Karaj vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Karaj	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$736	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1758	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$387	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$633	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$204	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.7	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$245	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	76	43
😀 Quality of life	55	64
🏙️ Population	1.59M	1.08M

The cost of living in Karaj is 4% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6734th and 6565th ($736 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 3rd 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 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Karaj ranked 2nd best city to live in Iran vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 5911th and 4554th 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	$3.99	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.3	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.01	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.6	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$1.1	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$293	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$392	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$882	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$547	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.55	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13.2	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.95	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.34%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1254	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$628	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.56	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.1	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.76	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.47	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.51	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.5	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.32	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.5	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.04	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.3	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$130	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$823	$5487

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$604
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$619
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$557
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$631
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$542
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$531
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$624
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$710
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$549
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$531
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$765
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$571
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$596
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$501
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$662
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$698
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$509
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$600
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$512
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$749
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$441
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$713
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$765
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$674
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$379
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$623
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$785
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$667
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$881
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$512