Adelaide vs Mosul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Adelaide	Mosul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1978	$597
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4280	$1537
🏠 One person rent	$1150	$204
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$429
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$193
🚐 Transport expenses	$171	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3388	$470
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	50	36
😀 Quality of life	94	45
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.79M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 231% more expensive than in Mosul. Cities ranked 1894th and 7691st ($1978 vs $597) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 23rd in Australia and Iraq, respectively. Check Australia vs Iraq comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 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 46th and 6539th 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	$14.9	$3.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73	$19.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$6.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.51	$1.54
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$1.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$136
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$902	$105
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1801	$246
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1445	$315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$63.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$212	$97.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.9	$30
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	15.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6777	$804
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4517	$363
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.76	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$76.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$13.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$0.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$3.83
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$3.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$0.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$0.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$7.64
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.41	$1.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.8	$1.71
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$1.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$2.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$4.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.16	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$22.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$9.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.6	$17.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$26.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$843	$177
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7829	$3104

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1795
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1691
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1291
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1390
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1669
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1691
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1981
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1625
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1601
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2194
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1620
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1645
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1619
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1671
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1643
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1654
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1727
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2023
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1768
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1702
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1511
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1616
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1538
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1651
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1416
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1584
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1824
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2252
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2106
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2539
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2099
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1448
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1185
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681

Cities near Mosul

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Duhok	$646
82 km or 51 mi	Erbil	$854
95 km or 59 mi	Zakho	$688
111 km or 69 mi	Sinjar	$672
134 km or 84 mi	Cizre	$578
140 km or 87 mi	Sirnak	$574
145 km or 90 mi	Hakkari	$575
153 km or 95 mi	Kirkuk	$508
185 km or 115 mi	Mahabad	$458
185 km or 115 mi	Piranshahr	$476
186 km or 115 mi	Qamishli	$457
187 km or 116 mi	Nusaybin	$589
194 km or 121 mi	Siirt	$573
203 km or 126 mi	Tikrit	$641
213 km or 132 mi	Al-Hasakah	$449
220 km or 137 mi	Urmia	$519
227 km or 141 mi	Sulaymaniyah	$676
237 km or 147 mi	Mardin	$600
239 km or 148 mi	Van	$615
243 km or 151 mi	Bitlis	$582
244 km or 151 mi	Batman	$600
251 km or 156 mi	Samarra	$680
252 km or 156 mi	Baneh	$531
275 km or 171 mi	Miandoab	$540
277 km or 172 mi	Derik	$606
277 km or 172 mi	Bukan	$536
279 km or 173 mi	Ceylanpinar	$597
283 km or 176 mi	Saqqez	$533
283 km or 176 mi	Cinar	$621
291 km or 181 mi	Marivan	$536
291 km or 181 mi	Deir ez-Zor	$468
292 km or 181 mi	Khoy	$419
300 km or 186 mi	Mus	$589
302 km or 188 mi	Maragheh	$573
308 km or 191 mi	Diyarbakir	$659
313 km or 195 mi	Viransehir	$603
316 km or 197 mi	Caldiran	$574
323 km or 201 mi	Baqubah	$659
327 km or 203 mi	Marand	$553
328 km or 204 mi	Ramadi	$766