--- title: "Varqestan to Karaj – 2 ways by car, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Varqestan to Karaj is 186 km. Fastest: drive in 3h 29m. Cheapest: drive from $19. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/varqestan-to-karaj" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/varqestan-to-karaj.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Varqestan to Karaj [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Varqestan&to=Karaj) [Karaj to Varqestan](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/karaj-to-varqestan) **Fastest:** 3h 29m\ by car, door to door\ **Cheapest:** $19\ by car\ **Distance:** 186 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures:** –\ none timetabled\ ## 2 ways to travel 186 km apart. Times are the timetables for Sun 8 Nov, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best$360 cheaper than a cab and about as quick. No bus, train or ferry timetable came up for this trip. - [**Drive** best fastest cheapest 3h 29m$19–26 Estimated 236 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Varqestan&to=Karaj) - [**Taxi** 3h 29m$380–520 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Varqestan&to=Karaj) Data: [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Before you go Borders, permits, official travel advice and disaster alerts for the places on this route, as their sources publish them. Entry rules are shown for a passport from Iran; the planner lets you pick yours. - **Avoid travel to Iran** [UK](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/iran) [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.irn.html) Travel advice: UK FCDO (Open Government Licence v3.0), US State Department. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Varqestan to Karaj? The fastest way is by car: about 3h 29m door to door. The straight-line distance is 186 km. What is the cheapest way from Varqestan to Karaj? Driving is the cheapest, from $19. That figure is a fuel estimate, not counting tolls or parking. How far is Karaj from Varqestan by road? About 236 km, roughly 3h 29m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around $19–26; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Karaj City in Alborz province, Iran Karaj is a city in the Central District of Karaj County, Alborz province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. Earliest evidence of inhabitation in Karaj can be dated to the Bronze Age at Tepe Khurvin. The city was developed under the rule of the Safavid and Qajar Empire and is home to historical buildings and memorials from those eras. This city has a unique climate due to access to natural resources such as many trees, rivers, and green plains. After Tehran, Karaj is the largest immigrant-friendly city in Iran, so it has been nicknamed "Little Iran." [The Karaj guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/karaj) Worth your time - Pearl Palace This large palace commissioned by the former royal family in the 1970s. - Shah Abbasi Caravanserai Built in the Safavid Era. From Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA) [Hotels in Karaj Compare prices on Hotels70](https://www.hotels70.com/karaj) ## More routes - [Kochi to Bengaluru](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-bengaluru) - [Kochi to Chennai](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-chennai) - [Kochi to Thiruvananthapuram](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-thiruvananthapuram) - [Kochi to Munnar](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-munnar) - [Kochi to Alappuzha](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-alappuzha) - [Kochi to Kozhikode](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-kozhikode) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/varqestan-to-karaj, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt