Karaj vs Philadelphia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Karaj	Philadelphia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$736	$2597
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1758	$6395
🏠 One person rent	$387	$1516
🏘️ Family rent	$633	$2783
🍽️ Food expenses	$204	$737
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.7	$188
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$245	$4131
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	76	99
😀 Quality of life	55	90
🏙️ Population	1.59M	1.6M

The cost of living in Karaj is 72% less expensive than in Philadelphia. Cities ranked 6734th and 664th ($736 vs $2597) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 610th in Iran and the United States, respectively. Check Iran vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Karaj compared to 1.6 months in Philadelphia. Karaj ranked 2nd best city to live in Iran vs Philadelphia ranked 28th in the United States, while ranked 5911th and 138th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karaj vs Philadelphia

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	Karaj	Philadelphia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.99	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.3	$94.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.01	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.6	$5.96
☕ Cappuccino	$1.1	$5.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$2.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$293	$1616
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$392	$1200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$882	$3231
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$547	$2273
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.55	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13.2	$247
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.95	$71.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.34%	6.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1254	$3404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$628	$2379
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$2.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13	$95.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.56	$15.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$4.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$9.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.1	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$19.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$20.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$6.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$5.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$5.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$3.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$3.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$1.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$3.63
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.76	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.47	$1.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.51	$13.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.5	$9.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.32	$5.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$3.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$2.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20	$50.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.5	$14.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$102
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.04	$24.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$52.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.3	$89.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$130	$2066
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$823	$19774

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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 Philadelphia

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.2 km or 3.2 mi	Camden	$2625
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Pennsauken Township	$2596
12 km or 7.1 mi	Cherry Hill	$2683
12 km or 7.7 mi	West Deptford Township	$2621
16 km or 9.9 mi	Fox Chase	$2415
16 km or 9.9 mi	Deptford Township	$2610
19 km or 12 mi	Moorestown	$2574
21 km or 13 mi	Gloucester Township	$2604
21 km or 13 mi	Chester	$2477
22 km or 14 mi	Mount Laurel	$2567
25 km or 15 mi	Evesham Township	$2600
25 km or 16 mi	Willingboro Township	$2591
31 km or 19 mi	Medford	$2608
35 km or 22 mi	Levittown	$2368
35 km or 22 mi	Winslow Township	$2600
36 km or 23 mi	Monroe Township	$2611
38 km or 23 mi	West Chester	$2787
40 km or 25 mi	Wilmington	$2493
46 km or 28 mi	Trenton	$2423
46 km or 29 mi	Ewing Township	$2582
50 km or 31 mi	Hamilton Township	$2541
52 km or 32 mi	Pottstown	$2353
54 km or 33 mi	Lawrence Township	$2683
56 km or 35 mi	Vineland	$2676
58 km or 36 mi	Newark	$2085
59 km or 36 mi	Bridgeton	$2653
62 km or 38 mi	Princeton	$2901
63 km or 39 mi	Millville	$2642
64 km or 39 mi	East Windsor Township	$2739
65 km or 40 mi	Plainsboro Township	$2919
67 km or 42 mi	Montgomery Township	$2819
67 km or 42 mi	Manchester Township	$2723
71 km or 44 mi	Jackson Township	$2782
72 km or 45 mi	South Brunswick	$2849
77 km or 48 mi	Allentown	$2303
77 km or 48 mi	Bethlehem	$2264
77 km or 48 mi	Hillsborough Township	$2880
78 km or 48 mi	Reading	$2320
78 km or 49 mi	Barnegat Township	$2557
79 km or 49 mi	Manalapan Township	$2693