Karaj vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Karaj	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$736	$3196
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1758	$7594
🏠 One person rent	$387	$2049
🏘️ Family rent	$633	$3732
🍽️ Food expenses	$204	$709
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.7	$220
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$245	$4771
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	76	99
😀 Quality of life	55	93
🏙️ Population	1.59M	3.9M

The cost of living in Karaj is 77% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 6734th and 80th ($736 vs $3196) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 71st in Iran and the United States, respectively. Check Iran vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Karaj compared to 1.5 months in Los Angeles. Karaj ranked 2nd best city to live in Iran vs Los Angeles ranked 7th in the United States, while ranked 5911th and 58th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karaj vs Los Angeles

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	Karaj	Los Angeles
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.99	$21.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.3	$87.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.01	$12.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.6	$8.51
☕ Cappuccino	$1.1	$5.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$2.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$293	$2168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$392	$1758
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$882	$4056
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$547	$3293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.55	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13.2	$220
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.95	$66.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.34%	6.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1254	$8056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$628	$7115
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13	$73.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.56	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$4.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$4.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.1	$6.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$5.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$2.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$3.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.76	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.47	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.51	$11.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.5	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.32	$7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$5.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$2.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20	$49.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.5	$18.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$190
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.04	$27.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$60.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.3	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$130	$1650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$823	$28838

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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 Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2803
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2798
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2735
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2936
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2902
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2768
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3061
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3105
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2739
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2786
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3659
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3014
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2903
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2788
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2780
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3033
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3416
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3370
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2735
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2851
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3086
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2824
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2787
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2720
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3022
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2775
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3162
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$2758
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2669
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2662
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3573
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2789
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2919