642
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Kamal Shahr	$644
10 km or 6.5 mi	Fardis	$640
13 km or 8.3 mi	Andisheh	$637
17 km or 10 mi	Qods	$638
17 km or 10 mi	Malard	$641
19 km or 12 mi	Shahriar	$635
33 km or 21 mi	Nasimshahr	$624
36 km or 22 mi	Nazarabad	$598
38 km or 24 mi	Eslamshahr	$623
38 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$611
43 km or 26 mi	Tehran	$684
46 km or 28 mi	Golestan	$628
50 km or 31 mi	Ray	$622
69 km or 43 mi	Qarchak	$607
74 km or 46 mi	Pakdasht	$604
77 km or 48 mi	Pardis	$598
79 km or 49 mi	Khak-e Ali	$561
87 km or 54 mi	Varamin	$588
100 km or 62 mi	Qazvin	$582
104 km or 65 mi	Saveh	$503
130 km or 81 mi	Qom	$448
144 km or 90 mi	Amol	$530
174 km or 108 mi	Babol	$372
177 km or 110 mi	Lahijan	$497
185 km or 115 mi	Qaem Shahr	$501
204 km or 127 mi	Rasht	$472
205 km or 128 mi	Sari	$643
208 km or 129 mi	Kashan	$515
220 km or 137 mi	Semnan	$542
225 km or 140 mi	Arak	$538
242 km or 150 mi	Zanjan	$426
249 km or 155 mi	Hamadan	$430
259 km or 161 mi	Malayer	$457
294 km or 183 mi	Borujerd	$494
311 km or 193 mi	Dorud	$508
333 km or 207 mi	Shahin Shahr	$484
334 km or 208 mi	Gorgan	$658
350 km or 218 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488
354 km or 220 mi	Khorramabad	$540