Karaj vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Karaj	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$736	$853
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1758	$2186
🏠 One person rent	$387	$474
🏘️ Family rent	$633	$929
🍽️ Food expenses	$204	$249
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.7	$44.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$245	$522
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	76	46
😀 Quality of life	55	55
🏙️ Population	1.59M	2.96M

The cost of living in Karaj is 14% less expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 6734th and 6253rd ($736 vs $853) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Iran and Uzbekistan, respectively. Check Iran vs Uzbekistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Karaj compared to 0.6 months in Tashkent. Karaj ranked 2nd best city to live in Iran vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 5911th and 5872nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karaj vs Tashkent

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	Karaj	Tashkent
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.99	$4.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.3	$30.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.01	$4.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.6	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$1.1	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$293	$599
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$392	$396
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$882	$1255
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$547	$783
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.55	$25.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13.2	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.95	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.34%	22.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1254	$1748
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$628	$965
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13	$9.83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.56	$3.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$0.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.1	$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$7.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$8.23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$2.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$0.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.76	$6.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.47	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.51	$1.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.5	$13.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.32	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$1.31
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20	$47.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.5	$5.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$20.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.04	$8.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$50
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.3	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$130	$295
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$823	$9301

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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 Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$444
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$613
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$569
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$623
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$615
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$614
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$613
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$613
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$507
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$538
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$591
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$626
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$512
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$602
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$441
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$501
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$430
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$472
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$623
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$605
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$477
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$607
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$484
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$431
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$713
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$674
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$394
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$667
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$637
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$414
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$634
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$619
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$785