Karaj vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Karaj	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$736	$346
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1758	$824
🏠 One person rent	$387	$130
🏘️ Family rent	$633	$221
🍽️ Food expenses	$204	$130
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.7	$52
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$245	$190
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	76	48
😀 Quality of life	55	40
🏙️ Population	1.59M	1.97M

The cost of living in Karaj is 113% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 6734th and 9093rd ($736 vs $346) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 20th in Iran and Pakistan, respectively. Check Iran vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Karaj compared to 0.5 months in Peshawar. Karaj ranked 2nd best city to live in Iran vs Peshawar ranked 5th in Pakistan, while ranked 5911th and 6958th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karaj vs Peshawar

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	Karaj	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.99	$2.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.3	$10.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.01	$3.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.6	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$1.1	$1.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$293	$106
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$392	$47.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$882	$207
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$547	$95.2
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.55	$60.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13.2	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.95	$10.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.34%	21.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1254	$177
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$628	$148
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13	$7.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.56	$6.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.1	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$3.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$3.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$3.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.76	$1.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.47	$1.6
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.51	$1.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.5	$0.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.32	$1.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20	$10.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.5	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.04	$1.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$13.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.3	$39.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$130	$30
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$823	$518

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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 Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$379
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$366
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$303
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$382
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$442
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$366
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$386
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$474
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$354
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$458
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$273
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$373
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$389
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$389
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$354
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$306
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$308
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$281
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$342
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$287
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$305
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$411
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$394
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$300
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$383
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$361
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$392
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$355
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$356
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$358
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596