Karaj vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Karaj	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$736	$734
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1758	$1795
🏠 One person rent	$387	$375
🏘️ Family rent	$633	$716
🍽️ Food expenses	$204	$242
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.7	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$245	$692
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	76	54
😀 Quality of life	55	60
🏙️ Population	1.59M	1.26M

The cost of living in Karaj is 0.2% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 6734th and 6742nd ($736 vs $734) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 21st in Iran and Russia, respectively. Check Iran vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Karaj compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Karaj ranked 2nd best city to live in Iran vs Kazan ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 5911th and 5162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karaj vs Kazan

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	Karaj	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.99	$6.84
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.3	$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.01	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.6	$3.39
☕ Cappuccino	$1.1	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$293	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$392	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$882	$861
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$547	$561
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.55	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13.2	$89.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.95	$5.82
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.34%	15.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1254	$2754
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$628	$1894
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.56	$3.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$0.63
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.1	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$8.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$7.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$2.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.76	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.47	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.51	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.5	$4.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.32	$2.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$0.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20	$21.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.5	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$8.97
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.04	$5.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$61.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.3	$95.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$130	$216
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$823	$4497

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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 Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$592
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$612
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$637
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$590
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$656
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$438
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$508
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$524
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$605
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$672
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$595
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$538
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$555
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$554
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$549
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$681
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$540
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$534
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$561
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$564
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$719
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$600
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$528
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$675
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$676
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$596
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$867