Karaj vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Karaj	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$736	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1758	$2829
🏠 One person rent	$387	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$633	$768
🍽️ Food expenses	$204	$326
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.7	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$245	$1146
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	76	70
😀 Quality of life	55	68
🏙️ Population	1.59M	12.7M

The cost of living in Karaj is 15% less expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 6734th and 6198th ($736 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 18th 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 1.3 months in Suzhou. Karaj ranked 2nd best city to live in Iran vs Suzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 5911th and 3351st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karaj vs Suzhou

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	Karaj	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.99	$4.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.3	$41.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.01	$5.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.6	$4.13
☕ Cappuccino	$1.1	$4.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$293	$386
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$392	$200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$882	$1199
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$547	$526
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.55	$59.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13.2	$93.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.95	$14.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.34%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1254	$6107
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$628	$3223
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.56	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$2.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$2.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.1	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$4.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.76	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.47	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.51	$4.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.5	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.32	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20	$77.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.5	$6.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$75.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.04	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.3	$79.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$130	$1457
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$823	$17431

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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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$700
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$645
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$670
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$665
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$573
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$670
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$657
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$695
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$602
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1097
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$702
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$631
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$643
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$984
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$654
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$636
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$701
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$644
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$650
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$805
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$607
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$603
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$643
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$716
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$644
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$621
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$620
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$642
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$592
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$672
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$708
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$746
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$665
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$590
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$691
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$613