Karaj vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Karaj	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$736	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1758	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$387	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$633	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$204	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.7	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$245	$3560
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	76	90
😀 Quality of life	55	93
🏙️ Population	1.59M	1.51M

The cost of living in Karaj is 67% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 6734th and 1352nd ($736 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st 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 1.6 months in Munich. Karaj ranked 2nd best city to live in Iran vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 5911th and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karaj vs Munich

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	Karaj	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.99	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.3	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.01	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.6	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$1.1	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$293	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$392	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$882	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$547	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.55	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13.2	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.95	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.34%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1254	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$628	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.56	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.1	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.76	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.47	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.51	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.5	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.32	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.5	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.04	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.3	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$130	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$823	$14702

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560