Karaj vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Karaj	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$704	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1577	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$399	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$634	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$172	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$34.7	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$246	$598
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	76	42
😀 Quality of life	61	68
🏙️ Population	1.59M	1.08M

The cost of living in Karaj is 3% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 7072nd and 6947th ($704 vs $729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 4th in Iran and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Iran vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Karaj compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Karaj ranked 2nd best city to live in Iran vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 5808th and 4595th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karaj vs Nur-Sultan

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	Karaj	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.94	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.9	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.51	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.7	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$1.2	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$331	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$398	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$587	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$622	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.54	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13.1	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.94	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.83%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1256	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$541	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.68	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.02	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.75	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.47	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.59	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.89	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.35	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.8	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.51	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.1	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.93	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.2	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.1	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$124	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$836	$5235

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Cities near Karaj

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Mohammadshahr	$642
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Kamal Shahr	$644
10 km or 6.5 mi	Fardis	$640
13 km or 8.3 mi	Andisheh	$637
17 km or 10 mi	Qods	$638
17 km or 10 mi	Malard	$641
19 km or 12 mi	Shahriar	$635
33 km or 21 mi	Nasimshahr	$624
36 km or 22 mi	Nazarabad	$598
38 km or 24 mi	Eslamshahr	$623
38 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$611
43 km or 26 mi	Tehran	$684
46 km or 28 mi	Golestan	$628
50 km or 31 mi	Ray	$622
69 km or 43 mi	Qarchak	$607
74 km or 46 mi	Pakdasht	$604
77 km or 48 mi	Pardis	$598
79 km or 49 mi	Khak-e Ali	$561
87 km or 54 mi	Varamin	$588
100 km or 62 mi	Qazvin	$582
104 km or 65 mi	Saveh	$503
130 km or 81 mi	Qom	$448
144 km or 90 mi	Amol	$530
174 km or 108 mi	Babol	$372
177 km or 110 mi	Lahijan	$497
185 km or 115 mi	Qaem Shahr	$501
204 km or 127 mi	Rasht	$472
205 km or 128 mi	Sari	$643
208 km or 129 mi	Kashan	$515
220 km or 137 mi	Semnan	$542
225 km or 140 mi	Arak	$538
242 km or 150 mi	Zanjan	$426
249 km or 155 mi	Hamadan	$430
259 km or 161 mi	Malayer	$457
294 km or 183 mi	Borujerd	$494
311 km or 193 mi	Dorud	$508
333 km or 207 mi	Shahin Shahr	$484
334 km or 208 mi	Gorgan	$658
350 km or 218 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488
354 km or 220 mi	Khorramabad	$540

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$486
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$575
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$685
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$529
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$530
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$520
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$786
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$506
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$495
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$618
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$681
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$510
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$675
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$909
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$548
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$763
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$468
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$802
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$813
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$563
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$754
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$480
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$762
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$445
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$743
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$962
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$501
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$745
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$787
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$613
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$884
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$525