Baghdad vs Fort Worth - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Baghdad	Fort Worth
🚶 Cost of living one person	$904	$2289
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2108	$5688
🏠 One person rent	$423	$1368
🏘️ Family rent	$724	$2517
🍽️ Food expenses	$260	$621
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$568	$4336
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	60	82
😀 Quality of life	54	88
🏙️ Population	8.13M	919K

The cost of living in Baghdad is 61% less expensive than in Fort Worth. Cities ranked 6020th and 1178th ($904 vs $2289) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1073rd in Iraq and the United States, respectively. Check Iraq vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Baghdad compared to 1.9 months in Fort Worth. Baghdad ranked 1st best city to live in Iraq vs Fort Worth ranked 47th in the United States, while ranked 5970th and 210th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Baghdad vs Fort Worth

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	Baghdad	Fort Worth
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.16	$18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.3	$60.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.39	$9.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.92	$4.99
☕ Cappuccino	$3.25	$5.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$2.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$440	$1480
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$274	$1079
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$818	$2669
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$501	$2125
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81	$139
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$213
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.2	$70
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.98%	6.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2856	$2229
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1066	$2097
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$3.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$79.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$3.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$3.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$3.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$15.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$21.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$6.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$5.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$2.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$2.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$2.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$1.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.17	$9.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.51	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.59	$5.84
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.45	$4.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.64	$1.92
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$38.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.64	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.9	$98.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.9	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.1	$84.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$167	$1782
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3882	$23220

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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 Fort Worth

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Haltom	$2143
12 km or 7.5 mi	Saginaw	$2148
14 km or 8.8 mi	Benbrook	$2165
15 km or 9.3 mi	Watauga	$2126
15 km or 9.5 mi	North Richland Hills	$2119
17 km or 10 mi	Hurst	$2093
21 km or 13 mi	Arlington	$1883
21 km or 13 mi	Bedford	$2086
21 km or 13 mi	Keller	$2079
22 km or 14 mi	Colleyville	$2105
25 km or 15 mi	Burleson	$2159
25 km or 15 mi	Euless	$2081
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2089
28 km or 17 mi	Mansfield	$2305
30 km or 19 mi	Grand Prairie	$2065
30 km or 19 mi	Grapevine	$2012
36 km or 23 mi	Irving	$1808
37 km or 23 mi	Coppell	$2095
39 km or 24 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
41 km or 25 mi	Cedar Hill	$2163
41 km or 26 mi	Duncanville	$2149
42 km or 26 mi	Weatherford	$2111
44 km or 27 mi	Lewisville	$2025
45 km or 28 mi	Midlothian	$2224
45 km or 28 mi	Cleburne	$2155
47 km or 29 mi	Farmers Branch	$2169
48 km or 30 mi	DeSoto	$2164
49 km or 30 mi	Carrollton	$2184
49 km or 30 mi	Dallas	$2471
49 km or 31 mi	Corinth	$2219
52 km or 32 mi	University Park	$2214
54 km or 34 mi	Denton	$2014
55 km or 34 mi	Lancaster	$2176
56 km or 35 mi	The Colony	$2258
58 km or 36 mi	Little Elm	$2246
60 km or 38 mi	Waxahachie	$2190
62 km or 39 mi	Richardson	$2242
63 km or 39 mi	Plano	$2538
65 km or 40 mi	Frisco	$2395
67 km or 42 mi	Balch Springs	$2158