Karaj vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Karaj	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$741	$1190
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1746	$3028
🏠 One person rent	$392	$611
🏘️ Family rent	$617	$1253
🍽️ Food expenses	$199	$376
🚐 Transport expenses	$29.4	$92.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$251	$740
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	76	90
😀 Quality of life	55	68
🏙️ Population	1.59M	9.21M

The cost of living in Karaj is 38% less expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 6711th and 4630th ($741 vs $1190) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 6th in Iran and Mexico, respectively. Check Iran vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Karaj compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Karaj ranked 2nd best city to live in Iran vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 5889th and 3360th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karaj vs Mexico City

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	Karaj	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.5	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13	$45.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.01	$8.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.5	$2.69
☕ Cappuccino	$1.14	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$1.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$291	$838
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$398	$489
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$801	$1747
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$547	$1045
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.41	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$12.9	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.52	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21%	11.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1172	$2781
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$704	$2233
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$22.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.71	$5.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.2	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.22	$2.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$9.69
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$7.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.04	$11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$2.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$1.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.75	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.47	$1.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.51	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.4	$7.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.33	$4.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$2.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.2	$61
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.5	$5.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$115	$53.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.97	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$28.2	$55.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$133	$94.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$124	$396
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$886	$8550

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Cities near Karaj

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Mohammadshahr	$697
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Kamal Shahr	$693
10 km or 6.5 mi	Fardis	$699
13 km or 8.3 mi	Andisheh	$696
17 km or 10 mi	Qods	$706
17 km or 10 mi	Malard	$701
19 km or 12 mi	Shahriar	$708
33 km or 21 mi	Nasimshahr	$706
36 km or 22 mi	Nazarabad	$659
38 km or 24 mi	Eslamshahr	$716
38 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$690
43 km or 26 mi	Tehran	$797
46 km or 28 mi	Golestan	$722
50 km or 31 mi	Ray	$720
69 km or 43 mi	Qarchak	$693
74 km or 46 mi	Pakdasht	$689
77 km or 48 mi	Pardis	$675
79 km or 49 mi	Khak-e Ali	$615
87 km or 54 mi	Varamin	$673
100 km or 62 mi	Qazvin	$627
104 km or 65 mi	Saveh	$542
130 km or 81 mi	Qom	$472
144 km or 90 mi	Amol	$550
174 km or 108 mi	Babol	$468
177 km or 110 mi	Lahijan	$578
185 km or 115 mi	Qaem Shahr	$564
204 km or 127 mi	Rasht	$559
205 km or 128 mi	Sari	$670
208 km or 129 mi	Kashan	$575
220 km or 137 mi	Semnan	$607
225 km or 140 mi	Arak	$462
242 km or 150 mi	Zanjan	$474
249 km or 155 mi	Hamadan	$453
259 km or 161 mi	Malayer	$470
294 km or 183 mi	Borujerd	$513
311 km or 193 mi	Dorud	$518
333 km or 207 mi	Shahin Shahr	$554
334 km or 208 mi	Gorgan	$689
350 km or 218 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$564
354 km or 220 mi	Khorramabad	$559

Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$835
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$783
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$723
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$884
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$734
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$775
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$835
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$731
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$794
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$757
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$816
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$772
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$844
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$729
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$734
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$843
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$704
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$811
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$792
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$939
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$789
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$797
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$828
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$941
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$763
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$623
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$504
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$601
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$660
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$748
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$691
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$723
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$729
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$694
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$589
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1223
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$659
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$674
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$709