Baghdad vs Berlin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Baghdad	Berlin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$894	$2013
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2122	$4765
🏠 One person rent	$417	$1134
🏘️ Family rent	$762	$2203
🍽️ Food expenses	$251	$489
🚐 Transport expenses	$160	$266
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$538	$3496
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	59	100
😀 Quality of life	51	95
🏙️ Population	6.96M	3.68M

The cost of living in Baghdad is 56% less expensive than in Berlin. Cities ranked 6005th and 1759th ($894 vs $2013) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in Iraq and Germany, respectively. Check Iraq vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Baghdad compared to 1.7 months in Berlin. Baghdad ranked 1st best city to live in Iraq vs Berlin ranked 2nd in Germany, while ranked 6198th and 19th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Baghdad vs Berlin infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/baghdad/berlin.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Baghdad vs Berlin infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/baghdad/berlin" target="_blank">Baghdad vs Berlin - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Baghdad vs Berlin

Prices for goods and services in Baghdad and Berlin are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Baghdad	Berlin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.94	$12.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.1	$61.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.3	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.7	$4.77
☕ Cappuccino	$3.12	$3.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.53	$3.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$466	$1192
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$254	$858
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$871	$2460
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$526	$1755
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.7	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.2	$43.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.03%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2553	$9186
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1189	$6527
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$3.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$56.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.7	$25.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.45	$1.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$2.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$3.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.25	$13.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$15.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$2.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$3.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.4	$6.29
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.87	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.01	$9.14
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.25	$6.88
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.54	$3.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.42	$2.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.71	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.6	$36.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.22	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$36.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$29.1	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$55.7	$93.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$139	$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2253	$9556

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Baghdad

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Ctesiphon	$751
33 km or 21 mi	Abu Ghraib	$951
47 km or 29 mi	Al-Karmah	$828
49 km or 30 mi	Baqubah	$658
59 km or 37 mi	Fallujah	$827
89 km or 55 mi	Karbala	$582
96 km or 60 mi	Hillah	$667
104 km or 65 mi	Ramadi	$766
106 km or 66 mi	Samarra	$684
147 km or 91 mi	Kufa	$559
147 km or 91 mi	Najaf	$569
155 km or 96 mi	Tikrit	$649
159 km or 99 mi	Al Diwaniyah	$507
160 km or 100 mi	Kut	$637
190 km or 118 mi	Ilam	$629
235 km or 146 mi	Kirkuk	$535
240 km or 149 mi	Samawah	$594
262 km or 163 mi	Sulaymaniyah	$736
267 km or 166 mi	Kermanshah	$827
291 km or 181 mi	Marivan	$532
307 km or 191 mi	Amarah	$685
308 km or 191 mi	Nasiriyah	$671
318 km or 198 mi	Erbil	$864
322 km or 200 mi	Sanandaj	$426
324 km or 201 mi	Baneh	$538
356 km or 221 mi	Mosul	$555
364 km or 226 mi	Saqqez	$548
365 km or 227 mi	Khorramabad	$550
378 km or 235 mi	Piranshahr	$465
378 km or 235 mi	Mahabad	$440
381 km or 236 mi	Andimeshk	$568
387 km or 241 mi	Dezful	$577
389 km or 242 mi	Bukan	$557
404 km or 251 mi	Sinjar	$653
406 km or 252 mi	Borujerd	$502
410 km or 255 mi	Duhok	$626
411 km or 255 mi	Hamadan	$656
420 km or 261 mi	Malayer	$436
431 km or 268 mi	Miandoab	$580
433 km or 269 mi	Dorud	$511

Cities near Berlin

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Teltow	$1671
18 km or 11 mi	Hohen Neuendorf	$1729
18 km or 11 mi	Hennigsdorf	$1715
20 km or 13 mi	Falkensee	$1656
21 km or 13 mi	Bernau bei Berlin	$1735
25 km or 16 mi	Potsdam	$1601
25 km or 16 mi	Ludwigsfelde	$1629
28 km or 18 mi	Oranienburg	$1701
30 km or 19 mi	Konigs Wusterhausen	$1673
34 km or 21 mi	Werder	$1581
34 km or 21 mi	Strausberg	$1695
46 km or 29 mi	Eberswalde	$1689
49 km or 31 mi	Furstenwalde	$1622
50 km or 31 mi	Luckenwalde	$1607
57 km or 36 mi	Brandenburg an der Havel	$1618
60 km or 37 mi	Neuruppin	$1656
72 km or 44 mi	Rathenow	$1628
81 km or 50 mi	Frankfurt	$1536
86 km or 53 mi	Schwedt	$1677
88 km or 55 mi	Wittenberg	$1258
97 km or 60 mi	Neustrelitz	$1372
97 km or 60 mi	Eisenhuttenstadt	$1443
104 km or 65 mi	Stendal	$1280
106 km or 66 mi	Cottbus	$1288
107 km or 67 mi	Burg bei Magdeburg	$1298
107 km or 67 mi	Zerbst	$1263
109 km or 68 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1253
109 km or 68 mi	Torgau	$1271
116 km or 72 mi	Neubrandenburg	$1379
119 km or 74 mi	Senftenberg	$1384
121 km or 75 mi	Waren	$1370
124 km or 77 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1264
124 km or 77 mi	Schonebeck	$1295
125 km or 78 mi	Spremberg	$1348
127 km or 79 mi	Magdeburg	$1297
128 km or 79 mi	Szczecin	$1196
128 km or 80 mi	Kothen	$1249
128 km or 80 mi	Gorzow Wielkopolski	$848
131 km or 81 mi	Delitzsch	$1303
134 km or 83 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1323