Karaj vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Karaj	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$736	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1758	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$387	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$633	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$204	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.7	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$245	$709
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	76	92
😀 Quality of life	55	67
🏙️ Population	1.59M	9.21M

The cost of living in Karaj is 37% less expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 6734th and 4604th ($736 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 7th 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 5911th and 3470th 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	$3.99	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.3	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.01	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.6	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$1.1	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$293	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$392	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$882	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$547	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.55	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13.2	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.95	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.34%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1254	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$628	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.56	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.1	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.76	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.47	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.51	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.5	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.32	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.5	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.04	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.3	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$130	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$823	$9034

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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 Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804