Karaj vs Sheffield - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Karaj	Sheffield
🚶 Cost of living one person	$736	$1764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1758	$4219
🏠 One person rent	$387	$1001
🏘️ Family rent	$633	$1774
🍽️ Food expenses	$204	$497
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.7	$135
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$245	$2831
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	54 km
🎓 Higher education	76	87
😀 Quality of life	55	90
🏙️ Population	1.59M	518K

The cost of living in Karaj is 58% less expensive than in Sheffield. Cities ranked 6734th and 2490th ($736 vs $1764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 147th in Iran and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Iran vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Karaj compared to 1.6 months in Sheffield. Karaj ranked 2nd best city to live in Iran vs Sheffield ranked 26th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 5911th and 141st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karaj vs Sheffield

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	Karaj	Sheffield
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.99	$18.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.3	$76.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.01	$9.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.6	$5.31
☕ Cappuccino	$1.1	$4.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$2.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$293	$937
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$392	$818
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$882	$1922
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$547	$1459
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.55	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13.2	$183
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.95	$39.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.34%	5.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1254	$3631
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$628	$2541
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13	$95
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.56	$14.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.1	$3.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$8.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$2.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$2.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.76	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.47	$2.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.51	$17.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.5	$4.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.32	$5.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$2.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20	$35.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.5	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$80.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.04	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$78.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.3	$87.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$130	$1155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$823	$9487

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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 Sheffield

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Rotherham	$1511
19 km or 12 mi	Barnsley	$1401
27 km or 17 mi	Doncaster	$1463
32 km or 20 mi	Mansfield	$1724
33 km or 21 mi	Wakefield	$1619
35 km or 22 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 24 mi	Batley	$1707
42 km or 26 mi	Brighouse	$1737
44 km or 27 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
46 km or 28 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
46 km or 29 mi	Halifax	$1793
46 km or 29 mi	Oldham	$1602
47 km or 29 mi	Leeds	$1943
47 km or 29 mi	Droylsden	$1800
48 km or 30 mi	Leek	$1686
49 km or 31 mi	Bradford	$1598
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2071
52 km or 32 mi	Derby	$1727
52 km or 32 mi	Nottingham	$1820
52 km or 33 mi	Rochdale	$1672
56 km or 35 mi	Salford	$1948
56 km or 35 mi	Stretford	$1874
57 km or 35 mi	Sale	$1845
59 km or 36 mi	Altrincham	$1788
59 km or 36 mi	Scunthorpe	$1324
59 km or 37 mi	Bury	$1806
61 km or 38 mi	Keighley	$1680
63 km or 39 mi	Lincoln	$1698
64 km or 40 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
65 km or 40 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
65 km or 41 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1633
67 km or 42 mi	Bolton	$1806
68 km or 42 mi	Harrogate	$1867
68 km or 42 mi	York	$1727
68 km or 42 mi	Burnley	$1376
70 km or 44 mi	Loughborough	$1759
72 km or 45 mi	Crewe	$1486
75 km or 47 mi	Warrington	$1962
77 km or 48 mi	Stafford	$1750