Karaj vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Karaj	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$736	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1758	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$387	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$633	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$204	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.7	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$245	$647
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	76	46
😀 Quality of life	55	55
🏙️ Population	1.59M	1.2M

The cost of living in Karaj is 3% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 6734th and 6811th ($736 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 24th in Iran and Russia, respectively. Check Iran vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Karaj compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Karaj ranked 2nd best city to live in Iran vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th in Russia, while ranked 5911th and 5853rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karaj vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Karaj	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.99	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.3	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.01	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.6	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$1.1	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$293	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$392	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$882	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$547	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.55	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13.2	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.95	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.34%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1254	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$628	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.56	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.1	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.76	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.47	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.51	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.5	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.32	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.5	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.04	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.3	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$130	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$823	$4568

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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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$554
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$592
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$681
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$540
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$438
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$734
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$564
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$719
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$524
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$675
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$676
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$743
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$622
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1244
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$528
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$786
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$633
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$508
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$561
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$590
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$612
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$552
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$584
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$609
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$639
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$430
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$656
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$538
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$605
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$555
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$557