Karaj vs Kawaguchi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Karaj	Kawaguchi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$736	$1081
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1758	$2900
🏠 One person rent	$387	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$633	$1081
🍽️ Food expenses	$204	$310
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.7	$148
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$245	$2064
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	76	100
😀 Quality of life	55	78
🏙️ Population	1.59M	594K

The cost of living in Karaj is 32% less expensive than in Kawaguchi. Cities ranked 6734th and 4951st ($736 vs $1081) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 211th in Iran and Japan, respectively. Check Iran vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Karaj compared to 1.9 months in Kawaguchi. Karaj ranked 2nd best city to live in Iran vs Kawaguchi ranked 24th in Japan, while ranked 5911th and 653rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karaj vs Kawaguchi

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	Karaj	Kawaguchi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.99	$3.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.3	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.01	$3.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.6	$3.21
☕ Cappuccino	$1.1	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$293	$504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$392	$328
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$882	$1077
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$547	$804
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.55	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13.2	$189
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.95	$33
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.34%	1.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1254	$6608
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$628	$3750
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$2.17
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13	$65.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.56	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$1.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.1	$1.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$9.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$3.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$21.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$2.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$2.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.76	$5.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.47	$1.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.51	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.5	$10.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.32	$3.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20	$58
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.5	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$34.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.04	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$45.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.3	$57.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$130	$476
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$823	$14573

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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

Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$1041
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$1033
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1104
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1196
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1071
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1164
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1098
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1088
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1066
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1607
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1071
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1090
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1107
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1089
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1088
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1164
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1084
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1081
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1136
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1088
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1105
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1111
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1111
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1137
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1101
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1150
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1045
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1125
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1080
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1117
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1094
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1169
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1086
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1124
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1103
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1099
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1114
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1079
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1079
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1124