Karaj vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Karaj	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$736	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1758	$4625
🏠 One person rent	$387	$1124
🏘️ Family rent	$633	$2020
🍽️ Food expenses	$204	$541
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.7	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$245	$3476
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	76	83
😀 Quality of life	55	93
🏙️ Population	1.59M	633K

The cost of living in Karaj is 62% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 6734th and 1961st ($736 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 5th in Iran and Germany, respectively. Check Iran vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Karaj compared to 1.8 months in Stuttgart. Karaj ranked 2nd best city to live in Iran vs Stuttgart ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 5911th and 63rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karaj vs Stuttgart

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	Karaj	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.99	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.3	$72.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.01	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.6	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$1.1	$3.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$3.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$293	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$392	$862
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$882	$2057
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$547	$1612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.55	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13.2	$273
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.95	$46.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.34%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1254	$6586
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$628	$4917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$3.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.56	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$2.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.1	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$4.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.76	$6.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.47	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.51	$8.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.5	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.32	$2.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20	$46.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.5	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$60.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.04	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$89.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.3	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$130	$630
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$823	$15338

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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 Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1737
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1729
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1710
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1715
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1699
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1717
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1695
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1666
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1697
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1687
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1678
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1677
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1670
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1661
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1637
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1650
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1623
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1542
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1633
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1625
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1610
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1618
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1837
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1648
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1436
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1623
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1529
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1619
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1205
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1696
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1609
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1683
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1599
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1668
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1599
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1530
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1596
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1647
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1618
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1581