Karaj vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Karaj	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$704	$1767
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1577	$4215
🏠 One person rent	$399	$898
🏘️ Family rent	$634	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$172	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$34.7	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$246	$3627
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	76	56
😀 Quality of life	61	92
🏙️ Population	1.59M	526K

The cost of living in Karaj is 60% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 7072nd and 2865th ($704 vs $1767) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 145th 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 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Karaj ranked 2nd best city to live in Iran vs Nuremberg ranked 19th in Germany, while ranked 5808th and 132nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karaj vs Nuremberg

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	Karaj	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.94	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.9	$86.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.51	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.7	$4.6
☕ Cappuccino	$1.2	$4.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$3.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$331	$868
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$398	$608
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$587	$1598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$622	$1079
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.54	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13.1	$297
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.94	$43.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.83%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1256	$7384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$541	$4983
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$4.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13	$68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.68	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$2.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$3.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.02	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$4.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.75	$7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.47	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.59	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.89	$15.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.35	$2.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.8	$32.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.51	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.1	$47.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.93	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.2	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.1	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$124	$510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$836	$15497

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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 Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1679
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1665
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1643
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1688
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1759
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1630
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1655
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1601
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1445
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1622
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1320
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1423
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1538
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1545
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1590
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1545
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1726
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1599
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1697
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1720
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1686
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1506
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1590
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1307
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1560
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1664
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1346
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1766
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1712
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1546
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1784
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1632
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1258
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1719