Edmonton vs Karaj - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Edmonton	Karaj
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1732	$693
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3831	$1568
🏠 One person rent	$950	$393
🏘️ Family rent	$1492	$619
🍽️ Food expenses	$521	$154
🚐 Transport expenses	$141	$29.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3155	$217
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	63	76
😀 Quality of life	92	55
🏙️ Population	1.01M	1.59M

The cost of living in Edmonton is 150% more expensive than in Karaj. Cities ranked 2554th and 6851st ($1732 vs $693) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 96th and 12th in Canada and Iran, respectively. Check Canada vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Edmonton compared to 0.3 months in Karaj. Edmonton ranked 8th best city to live in Canada vs Karaj ranked 2nd in Iran, while ranked 77th and 5919th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edmonton vs Karaj

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	Edmonton	Karaj
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$3.22
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.5	$13.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.9	$2.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.25	$0.5
☕ Cappuccino	$3.69	$1.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.73	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$897	$293
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$718	$398
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1452	$807
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1166	$546
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$8.29
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$210	$12.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.2	$7.59
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.11%	21.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3053	$1158
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2016	$710
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.55	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.2	$12.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.1	$2.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.31	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$2.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$4.08
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$3.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$8.18
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$0.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$0.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.86	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.14
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.27	$0.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$0.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$0.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.1	$2.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.23	$4.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.55	$4.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.22	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.9	$16.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$1.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$60.3	$100
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$7.94
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.7	$32
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.3	$141
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$638	$138
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7157	$882

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Cities near Edmonton

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 16 mi	Spruce Grove	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Leduc	$1694
142 km or 88 mi	Red Deer	$1688
279 km or 173 mi	Calgary	$2113
297 km or 185 mi	Banff	$1860
380 km or 236 mi	Fort McMurray	$1722
388 km or 241 mi	Grande Prairie	$1789
429 km or 267 mi	Lethbridge	$1675
435 km or 270 mi	Medicine Hat	$1510
483 km or 300 mi	Saskatoon	$1858
515 km or 320 mi	Prince Albert	$1629
565 km or 351 mi	Kamloops	$1835
576 km or 358 mi	Kelowna	$1696
610 km or 379 mi	Prince George	$1424
616 km or 383 mi	Penticton	$1718
622 km or 387 mi	Sandpoint	$2798
646 km or 402 mi	Moose Jaw	$1613
688 km or 428 mi	Great Falls	$2484
689 km or 428 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2269
691 km or 430 mi	Post Falls	$2276
698 km or 434 mi	Regina	$1526
703 km or 437 mi	Spokane Valley	$2061
711 km or 442 mi	Spokane	$2022
743 km or 461 mi	Missoula	$1795
752 km or 467 mi	Whistler	$2445
762 km or 473 mi	Chilliwack	$1760
779 km or 484 mi	Helena	$2023
789 km or 491 mi	Abbotsford	$1990
792 km or 492 mi	Maple Ridge	$2218
796 km or 495 mi	Moscow	$1526
798 km or 496 mi	Coquitlam	$2595
800 km or 497 mi	Pullman	$1568
804 km or 499 mi	Langley	$2034
809 km or 502 mi	Surrey	$2407
809 km or 503 mi	Burnaby	$2595
811 km or 504 mi	North Vancouver	$2529
818 km or 508 mi	Vancouver	$2564
820 km or 510 mi	Bellingham	$2251
821 km or 510 mi	Delta	$2329
822 km or 511 mi	Moses Lake	$1908

Cities near Karaj

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Mohammadshahr	$650
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Kamal Shahr	$647
10 km or 6.5 mi	Fardis	$651
13 km or 8.3 mi	Andisheh	$647
17 km or 10 mi	Qods	$655
17 km or 10 mi	Malard	$654
19 km or 12 mi	Shahriar	$653
33 km or 21 mi	Nasimshahr	$651
36 km or 22 mi	Nazarabad	$616
38 km or 24 mi	Eslamshahr	$655
38 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$636
43 km or 26 mi	Tehran	$700
46 km or 28 mi	Golestan	$655
50 km or 31 mi	Ray	$653
69 km or 43 mi	Qarchak	$636
74 km or 46 mi	Pakdasht	$633
77 km or 48 mi	Pardis	$619
79 km or 49 mi	Khak-e Ali	$583
87 km or 54 mi	Varamin	$616
100 km or 62 mi	Qazvin	$595
104 km or 65 mi	Saveh	$546
130 km or 81 mi	Qom	$454
144 km or 90 mi	Amol	$519
174 km or 108 mi	Babol	$434
177 km or 110 mi	Lahijan	$547
185 km or 115 mi	Qaem Shahr	$533
204 km or 127 mi	Rasht	$530
205 km or 128 mi	Sari	$640
208 km or 129 mi	Kashan	$561
220 km or 137 mi	Semnan	$558
225 km or 140 mi	Arak	$456
242 km or 150 mi	Zanjan	$451
249 km or 155 mi	Hamadan	$656
259 km or 161 mi	Malayer	$436
294 km or 183 mi	Borujerd	$502
311 km or 193 mi	Dorud	$511
333 km or 207 mi	Shahin Shahr	$561
334 km or 208 mi	Gorgan	$661
350 km or 218 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$569
354 km or 220 mi	Khorramabad	$550