Indianapolis vs Karaj - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Indianapolis	Karaj
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2187	$741
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5233	$1746
🏠 One person rent	$1311	$392
🏘️ Family rent	$2114	$617
🍽️ Food expenses	$613	$199
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$29.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4970	$251
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	71	76
😀 Quality of life	90	55
🏙️ Population	888K	1.59M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 195% more expensive than in Karaj. Cities ranked 1397th and 6711th ($2187 vs $741) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1219th and 9th 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 2.3 months in Indianapolis compared to 0.3 months in Karaj. Indianapolis ranked 35th best city to live in the United States vs Karaj ranked 2nd in Iran, while ranked 159th and 5889th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Indianapolis vs Karaj

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	Indianapolis	Karaj
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.2	$3.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.2	$13
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$3.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.97	$0.5
☕ Cappuccino	$4.74	$1.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.43	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1457	$291
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1013	$398
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2390	$801
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1686	$547
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$8.41
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$218	$12.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.5	$6.52
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1980	$1172
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1549	$704
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.5	$13.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$2.71
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.02	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$2.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$4.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.81	$4.05
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$9.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$0.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$0.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.64	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$0.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.07	$2.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$16.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.52	$4.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.51	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.9	$20.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$115
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$7.97
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.9	$28.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$133
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1865	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27094	$886

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$1999
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$1978
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1927
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1745
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$1963
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$1954
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1917
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$1975
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1929
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1905
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1694
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1900
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2092
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1612
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1448
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$1894
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1793
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$1980
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1822
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1560
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1837
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1814
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1877
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1896
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1436
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1921
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$1912
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1824
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2464
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1852
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1840
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2124
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1896
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1735
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1724
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1894
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1860
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1845
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1856
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1828

Cities near Karaj

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Mohammadshahr	$697
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Kamal Shahr	$693
10 km or 6.5 mi	Fardis	$699
13 km or 8.3 mi	Andisheh	$696
17 km or 10 mi	Qods	$706
17 km or 10 mi	Malard	$701
19 km or 12 mi	Shahriar	$708
33 km or 21 mi	Nasimshahr	$706
36 km or 22 mi	Nazarabad	$659
38 km or 24 mi	Eslamshahr	$716
38 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$690
43 km or 26 mi	Tehran	$797
46 km or 28 mi	Golestan	$722
50 km or 31 mi	Ray	$720
69 km or 43 mi	Qarchak	$693
74 km or 46 mi	Pakdasht	$689
77 km or 48 mi	Pardis	$675
79 km or 49 mi	Khak-e Ali	$615
87 km or 54 mi	Varamin	$673
100 km or 62 mi	Qazvin	$627
104 km or 65 mi	Saveh	$542
130 km or 81 mi	Qom	$472
144 km or 90 mi	Amol	$550
174 km or 108 mi	Babol	$468
177 km or 110 mi	Lahijan	$578
185 km or 115 mi	Qaem Shahr	$564
204 km or 127 mi	Rasht	$559
205 km or 128 mi	Sari	$670
208 km or 129 mi	Kashan	$575
220 km or 137 mi	Semnan	$607
225 km or 140 mi	Arak	$462
242 km or 150 mi	Zanjan	$474
249 km or 155 mi	Hamadan	$453
259 km or 161 mi	Malayer	$470
294 km or 183 mi	Borujerd	$513
311 km or 193 mi	Dorud	$518
333 km or 207 mi	Shahin Shahr	$554
334 km or 208 mi	Gorgan	$689
350 km or 218 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$564
354 km or 220 mi	Khorramabad	$559