Adelaide vs Mosul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Adelaide	Mosul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2117	$588
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4412	$1427
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$196
🏘️ Family rent	$1846	$320
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$195
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$149
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3276	$485
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	50	36
😀 Quality of life	94	52
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.79M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 260% more expensive than in Mosul. Cities ranked 1686th and 7926th ($2117 vs $588) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 23rd in Australia and Iraq, respectively. Check Australia vs Iraq comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Adelaide compared to 0.8 months in Mosul. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Mosul ranked 2nd in Iraq, while ranked 65th and 6491st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Mosul

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	Adelaide	Mosul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$3.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$19
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$6.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.27	$1.54
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$1.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1334	$143
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$105
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1976	$262
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$194
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$53.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$83.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$29.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	14.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7414	$810
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4859	$921
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.3	$76.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$13.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.52
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$0.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$3.44
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$4.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.69
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$0.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$7.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.34	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.9	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$1.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$2.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$4.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.26	$1.92
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$22.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$9.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$3.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$12.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$26.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$876	$198
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6919	$2691

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1911
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1771
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1362
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1464
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1738
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1768
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2058
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1673
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1662
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2308
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1681
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1736
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1667
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1728
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1706
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1725
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1813
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2019
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1786
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1747
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1364
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1678
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1568
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1660
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1580
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1599
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1888
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2292
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2127
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2640
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2181
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1839
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1184
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633

Cities near Mosul

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Duhok	$619
82 km or 51 mi	Erbil	$845
95 km or 59 mi	Zakho	$656
111 km or 69 mi	Sinjar	$402
134 km or 84 mi	Cizre	$591
140 km or 87 mi	Sirnak	$589
145 km or 90 mi	Hakkari	$577
153 km or 95 mi	Kirkuk	$507
185 km or 115 mi	Mahabad	$409
185 km or 115 mi	Piranshahr	$433
186 km or 115 mi	Qamishli	$464
187 km or 116 mi	Nusaybin	$587
194 km or 121 mi	Siirt	$596
203 km or 126 mi	Tikrit	$631
213 km or 132 mi	Al-Hasakah	$472
220 km or 137 mi	Urmia	$504
227 km or 141 mi	Sulaymaniyah	$672
237 km or 147 mi	Mardin	$559
239 km or 148 mi	Van	$585
243 km or 151 mi	Bitlis	$583
244 km or 151 mi	Batman	$624
251 km or 156 mi	Samarra	$677
252 km or 156 mi	Baneh	$492
275 km or 171 mi	Miandoab	$489
277 km or 172 mi	Derik	$587
277 km or 172 mi	Bukan	$492
279 km or 173 mi	Ceylanpinar	$603
283 km or 176 mi	Saqqez	$497
283 km or 176 mi	Cinar	$582
291 km or 181 mi	Marivan	$509
291 km or 181 mi	Deir ez-Zor	$486
292 km or 181 mi	Khoy	$402
300 km or 186 mi	Mus	$573
302 km or 188 mi	Maragheh	$502
308 km or 191 mi	Diyarbakir	$571
313 km or 195 mi	Viransehir	$610
316 km or 197 mi	Caldiran	$573
323 km or 201 mi	Baqubah	$672
327 km or 203 mi	Marand	$488
328 km or 204 mi	Ramadi	$768