Karaj vs Medan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Karaj	Medan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$736	$481
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1758	$1335
🏠 One person rent	$387	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$633	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$204	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.7	$35.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$245	$262
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	76	53
😀 Quality of life	55	44
🏙️ Population	1.59M	2.11M

The cost of living in Karaj is 53% more expensive than in Medan. Cities ranked 6734th and 8745th ($736 vs $481) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 47th in Iran and Indonesia, respectively. Check Iran vs Indonesia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Karaj compared to 0.5 months in Medan. Karaj ranked 2nd best city to live in Iran vs Medan ranked 14th in Indonesia, while ranked 5911th and 6633rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karaj vs Medan

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	Karaj	Medan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.99	$1.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.3	$12.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.01	$3.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.6	$2.39
☕ Cappuccino	$1.1	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$293	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$392	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$882	$469
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$547	$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.55	$40.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13.2	$62.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.95	$26.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.34%	9.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1254	$1337
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$628	$614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13	$8.02
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.56	$2.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.1	$1.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$8.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$3.56
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.76	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.47	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.51	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.5	$2.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.32	$2.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$0.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$0.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.5	$3.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.04	$2.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.3	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$130	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$823	$10763

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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 Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$470
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$474
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$486
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$461
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$503
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$435
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$631
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$695
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$582
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$620
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$619
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$628
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$605
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$571
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$670
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$719
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$560
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$645
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$490
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$714
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$701
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$810
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$585
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$532
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$536
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$604
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$543
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$570
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$398
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$669
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$772
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$542
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$682
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$940
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$792
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$782
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$703
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$529
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501