Karaj vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Karaj	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$736	$940
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1758	$3111
🏠 One person rent	$387	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$633	$1664
🍽️ Food expenses	$204	$300
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.7	$29.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$245	$718
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	76	7
😀 Quality of life	55	53
🏙️ Population	1.59M	77.6K

The cost of living in Karaj is 22% less expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 6734th and 5827th ($736 vs $940) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 2nd in Iran and Thailand, respectively. Check Iran vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Karaj compared to 0.8 months in Phuket. Karaj ranked 2nd best city to live in Iran vs Phuket ranked 7th in Thailand, while ranked 5911th and 6063rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karaj vs Phuket

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	Karaj	Phuket
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.99	$5.23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.3	$36
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.01	$7.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.6	$2.68
☕ Cappuccino	$1.1	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$293	$504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$392	$403
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$882	$1891
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$547	$1436
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.55	$79.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13.2	$120
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.95	$16.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.34%	6.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1254	$4059
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$628	$2821
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$1.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13	$10.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.56	$11.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.1	$2.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$3.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.76	$18
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.47	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.51	$4.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.5	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.32	$2.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$1.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$1.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20	$56.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.5	$8.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.04	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.3	$98.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$130	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$823	$13013

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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 Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$792
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$782
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$772
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$563
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$763
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$719
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$560
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$570
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$705
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$536
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$730
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$777
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$490
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$435
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$605
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$620
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$619
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$461
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$695
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$398
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$628
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$481
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$470
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$576
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$474
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$631
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$656
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$486
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$503
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$752
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$781
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$670
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$645
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$677
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$701
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$810