Baghdad vs Calgary - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Baghdad	Calgary
🚶 Cost of living one person	$904	$2077
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2108	$4598
🏠 One person rent	$423	$1226
🏘️ Family rent	$724	$1942
🍽️ Food expenses	$260	$561
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$568	$3168
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	60	53
😀 Quality of life	54	90
🏙️ Population	8.13M	1.31M

The cost of living in Baghdad is 56% less expensive than in Calgary. Cities ranked 6020th and 1646th ($904 vs $2077) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 23rd in Iraq and Canada, respectively. Check Iraq vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Baghdad compared to 1.5 months in Calgary. Baghdad ranked 1st best city to live in Iraq vs Calgary ranked 8th in Canada, while ranked 5970th and 153rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Baghdad vs Calgary

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	Baghdad	Calgary
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.16	$15.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.3	$60.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.39	$9.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.92	$5.29
☕ Cappuccino	$3.25	$4.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$440	$1222
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$274	$991
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$818	$2053
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$501	$1592
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$200
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.2	$57.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.98%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2856	$3283
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1066	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$2.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$80.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$2.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$3.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$14.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$4.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$3.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$2.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$2.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.17	$13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.51	$8.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.59	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.45	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.64	$2.21
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$49.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.64	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.9	$61.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$22.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.9	$56.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.1	$82.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$167	$841
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3882	$16603

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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 Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1743
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1676
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1614
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1656
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1487
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1588
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1769
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2568
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1886
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2299
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2284
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1638
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2174
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1770
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2007
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2163
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2054
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2327
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1786
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1792
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1612
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1778
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1884
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1632
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2009
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1360
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2248
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1446
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2023
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$1968
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2616
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2021
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2050
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2466
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2181
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871