Karaj vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Karaj	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$736	$1516
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1758	$3783
🏠 One person rent	$387	$764
🏘️ Family rent	$633	$1542
🍽️ Food expenses	$204	$505
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.7	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$245	$2738
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	76	72
😀 Quality of life	55	92
🏙️ Population	1.59M	620K

The cost of living in Karaj is 51% less expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 6734th and 3353rd ($736 vs $1516) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 271st in Iran and Germany, respectively. Check Iran vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Karaj compared to 1.8 months in Leipzig. Karaj ranked 2nd best city to live in Iran vs Leipzig ranked 14th in Germany, while ranked 5911th and 87th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karaj vs Leipzig

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	Karaj	Leipzig
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.99	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.3	$63.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.01	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.6	$4.42
☕ Cappuccino	$1.1	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$2.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$293	$687
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$392	$504
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$882	$1640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$547	$1119
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.55	$176
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13.2	$271
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.95	$47.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.34%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1254	$3984
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$628	$2535
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$3.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13	$52.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.56	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.1	$3.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$4.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.76	$6.29
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.47	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.51	$8.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.5	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.32	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.5	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.04	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$90.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.3	$82.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$130	$372
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$823	$9452

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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 Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1269
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1284
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1229
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1261
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1295
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1281
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1287
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1350
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1346
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1109
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1278
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1147
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1306
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1309
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1118
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1388
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1011
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1221
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1123
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1332
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1215
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1312
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1325
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1355
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1147
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1202
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1356
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1288
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1341
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1351
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307