Baghdad vs Glasgow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Baghdad	Glasgow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$918	$2058
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2092	$4930
🏠 One person rent	$446	$1155
🏘️ Family rent	$728	$2017
🍽️ Food expenses	$256	$551
🚐 Transport expenses	$146	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$502	$3074
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	57	94
😀 Quality of life	58	95
🏙️ Population	8.13M	626K

The cost of living in Baghdad is 55% less expensive than in Glasgow. Cities ranked 6120th and 1833rd ($918 vs $2058) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 94th in Iraq and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Iraq vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Baghdad compared to 1.5 months in Glasgow. Baghdad ranked 1st best city to live in Iraq vs Glasgow ranked 3rd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 6065th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Baghdad vs Glasgow

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	Baghdad	Glasgow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.8	$19.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.3	$96.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.59	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.83	$6.73
☕ Cappuccino	$3.22	$4.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$1.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$378	$1172
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$856
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$673	$2085
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$452	$1575
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$197
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$301
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.5	$39.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.71%	4.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3092	$4064
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1298	$3045
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$3.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$94.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$24.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.56	$1.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.84	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$3.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$9.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$3.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$3.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$3.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.86
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$2.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$3.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.11	$21.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.54	$3.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.62	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$3.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.46	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.7	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.64	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$85.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.39	$17.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$29.5	$118
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.9	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$179	$1138
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3566	$18105

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Cities near Baghdad

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Ctesiphon	$761
33 km or 21 mi	Abu Ghraib	$961
47 km or 29 mi	Al-Karmah	$833
49 km or 30 mi	Baqubah	$672
59 km or 37 mi	Fallujah	$823
89 km or 55 mi	Karbala	$588
96 km or 60 mi	Hillah	$688
104 km or 65 mi	Ramadi	$768
106 km or 66 mi	Samarra	$677
147 km or 91 mi	Kufa	$555
147 km or 91 mi	Najaf	$570
155 km or 96 mi	Tikrit	$631
159 km or 99 mi	Al Diwaniyah	$474
160 km or 100 mi	Kut	$630
190 km or 118 mi	Ilam	$646
235 km or 146 mi	Kirkuk	$507
240 km or 149 mi	Samawah	$583
262 km or 163 mi	Sulaymaniyah	$672
267 km or 166 mi	Kermanshah	$946
291 km or 181 mi	Marivan	$509
307 km or 191 mi	Amarah	$681
308 km or 191 mi	Nasiriyah	$669
318 km or 198 mi	Erbil	$845
322 km or 200 mi	Sanandaj	$434
324 km or 201 mi	Baneh	$492
356 km or 221 mi	Mosul	$588
364 km or 226 mi	Saqqez	$497
365 km or 227 mi	Khorramabad	$540
378 km or 235 mi	Piranshahr	$433
378 km or 235 mi	Mahabad	$409
381 km or 236 mi	Andimeshk	$560
387 km or 241 mi	Dezful	$566
389 km or 242 mi	Bukan	$492
404 km or 251 mi	Sinjar	$402
406 km or 252 mi	Borujerd	$494
410 km or 255 mi	Duhok	$619
411 km or 255 mi	Hamadan	$430
420 km or 261 mi	Malayer	$457
431 km or 268 mi	Miandoab	$489
433 km or 269 mi	Dorud	$508

Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1837
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1797
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1575
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1711
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1630
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1762
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1775
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1522
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1641
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1485
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1480
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1759
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1484
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1884
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2021
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1879
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2205
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1906
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1825
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1780
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1797
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1507
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$2079
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1602
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1551
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1840
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1839
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1429