Karaj vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Karaj	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$736	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1758	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$387	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$633	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$204	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.7	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$245	$893
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	76	54
😀 Quality of life	55	66
🏙️ Population	1.59M	8.78M

The cost of living in Karaj is 14% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 6734th and 7256th ($736 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 118th in Iran and China, respectively. Check Iran vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Karaj compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Karaj ranked 2nd best city to live in Iran vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 5911th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karaj vs Quanzhou

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	Karaj	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.99	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.3	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.01	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.6	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$1.1	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$293	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$392	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$882	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$547	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.55	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13.2	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.95	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.34%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1254	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$628	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.56	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.1	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.76	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.47	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.51	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.5	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.32	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.5	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.04	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.3	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$130	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$823	$20567

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936