Baghdad vs Belgrade - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Baghdad	Belgrade
🚶 Cost of living one person	$904	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2108	$2759
🏠 One person rent	$423	$622
🏘️ Family rent	$724	$1090
🍽️ Food expenses	$260	$349
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$83
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$568	$980
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	60	51
😀 Quality of life	54	71
🏙️ Population	8.13M	1.2M

The cost of living in Baghdad is 22% less expensive than in Belgrade. Cities ranked 6020th and 4605th ($904 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Iraq and Serbia, respectively. Check Iraq vs Serbia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Baghdad compared to 0.8 months in Belgrade. Baghdad ranked 1st best city to live in Iraq vs Belgrade ranked 1st in Serbia, while ranked 5970th and 2157th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Baghdad vs Belgrade

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	Baghdad	Belgrade
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.16	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.3	$40.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.39	$9.56
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.92	$3.09
☕ Cappuccino	$3.25	$2.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$2.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$440	$693
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$274	$433
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$818	$1311
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$501	$785
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81	$110
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.2	$27.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.98%	5.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2856	$4299
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1066	$2617
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$0.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$20.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$9.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$1.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$0.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$2.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$6.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.44
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$8.41
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.17	$4.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.51	$6.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.59	$5.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.45	$2.32
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.64	$2.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$34
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.64	$7.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.9	$32.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$9.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.9	$92.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.1	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$167	$400
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3882	$7674

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Cities near Baghdad

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Ctesiphon	$752
33 km or 21 mi	Abu Ghraib	$960
47 km or 29 mi	Al-Karmah	$833
49 km or 30 mi	Baqubah	$659
59 km or 37 mi	Fallujah	$817
89 km or 55 mi	Karbala	$580
96 km or 60 mi	Hillah	$651
104 km or 65 mi	Ramadi	$766
106 km or 66 mi	Samarra	$680
147 km or 91 mi	Kufa	$570
147 km or 91 mi	Najaf	$587
155 km or 96 mi	Tikrit	$641
159 km or 99 mi	Al Diwaniyah	$467
160 km or 100 mi	Kut	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Ilam	$659
235 km or 146 mi	Kirkuk	$508
240 km or 149 mi	Samawah	$582
262 km or 163 mi	Sulaymaniyah	$676
267 km or 166 mi	Kermanshah	$963
291 km or 181 mi	Marivan	$536
307 km or 191 mi	Amarah	$683
308 km or 191 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
318 km or 198 mi	Erbil	$854
322 km or 200 mi	Sanandaj	$449
324 km or 201 mi	Baneh	$531
356 km or 221 mi	Mosul	$597
364 km or 226 mi	Saqqez	$533
365 km or 227 mi	Khorramabad	$554
378 km or 235 mi	Piranshahr	$476
378 km or 235 mi	Mahabad	$458
381 km or 236 mi	Andimeshk	$577
387 km or 241 mi	Dezful	$583
389 km or 242 mi	Bukan	$536
404 km or 251 mi	Sinjar	$672
406 km or 252 mi	Borujerd	$505
410 km or 255 mi	Duhok	$646
411 km or 255 mi	Hamadan	$443
420 km or 261 mi	Malayer	$469
431 km or 268 mi	Miandoab	$540
433 km or 269 mi	Dorud	$513

Cities near Belgrade

Distance	City	Cost of living
70 km or 44 mi	Novi Sad	$1012
77 km or 48 mi	Valjevo	$776
97 km or 60 mi	Kragujevac	$807
99 km or 61 mi	Bijeljina	$661
103 km or 64 mi	Cacak	$759
121 km or 75 mi	Timisoara	$816
124 km or 77 mi	Resita	$716
145 km or 90 mi	Tuzla	$636
155 km or 97 mi	Subotica	$768
161 km or 100 mi	Szeged	$766
163 km or 101 mi	Osijek	$958
164 km or 102 mi	Arad	$623
174 km or 108 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$663
180 km or 112 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$681
184 km or 115 mi	Doboj	$603
185 km or 115 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
192 km or 120 mi	Baja	$692
194 km or 121 mi	Sarajevo	$796
196 km or 122 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
202 km or 125 mi	Nis	$711
213 km or 132 mi	Vidin	$605
213 km or 132 mi	Bekescsaba	$804
214 km or 133 mi	Zenica	$559
217 km or 135 mi	Mitrovica	$463
218 km or 136 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
219 km or 136 mi	Hunedoara	$627
219 km or 136 mi	Szekszard	$747
222 km or 138 mi	Targu Jiu	$718
223 km or 139 mi	Pecs	$848
224 km or 139 mi	Berane	$1070
224 km or 139 mi	Deva	$636
240 km or 149 mi	Kecskemet	$781
246 km or 153 mi	Pristina	$595
251 km or 156 mi	Plav	$1030
259 km or 161 mi	Banja Luka	$803
263 km or 164 mi	Szolnok	$666
267 km or 166 mi	Mostar	$693
268 km or 166 mi	Cegled	$855
269 km or 167 mi	Dunaujvaros	$684
271 km or 168 mi	Kaposvar	$750